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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/20548| 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 |
| Appears in Collections: | Contract Report |
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