Analysis and Uplift Criteria for Concrete Gravity Dams by Three Federal Agencies (2007)
Robert M. Ebeling, Larry K. Nuss, Terry West, Jerry Foster, H. Wayne Jones, Robert Taylor, ...
The authors and contributors are members of the CASE Massive Concrete Structures subtask group investigating the calculation of uplift pressures in the stability analysis of concrete gravity dams.
Seismic Stability of St. Stephen Hydropower Plant, South Carolina (2007)
Ebeling, Robert M., Hall, Robert L., Strom, Ralph W., Yule, Donald E., Chowdhury, Mostafiz
A performance-based analysis was used to assess the seismic performance of St. Stephen Powerhouse erection bay. Two site-specific design response spectra were used to evaluate the structure. These...
Ebeling, Robert M., Mosher, Reed L., Abraham, Kevin, Peters, John F.
Lock and Dam No. 1 on the Red River Waterway has experienced a serious siltation problem since its completion in 1983. This technical report summarizes the results of a soil-structure interaction...
French, Samuel E., Ebeling, Robert M., Strom, Ralph
This technical report presents an introduction to the basic dynamics of structures subject to earthquake excitation along with a brief summary of the preparation of response spectra for earthquake...
French, Samuel E., Ebeling, Robert M., Strom, Ralph
This technical report presents an introduction to the basic dynamics of structures subject to earthquake excitation along with a brief summary of the preparation of response spectra for earthquake...
Kuppusamy, T., Zarco, Mark A., Ebeling, Robert M.
Prepared in collaboration with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA.
Response Amplification of Idealized Powerhouse Substructures to Earthquake Ground Motions (2006)
Ebeling, Robert M., Perez-Marcial, Elvin J., Yule, Donald E.
This report summarizes an investigation of the seismic response of Corps powerhouse structures. Research results include (1) the characterization and organization of the range in geometry of Corps...
The Seismic Design of Waterfront Retaining Structures (2006)
This technical report deals with the soil mechanics aspects of the design of waterfront retaining structures built to withstand the effects of earthquake loadings. It addresses the stability and...
Arroyo, Jose R., Ebeling, Robert M.
In 1993 Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, issued the first formal Corps-wide analysis procedure providing guidance for analyzing the effects of barge impact loading on navigation...
Review of Finite Element Procedures for Earth Retaining Structures (2002)
This miscellaneous paper presents a review of previous work in which the finite element method was used to analyze the soil structure interaction of earth retaining structures such as U-frame locks,...
The Seismic Design of Waterfront Retaining Structures (2002)
This technical report deals with the soil mechanics aspects of the design of waterfront retaining structures built to withstand the effects of earthquake loadings. It addresses the stability and...
The Incremental Construction Soil-Structure Interaction Program SOILSTRUCT (User's Guide) (2001)
Ebeling, Robert M., Peters, John F., Clough, G. W.
This user's guide is for SOILSTRUCT, a two-dimensional, plane strain finite element program used in the incremental construction, soil-to-structure interaction analysis of earth retaining structures....
Soil Structure Interaction Parameters for Silts. (1998)
Stark, Timothy D., Vettel, Joseph J., Fitzwilliam, Steven M., Ebeling, Robert M.
The main objective of this research was to characterize the drained and undrained stress-strain behavior of normally consolidated silts and clayey-silts. The results of this research were also used...
Kuppusamy, T., Zarco, Mark A., Ebeling, Robert M.
This report presents a substructure method for coupling the boundary element method (BEM) and the finite element method (FEM) in order to solve soil-structure interaction problems more accurately and...
Introduction to the Computation of Response Spectrum for Earthquake Loading. (1998)
This technical report presents an introduction to the computation of a linear response spectrum for earthquake loading and defines the terms associated with response spectra. A response spectrum is a...
This technical report deals with the soil mechanics aspects of the design of waterfront retaining structures built to withstand the effects of earthquake loadings. It addresses the stability and...
The Seismic Design of Waterfront Retaining Structures. (1998)
This technical report deals with the soil mechanics aspects of the design of waterfront retaining structures built to withstand the effects of earthquake loadings. It addresses the stability and...
Accuracy of Response of Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems to Ground Motion (1998)
Ebeling, Robert M., Green, Russell A., French, Samuel E.
This technical report summarizes an assessment of the accuracy of six numerical step by step procedures used in computational structural dynamics. The results provide quantitative guidance on how the...
Gomez, Jesus E., Filz, George M., Ebeling, Robert M.
Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI) analyses have proven to be powerful tools for use in analyzing, designing, and monitoring geotechnical structures. SSI analyses are particularly useful in problems of...
Ebeling, Robert M., Foster, Larry, Jones, H. W., Taylor, Robert, Bumworth, John
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) have developed and maintain guidance used to evaluate the...
Gomez, Jesus E., Filz, George M., Ebeling, Robert M.
Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI) analyses have proven to be powerful tools for use in analyzing, designing, and monitoring geotechnical structures. SSI analyses are particularly useful in problems of...
Gomez, Jesus E., Filz, George M., Ebeling, Robert M.
The extended hyperbolic model for interfaces developed by Gomez, Filz, and Ebeling (Technical Report ITL-99-1; Report 2) can model the response of interfaces subjected to complex stress paths that...
SOILSTRUCT-ALPHA for Personal Computers. Report 1. Visual Modeler (1998)
White, Barry C., Ebeling, Robert M.
The SOILSTRUCT-ALPHA for Personal Computers analysis package comprises three separate stages: the Visual Modeler, the SOILSTRUCT-ALPHA Finite Element Analysis Program, and the Visual Postprocessor....
Smeared and Discrete Crack Evaluations of a Lock Exhibiting Earth Pressure-Induced Cracking (1998)
Ebeling, Robert M., Patev, Robert C., Riveros, Guillermo A.
This report discusses the results of an evaluation of crack initiation and propagation at Snell Lock, one of the locks constructed on the St. Lawrence Seaway during 1956 and 1957. The rock-founded,...
Seismic Stability of St. Stephen Hydropower Plant, South Carolina (1998)
Ebeling, Robert M., Hall, Robert L., Strom, Ralph W., Yule, Donald E., Chowdhury, Mostafiz
At the request of the Charleston District, the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) conducted a seismic stability evaluation of the St. Stephen Hydropower Plant, SC. Enclosure 1 summarizes...
Murphy, William L., Ebeling, Robert M., Anderson, John M.
Uplift is one of the major forces affecting stability of rock-founded concrete dams. Problems occur in determining the magnitude and distribution of uplift pressures within rock foundations and in...
State of the Practice in the Design of Tall, Stiff, and Flexible Tieback Retaining Walls (1998)
Strom, Ralph W., Ebeling, Robert M.
In tieback wall design, the determination of anchor loads and wall forces requires knowledge about the interaction between the wall and the soil during successive stages of excavation, as well as...
Seismic Analysis of Cantilever Retaining Walls, Phase I (1998)
Green, Russell A., Ebeling, Robert M.
This report summarizes the results of the first phase of a research investigation examining the seismic loads induced on the stem of a cantilever retaining wall. In this investigation, the computer...
Numerical Methods to Model Excavation of Soil Adjacent to Retaining Structures (1998)
Gutierrez, Marte S., Ebeling, Robert M., Filz, George M.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers uses SOILSTRUCT-ALPHA to perform soil-structure interaction (SSI) analyses of multi- anchored or tieback retaining walls. A critical aspect for SSI analyses of such...
Arroyo, Jose R., Ebeling, Robert M., Barker, Bruce C.
In 1993, Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, issued the first formal Corps-wide analysis procedure providing guidance for analyzing the effects of barge impact loading on navigation...
Dawkins, William P., Strom, Ralph W., Ebeling, Robert M.
This report describes the PC-based computer program CMULTIANC, used to evaluate the effects of staged construction activities (i.e., excavation and tieback post-tensioning) on wall and soil behavior....
Strom, Ralph W., Ebeling, Robert M.
Invert spiliway slabs provide an important contribution to the overall seismic stability of retaining walls,especially those earth retaining L-walls and T-walls (sometimes referred to as cantilever...
Arroyo, Jose R., Ebeling, Robert M.
In 1993 Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, issued the first formal Corps-wide analysis procedure providing guidance for analyzing the effects of barge impact loading on navigation...
Barge Train Maximum Impact Forces Using Limit States for the Lashings Between Barges (1998)
Arroyo, Jose R., Ebeling, Robert M.
In 1993, Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the first formal Corps-wide analysis procedure providing guidance for analyzing the effects of barge impact loading on navigation...
Strom, Ralph W., Ebeling, Robert M.
Cantilever retaining walls can respond externally to earthquake ground motions by sliding or by rotating, or internally by stem wall yielding. The type of response that will have the greatest impact...
Ebeling, Robert M., Pace, Michael E., Morrison, Ernest E.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for designing and maintaining a large number of navigation and flood control structures. Many of the older massive concrete gravity hydraulic...
Ebeling, Robert M., Wahl, Ronald E.
A new lock is to be constructed at the McAlpine Locks on the Ohio River at Louisville, KY. The new lock chamber will be defined by rock-founded, gravity, earth-retaining monoliths. One of the...
Stark, Timothy D., Daly, Kenneth R., Ebeling, Robert M.
This report describes the research completed under the project titled 'Soil-Structure Interaction Parameters for Structured Silts.' The main objective of this research was to characterize the drained...
Case Histories of Earth Pressure-Induced Cracking of Locks. (1997)
Ebeling, Robert M., Patev, Robert C., Mosher, Reed L.
The US Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for designing and maintaining a large number of navigation and flood-control structures. Massive unreinforced concrete gravity walls serve many uses at...
Soil-Structured Interaction Parameters for Structured/Cemented Silts. (1997)
Stark, Timothy D., Ebeling, Robert M.
This report describes the research completed under the project titled "Soil-Structure Interaction Parameters for Structured Silts." The main objective of this research was to characterize the drained...