Time Dependent Earthquake Modeling of an Earth Dam

In accordance with new French regulations, new dams in seismic areas have to be justified for earthquake solicitation by coupled poro-mechanical modeling. Allowable displacement thresholds are thus given by these regulations. This paper presents the first phase of a real time dependent modeling using a finite difference software for an earth dam in Guadeloupe (French West Indies) for a 7.5 magnitude earthquake.