Hydromechanical analysis of flow behavior in concrete gravity dam foundations

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 244-259

  Gimenes, Evandro ^a   Fernández, Gabriel ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign ^*  (Brazil)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Dam design; Flow; Hydromechanical; Jointed rock

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FOUNDATIONS; GRAVITY DAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE PRESSURE; ROCKS; SHEAR STRENGTH;

CONCRETE GRAVITY DAM; DAM DESIGN; DAM FOUNDATIONS; DISTINCT ELEMENT METHOD (DEM); FLOW BEHAVIOR; HYDROMECHANICAL ANALYSIS; JOINTED ROCK;

CONCRETE DAMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETE DAMS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FOUNDATIONS; GRAVITY DAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE PRESSURE; ROCKS; SHEAR STRENGTH;

DESIGN; DISTINCT ELEMENT METHOD; FOUNDATION; GRAVITY DAM; HYDROMECHANICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PORE PRESSURE; RESERVOIR; SHEAR STRENGTH;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33744544931     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t05-095     Document Type: Article

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