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n
=
V
s
H
n
8
(4 + m)(2 m) (1)
where,
n
is the n
th
natural frequency of the dam in rad/s, H is the height of the dam,
n
is the n
th
root of a period relation for the rst ve modes of vibration (Kramer, 1996), m is
the stiffness parameter which relates the shear modulus of soil at depth z to the average
shear modulus at the base according to G(z) = G
b
(z/H)
m
.
The results obtained by PLAXIS have been veried with the results obtained from the
closed form analytical solution. The rst 2 natural frequencies of free vibration of the
same model of the dam are reported to be 3.1 Hz, 7.0 Hz respectively (Kramer, 1996).
The values obtained from the analysis by PLAXIS seem to be in close agreement with
these analytical values of free vibration of the dam.
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FREE VIBRATION ANALYSIS OF A DAM
REFERENCES
[1] Kramer, S.L. (1996). Geotechnical earthquake engineering. Prentice Hall, New
Jersey.
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