Comparative study procedure for the safety evaluation of high arch dams

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 306-317

  Feng, Jin ^a   Wei, Hu ^a,b   Pan, Jianwen ^a   Jian, Yang ^a   Wang, Jinting ^a   Zhang, Chuhan ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA STATE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

Dam heel crack; High arch dam; Safety evaluation; Ultimate bearing capacity

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER SYSTEMS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DAM STRUCTURE; EVALUATION CRITERIA; HIGH ARCH DAM; HIGH ARCH DAMS; SAFETY EVALUATIONS; ULTIMATE BEARING CAPACITY;

ARCH DAMS; ARCHES; BEARING CAPACITY; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CONCRETE DAMS; CRACKS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

SAFETY FACTOR;

BEARING CAPACITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRACK; DAM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952704410     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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