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The natural earthquakes cause an additional loads on each engineering structure. The ground vibrations are measured in three perpendicular directions. In engineering practice, however, only the horizontal element is taken into account. Proposed method makes the simplified design more reliable, because it takes into account the strength reduction phenomenon during loading. The effect of the vertical acceleration component on resisting force, and therefore on the slope stability, is presented.
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The proposed method makes the simplified design more reliable because it takes into account the phenomenon of decreasing the resistance force during dynamic load.
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Working with a very simple, and yet useful model was an interesting experience.
Aleksandra Korzec
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This page is a summary of: The Effect of the Vertical Acceleration on Stability Assessment of Seismically Loaded Earth Dams, Archives of Hydro-Engineering and Environmental Mechanics, January 2016, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/heem-2016-0007.
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