Essays about: "Arch dam"

Showing result 6 - 7 of 7 essays containing the words Arch dam.

  1. 6. Verification of the response of a concrete arch dam subjected to seasonal temperature variations

    University essay from KTH/Betongbyggnad

    Author : Oskar Andersson; Max Seppälä; [2015]
    Keywords : Concrete arch dams; thermal effects; ice load; condition monitoring; finite element analysis; Betongvalvdammar; termiska effekter; tillståndsövervakning; islast; finita element analys;

    Abstract : Many dams existing today were constructed around fifty years ago. Condition monitoring is essential for maintaining high safety and determining the current level of safety and stability for these dams. There is a need for new monitoring techniques and finite element coupled monitoring could be one of these techniques. READ MORE

  3. 7. Influence of Fluid Structure Interaction on a Concrete Dam during Seismic Excitation : -Parametric analyses of an Arch Dam-Reservoir-Foundation system

    University essay from KTH/Betongbyggnad

    Author : Rikard Hellgren; [2014]
    Keywords : seismic; fluid-structure interaction; arch dam; concrete; finite element analysis; jordbävning; fluid-struktur interaction; valvdamm; betong; finit element analys;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate how Fluid-Structure interaction is included in numerical earthquake analyses of dams. The base for this project is theme A from the 12th international benchmark workshop on numerical analysis of dams, which was held in October 2013. READ MORE