| Author | Sivasubramaniyam, Sithamparappillai |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.ST-82-22 |
| Subject(s) | Arch dams--Foundations
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | This study deals with the nonlinear behaviour of simple arch dams to differential foundation and abutment movements. Possible causes of
ground movements and subsidences are identified and listed. An attempt is made to establish a simple method of analysis for simulating the
behaviour of arch dams under ground movements. Based on the literature available on the mechanical properties of concrete, an elasto-plastic
constitutive model is derived. The yield stress is defined :in both tension and compression for each finite element using the failure stress obtained from the biaxial failure envelope. Caparison of the numerical
results obtained from the linear analysis and from the elasto-plastic analysis with the compressive strength of concrete as the yield stress,
in tension as well as in compression, with that obtained using the model derived above proved that the suggested model can provide information
about the response of arch dams to differential foundation movements. |
| Year | 1982 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Structural Engineering (STE) /Former Name = Structural Engineering and Construction (ST) |
| Chairperson(s) | Wireland, Martin |
| Examination Committee(s) | Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai ; Ogawa, Junji
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | The Royal Netherlands Government |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.)- Asian Institute of Technology,1982 |