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In the recent times, except those caused by soil liquefaction, there has been few failure of dam due to earthquakes. An important issue, therefore, is the prevention of unallowable deformation of a dam embankment. This need has led to a study on the residual displacement of a soil body that remains after the end of shaking.
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Towhata, I. (2008). Application of Seismic Inertia Force. In: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-35783-4_12
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