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Table 14.1. Comparison of the maximum observed displacement withthree simplified methods
Earth Dam/Waste Fill
EQ
Obs.
k
y
T
s
(s)
Sa
(
1
.
5
T
s
)
Brayand
Makdisi and Brayet al.
D
max
(cm)
(
g
)
Travasarou, 2007
Seed, 1978
1998
P
(
D
=
“0”
)
D (cm)
D(cm)
D (cm)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
Pacheco PassLF
LP
None
0.30 0.76
0.12
1.0
“0”
0
0
Marina LF
LP
None
0.26 0.59
0.30
0.9
“0”
0
0
Austrian Dam
LP
50
0.14 0.33
0.94
0.0
20-70
1-30
20-100
Lexington Dam
LP
15
0.11 0.31
0.78
0.0
15-65
0-10
30-110
Lopez CanyonC-BLF NR
None
0.35 0.45
0.43
0.85
“0”
0
0
Chiquita Canyon CLF NR
24
0.09 0.64
0.35
0.0
10-30
1-40
3-20
Sunshine Canyon LF
NR
30
0.31 0.77
1.40
0.0
20-70
0
0
OII Section HH LF
NR
15
0.08 0.00
0.24
0.1
4-15
3-30
2-25
La Villita Dam
S3
1
0.20 0.60
0.20
0.95
“0”
0
0
La Villita Dam
S5
4
0.20 0.60
0.41
0.25
“0”-10
0-1
0
LP: 1989 Loma Prieta; NR:1994 Northridge; S3and S5 fromElgamalet al. (1990)
