Static and dynamic analysis of rockfill dam using finite-infinite element method
In this paper, the dam body and the underneath soil were modeled using coupled finite-infinite elements under plane strain conditions. Initially, static stresses developed in the dam-foundation system due to gravity and hydrostatic loads are evaluated. Elasto-plastic seismic analysis of the dam-foun...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
2005
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3820/1/Pages_from_JST_VOL_13_NO._1-3.pdf |
| Summary: | In this paper, the dam body and the underneath soil were modeled using coupled finite-infinite elements under plane strain conditions. Initially, static stresses developed in the dam-foundation system due to gravity and hydrostatic loads are evaluated. Elasto-plastic seismic analysis of the dam-foundation system is next carried out by adopting the Drucker-Prager criterion for the material nonlinearity. The equation of motion is solved by New mark incremental time integration technique. The study focuses on the structural behaviour of the dam-foundation system under earthquake excitations. The behaviour in terms of displacement contours, stress distributions and the failure mode are presented. |
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