Experimental and numerical study of cracking behavior of openings in concrete dams

Computers and Structures

Volumn 83, Issue 8-9, 2005, Pages 525-535

  Jin, Chen ^a   Soltani, Masoud ^b   An, Xuehui ^c  

^a YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crack; Dam; FEM; Opening; Reinforced concrete; Tension stiffening

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INLAND WATERWAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; RELIABILITY; SHRINKAGE; SPILLWAYS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE TESTING;

CRACK LOCALIZATION; OPENING; STRESS TRANSFER; TENSION STIFFENING;

CONCRETE DAMS;

EID: 13844299412     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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