Joint U.S.-China Workshop on Earthquake Performance of Arch Dams; June 1-5, 1987; Beijing, China

拱坝动力特性研究的一个重要方面是大坝与水库和地基之间的相互作用效应，这是近几年来在美国《中国地震研究科学技术合作议定书》下开展的合作项目。在这项研究过程中，产生并传播了许多有价值的成果。举办这次研讨会的目的是为该领域各个阶段的许多主要研究人员提供一个机会，介绍他们最近的工作，并让与会者确定拱坝地震安全性评估中仍需解决的主要问题。研讨会的概念是邀请来自美国和中国的精选专家以及其他国家的顶尖专家；然后这个相对较小的小组可以编写拱坝抗震性能知识状况的总结。这项活动的结果将对现有大坝的地震安全性评估以及确定正在设计或在建的新大坝的抗震性能产生重大影响。大坝研究方面的这一活动也将在美国-中国协议下实施的地震研究中最成功的合作研究项目中达到顶峰。强烈推荐获奖。

Research on an important aspect of the dynamic behavior of arch dams, the interaction effects between the dam and its reservoir and foundation has been carried out during the past few years as a cooperative project under the U.S. China Protocol for Scientific and Technical Cooperation in Earthquake Studies. During the course of this study, many valuable results have been produced and disseminated. This workshop is organized to provide an opportunity for many leading research workers in all phases of this field to present their recent work, and for the participants to identify the major problems that remain to be solved in evaluation of the seismic safety of arch dams. The concept of the workshop was to invite selected specialists from the United States and China as well as the leading experts from other countries; this relatively small group could then prepare a summary of the state of knowledge of arch dam seismic behavior. The results of this activity will have significant impacts to the seismic safety evaluation of existing dams as well as the determination of the earthquake behavior of new dams which are under design or construction. This activity in dam research will also culminate in one of the most successful cooperative research projects implemented under the U.S.- China protocol in Earthquake studies. An award is highly recommended.