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Assessing seismic response of a 2D roller-compacted concrete dam under variable reservoir lengths

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Finite element method (FEM) is effectively used for evaluating roller-compacted concrete (RCC) dams, especially in high seismicity zones. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of various reservoir lengths on the seismic response of a selected RCC dam under strong ground motion effects. Six different reservoir lengths, the lengths varies from h/2 to 10h (h, the height of dam), are used within finite element models. The hydrodynamic pressure of the reservoir water is modelled with the 2D fluid finite elements based on the Lagrangian approach. The horizontal and vertical components of the 1989 Mw 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake are utilized in numerical analyses. The non-linear time-history analyses of those six models are investigated by using Drucker-Prager material model. According to the numerical analysis, it is obvious that the seismic behavior of the RCC dams is considerably dependent on the reservoir length. By increasing the length, we have obtained higher displacement values, which exist until the reservoir length reaches the 3h; at increased lengths, the values remain stable. This result proposes that 3h reservoir length is adequate to assess the seismic response of RCC dams. The principal tensile stresses are relatively lower in non-linear analysis compared to linear analyses. However, the principal compression stresses are close to each other in linear and non-linear analyses. The results imply that the non-linear response is influential on the total seismic response of a dam, which cannot be neglected in numerical analysis.

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  1. Engineering Faculty, Izmir Demokrasi University, 35140, Izmir, Turkey

    Murat Emre Kartal

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Bulent Ecevit University, 67000, Zonguldak, Turkey

    Murat Cavusli & Ayse Bengu Sunbul

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Kartal, M.E., Cavusli, M. & Sunbul, A.B. Assessing seismic response of a 2D roller-compacted concrete dam under variable reservoir lengths. Arab J Geosci 10, 488 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-017-3271-y

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