supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, Grant No. 2007CB714104);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50779011);the Innovative Project for Graduate Students of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. CX10B_202Z)
The seismic stability of a cracked dam was examined in this study. Geometric nonlinearity and large deformations, as well as the contact condition at the crack site, were taken into consideration. The location of pene...