Research Article

Effects of Upstream Water Level on Dynamic Response of Earth Dam

Table 2

Dominant frequency and maximum amplitude obtained from centrifuge and FE analysis.

Parameterā€‰ ACC1 (g) ACC2 (g) ACC3 (g) ACC4 (g) ACC5 (g) ACC6 (g) ACC7 (g) ACC8 (g)

Maximum Amplitude, gCentrifuge 0.099 0.125 0.070 0.005 0.109 0.086 0.076 0.109
FE 0.099 0.156 0.131 0.049 0.118 0.111 0.101 0.091

DominantCentrifuge 0.7 0.7 2.5~3.3 1.8~2.0 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Frequency, HzFE 0.7 0.7 0.7 2.2~2.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

PS: ACC1 is input motion, ACC4 is vertical acceleration, and the rest are horizontal acceleration.