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, ESREL 2021, Research Publishing Services , 2021, p. 1326-1333Conference 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 deciding upon remediation activities of a dam that is considered unstable and may divert the restoration activities from where they are most impactful. In a previous study by Sas et al. 2019 where a section of an existing dam was scaled down and tested experimentally, the model indicated that several areas were experiencing large stresses, potentially leading to failure. This raised the research question whether another 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 of elasticity, tensile strength, compressive strength, and fracture energy. The variation of the aforementioned material properties did not impact the failure mode, which was consistent among a broad range of material strengths.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Research Publishing Services , 2021. p. 1326-1333
Keywords [en]
Concrete dams, Material randomization, Model test, Numerical analysis, Concretes, Random processes, System stability, Tensile strength, Analytical method, Cracking of concrete, Model tests, Randomisation, Research questions, Rigid body, Simple++, Stability assessment, Structural stabilities, Compressive strength
National Category
Infrastructure Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-326475DOI: 10.3850/978-981-18-2016-8_549-cdScopus ID: 2-s2.0-85135492304OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-326475DiVA, id: diva2:1755324
Conference
31st European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2021, 19 September 2021 through 23 September 2021
Note
QC 20230508
2023-05-082023-05-082023-05-08Bibliographically approved