IDEERS Glossary
upstream face
The face of a dam in contact with the
reservoir
water.
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acceleration
accelerometer
amplitude of vibration
arch dam
asthenosphere
beam
bearings
bending
BGS
brace
bracing
brittle
buttress dam
cable
cable stayed bridge
civil engineer
column
compression
computer simulation
concrete
concrete gravity dam
cross bracing
crust
cursor
cycle of motion
dam
damper
damping
decay
deck
deform
Design Earthquake
downstream face
ductile
EERC
efficiency ratio
embankment dam
EPSRC
fault
fixed base
focus
foundation
frequency of vibration
freeway
friction
fundamental frequency
hertz
hinged joint
Hooke's Law
hydraulic actuator
hydrophone
inelastic deformation
inferno
inner core
infill wall
intake tower
internal friction
lava
liquefaction
lithosphere
loch
longitudinal wave
magma
magnitude
mantle
masonry
mathematical model
Maximun Possible Earthquake
mb
MDF
metallic dampers
ML
mode shape
molten
mortar
most efficient models
Ms
Mw
natural frequency
normal fault
oscillation
outer core
proportional
proportional to
P-wave
reinforced concrete
reservoir
resonance
retaining wall
reverse fault
rotating eccentric mass exciter
San Andreas Fault
seismogram
seismologist
seismometer
shaking-table
shear stack
silt
sine wave
soft-storey failure
sonic boom
static force
stiffness
storey
strike slip fault
structural frame
structural member
surface wave
suspension bridge
S-wave
tectonic plates
tension
thrust fault
to and fro
transverse wave
trussing
upstream face
vent
vertical load
viaduct
vibration
viscous fluid
2D