Use of the Sturm-Liouville problems in the seismic response of earth dams and embankments

Document Type : Research Articles

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University of Mazandaran

Abstract

In this paper, we obtain a suitable mathematical model for the seismic response of dams. By using the shear beam model (SB model), we give a mathematical formulation that it is a partial differential equation and transform it to the Sturm-Liouville equation.

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