Influence of concrete’s mechanical properties on the cracking of concrete damsShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Proceedings of the 31st European Safety and Reliability Conference / [ed] Bruno Castanier, Marko Cepin, David Bigaud, and Christophe Berenguer, Singapore: Research Publishing , 2021, p. 1323-1333Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Analytical methods of structural stability assessment of concrete dams are often too simple and thus conservative in their predictions.Without the actual foundation geometry, capacity for some rigid body failure modes are underestimated. This is problematic when decidingupon remediation activities of a dam that is considered unstable and may divert the restoration activities from where they are mostimpactful. In a previous study by Sas et al. 2019 where a section of an existing dam was scaled down and tested experimentally, the modelindicated that several areas were experiencing large stresses, potentially leading to failure. This raised the research question whetheranother type of failure would occur for different material properties. Therefore, this paper delves into a probabilistic numerical approach,through finite element analysis, to evaluate dam stability based on randomization of a number of material properties such as modulus ofelasticity, tensile strength, compressive strength, and fracture energy. The variation of the aforementioned material properties did notimpact the failure mode, which was consistent among a broad range of material strengths.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Singapore: Research Publishing , 2021. p. 1323-1333
Keywords [en]
Concrete dams, Model test, Numerical analysis, Material randomization
National Category
Infrastructure Engineering
Research subject
Structural Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-87649DOI: 10.3850/978-981-18-2016-8_549-cdScopus ID: 2-s2.0-85135492304OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-87649DiVA, id: diva2:1605905
Conference
ESREL2021: 31st European Safety and Reliability Conference Angers, France, September 19-23, 2021
Note
ISBN för värdpublikation: 978-981-18-2016-8
2021-10-262021-10-262023-09-05Bibliographically approved