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Title: Three-dimensional finite element analyses of dams : a report of an investigation
Authors: University of California, Berkeley. College of Engineering. Office of Research Services
Lefebvre, Guy
Duncan, J. M. (James Michael)
Keywords: Earth dams
Earth movements
Earth stresses
Finite element analysis
Finite element method
Incremental analysis
Plane strain analysis
Plane stress analysis
Three-dimensional analysis
Two-dimensional analysis
Data processing
Publisher: U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station.
Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)
Description: Contract Report
Abstract: Three-dimensional analyses of dams were performed using a computer program developed recently by Wilson (1970). Three dams in V-shaped valleys were analyzed using incremental analysis procedures, in which construction of the dams was simulated in eight steps, and the results were compared with the results of two-dimensional incremental analyses. The comparisons show that the stresses and displacements in the transverse section calculated by plane strain analyses agree closely with the results of three-dimensional analyses of dams in valleys having valley wall slopes as flat as 3:1 or flatter. The values of stress and displacement in the longitudinal section calculated by plane strain analyses agreed closely with the results of three-dimensional analyses for all three valley wall slopes analyzed (1:1, 3:1, and 6:1), but the results of plane stress analyses of the longitudinal section were found to differ significantly from the results of the three-dimensional analyses.
Rights: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11681/20548
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