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  1. 1. Safety Assessment of Cracked Buttress Dams

    University essay from KTH/Betongbyggnad

    Author : Robel Tekeste Fekadu; Sujata Kayastha; [2020]
    Keywords : Concrete buttress dam; finite element analysis; safety factor; global failure; reinforcement; corrosion; combined failure; traditional stability analysis;

    Abstract : Most of the concrete buttress dams in Sweden were built from the 1950s till the1980s based on the traditional method of analyses. Those structures are reinforced and heavy in structure. Their height to thickness ratio being large makes them prone to crack during their lifespan. READ MORE