Damage mechanics approach and modeling nonuniform cracking within finite elements for safety evaluation of concrete dams in 3D space

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-46

  Mirzabozorg, H ^a   Kianoush, R ^b   Jalalzadeh, B ^a  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concrete dams; Dam reservoir interaction; Damage mechanics; Dynamic analysis; Non uniform cracking; Performance level

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE DAMS; CRACKS; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC LOADS; DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEISMOLOGY;

DAM-RESERVOIR INTERACTION; DAMAGE MECHANICS; DAMAGE MECHANICS APPROACH; NON-UNIFORM; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; PERFORMANCE LEVEL; STATIC AND DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC LOADS;

CONCRETES;

EID: 69649105430     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.2009.33.1.031     Document Type: Article

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