Seismic safety evaluation of concrete dams [recurso electrónico] : a nonlinear behavioral approach

The consequences of a large dam failing can be disastrous. However, predicting the performance of concrete dams during earthquakes is one of the most complex and challenging problems in structural dynamics. Based on a nonlinear approach, Seismic Safety Evaluation of Concrete Dams allows engineers to build models that account for nonlinear phenomena such as vertical joint slippage, cracks, and cavitation. This yields more accurate estimates. Advanced but readable, this book is the culmination of the work carried out by Tsinghua University Research Group on Earthquake Resistance on Dams over the last two decades. Nonlinearity characteristics of high concrete dams, seismic analysis methods, evaluation models A systematic approach to nonlinear analysis and seismic safety evaluation of concrete dams Includes nonlinear fracture of dam-water-foundation interaction system, dynamic fluid-structure Covers soil-structure interactions, and meso-scale mechanical behavior of concrete are all international front issues of the field Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Foreword , Pages xvii-xviii Preface , Pages xix-xxii About the Editors , Pages xxiii-xxiv Contributors , Pages xxv-xxvi Chapter 1 - Challenges of High Dam Construction to Computational Mechanics , Pages 3-43 Chapter 2 - The Performance of Dams During the Wenchuan 5–12 Earthquake and Lessons Learned from the Event , Pages 45-65 Chapter 3 - Seismic Safety Evaluation of High Concrete Dams: Part 1: State-of-the-Art Design and Research , Pages 67-78 Chapter 4 - Seismic Safety Evaluation of High Concrete Dams: Part 2: Earthquake Behavior of Arch Dams – Case Study , Pages 79-99 Chapter 5 - A Primary Digital Dam Simulation System for an Arch Dam , Pages 101-113 Chapter 6 - A Coupling Procedure of Finite Element and Scaled Boundary Finite Element Methods for Soil–Structure Interaction in the Time Domain , Pages 117-138 Chapter 7 - Time-Domain Analysis of Gravity Dam–Reservoir Interaction Using High-Order Doubly Asymptotic Open Boundary , Pages 139-171 Chapter 8 - Finite Element Analysis of Dam–Reservoir Interaction Using High-Order Doubly Asymptotic Open Boundary , Pages 173-198 Chapter 9 - Analytical Solutions for Dynamic Pressures of Coupling Fluid–Porous Medium–Solid due to SV-Wave Incidence , Pages 199-220 Chapter 10 - Modification of Equation of Motion of Fluid-Conveying Pipe for Laminar and Turbulent Flow Profiles , Pages 221-237 Chapter 11 - Influence of Seismic Input Mechanisms and Radiation Damping on Arch Dam Response , Pages 241-262 Chapter 12 - Seismic Damage-Cracking Analysis of Arch Dams Using Different Earthquake Input Mechanisms , Pages 263-281 Chapter 13 - A Comparative Study of the Different Procedures for Seismic Cracking Analysis of Concrete Dams , Pages 283-310 Chapter 14 - Nonlinear Earthquake Analysis of High Arch Dam–Water–Foundation Rock Systems , Pages 311-340 Chapter 15 - Numerical Simulation of Reinforcement Strengthening for High–Arch Dams to Resist Strong Earthquakes , Pages 341-368 Chapter 16 - Nonlinear Seismic Analyses of a High Gravity Dam with and without the Presence of Reinforcement , Pages 369-386 Chapter 17 - Seismic Safety of Arch Dams with Aging Effects , Pages 387-406 Chapter 18 - Three-Dimensional Mode Discrete Element Method: Elastic Model , Pages 409-428 Chapter 19 - Comparative Study Procedure for the Safety Evaluation of High Arch Dams , Pages 429-458 Chapter 20 - Investigation of Damping in Arch Dam–Water–Foundation Rock System of Mauvoisin Arch Dam , Pages 459-486 Chapter 21 - Practical Procedure for Predicting Non-Uniform Temperature on the Exposed Face of Arch Dams , Pages 487-511 Chapter 22 - Experimental and Numerical Study of the Geometrical and Hydraulic Characteristics of a Single Rock Fracture during Shear , Pages 513-538 Chapter 23 - Study on the Heterogeneity of Concrete and its Failure Behavior Using the Equivalent Probabilistic Model , Pages 541-570 Chapter 24 - A Multiphase Mesostructure Mechanics Approach to the Study of the Fracture-Damage Behavior of Concrete , Pages 571-594 Chapter 25 - Numerical Study of Dynamic Behavior of Concrete by Mesoscale Particle Element Modeling , Pages 595-617 Index , Pages 619-643 The consequences of a large dam failing can be disastrous. Based on a nonlinear approach, this title allows engineers to build models that account for nonlinear phenomena such as vertical joint slippage, cracks, and cavitation. It includes nonlinear fracture of dam-water-foundation interaction system, dynamic fluid-structure.