PRACTICE CONCERNING THE ASEISMIC DESIGN AND SURVEY OF DAMS IN ROMANIA

Most of the Romanian territory is affected by strong earthquakes. The existing rules, recommendations and seismic codes for the stability analysis of hydraulic structures need to be continuously upgraded, according to the new developments in understanding the dynamic behavior of structure-foundation system, as well as the dynamic evolution of material characteristics and due to the release of new analysis and experiment tools. The paper presents the state-of-the-art in the Romanian seismic design codes and rules and emphasizes the strong need for upgrading and improving them, suggesting some new recommendations