EP 1110-2-12
30 Sep 95
linear-elastic response spectrum analysis described in
will no longer provide an acceptable approximation of
either the energy absorbed by the dam-foundation
paragraph 2-2c. Beyond this point in the tensile
system, or the strain deformation of the system.
softening zone, the stress/strain relationship based on
Cracking could be extensive enough to change the
linear-elastic behavior diverges so rapidly from the
dynamic properties of the dam structure.
actual stress/strain curve that a linear-elastic analysis
3-9
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