Effects of Outlets on Cracking Risk and Integral Stability of Super-High Arch Dams

In this paper, case study on outlet cracking is first conducted for the Goupitan and Xiaowan arch dams. A nonlinear FEM method is then implemented to study effects of the outlets on integral stability of the Xiluodu arch dam under two loading conditions, i.e., normal loading and overloading conditio...

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Main Authors: Peng Lin, Hongyuan Liu, Qingbin Li, Hang Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/312827
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