جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « اندرکنش سد- مخزن » در نشریات گروه « عمران »

The stability of a gravity dam on a jointed rock foundation might be endangered by weak joints that may be present in the fracture network of the bed rock. A review of the literature shows that there are few studies of the effect of a weak joint in the foundation rock on the stability of dams. This research uses the finite difference numerical modelling software ABAQUS to model a gravity dam, the foundation rock, and the influence of a weak joint (using interfaces), that exist in the bottom of dam with different direction, on the stability of the dam. To do this, a conceptual model has been developed and one representative joint of a discrete fracture network with seven different dip angle was examined. Thses different varying dip angles were studied in order to investigate the critical configuration that has the most significant effect on the dam’s stability.As a case study, Pine Flate dam, is modeled with the ABAQUS software as a two-dimensional and Nonlinear dynamic analysis is done by implicit method with applying vertical and horizontal components of the El-Centro earthquake. The obtained results show that existness of joint in the foundation significantly affected the dynamic responcse of dam.

The present study investigate the effects of mechanical properties of the rock layers in the foundation of concrete gravity dam on the seismic response of gravity dam–reservoir –foundation systems. The mutual effects of different domains are considered in the present research. As a case study the biggest section of Shafarud dam in the north of Iran is modeled two dimensionally using ABAQUS software and its response to the may 1940 El–Centro California earthquake is considered.Four different ratio of elasticity modulus of foundation to the elasticity modulus of concrete of dam body are applied in the analysis obtained results show a significant effect of the foundation material properties on the crest displacement of dam and stress distribution in the dam bodywhich highlight the importance of detailed survey in order to identify the features of the site before construction.

In the present paper a new numerical simulation method based on finite volume is developed for calculating hydrodynamic pressure distribution in the reservoir of dams during earthquake excitation. An explicit finite volume scheme is applied for discretization of dynamic governs equation. In the proposed method the asymmetry effect of reservoir shape on hydrodynamic pressure distribution can be considered. In the simulation quadrilateral elements with center cell algorithm is used. Because of the negligible changing of hydrodynamic pressure in the cross direction with averaging, the average differential partial equation in central vertical plan of reservoir is solved. The absorption effects of bottom sediment and lateral wall are included in the analysis and an exact far end boundary condition is applied in the truncation boundary. Different approaches to the solution of the coupled field problems exist solution of the entire set of equations as one discretized system, referred to as the monolithic approach. This approach is often inefficient due to its attempt to capture with one discretization methodology the completely different spatial and temporal characteristics of fluid and the structure. The second approach often mentioned is the notion of strong coupling, referring to solvers which might use different discretizations for the fluid and the structure but which employ sub-iteration in each time step to enforce coupling between the fluid and the structure. In these methods, the governing equations for fluid and structure are discretized separately in each of the sub-domains and coupled using a synchronization procedure both in time and in space without sub-iteration. Weakly –coupled schemes have been extensively applied to a variety of different fluid-structure interaction problems of engineering interest in past ten years. wo vital issues when coupling two domains are: the method of data transformation between domains and what information must be transferred. The property of fluid adjacent of a structure such as density and viscosity are also key parameters in the efficiency of a numerical scheme.A dense fluid coupled with a structure cause a strong coupling and required some special technique to overcome corresponding difficulties. Key questions with this approach include properly enforcing boundary conditions at the solid-fluid interface, and accurately transmitting tractions between the solid and fluid. The biggest complaint about the explicit staggered partitioned solution procedure is the typical instability associated with the method,that is generally caused by the time lag between the integration of the fluid and structure equations. In the typical partitioned method, the fluid and the structure equations are integrated in time, and the interface conditions are enforced asynchronously. In the solution of coupled problems using partitioned methods, it is necessary to find a cost-minimization (optimization) compromise between a few passes solution with small time steps and a more iterated solution with larger time steps. This compromise may depend, among other things, in the degree of nonlinearity of the structural problem, which may require equilibrium iterations independently of the interaction effects. From the computational point of view, a one–pass solution with no iteration would be optimal, but stability consideration may prove this impractical.

The present research focuses on the development and verification of a computational procedure and relevant code capable of predicting the water cavitation effects on dynamic response of concrete dam-reservoir coupled systems. Because of the catastrophic consequences of a dam failure, dynamic analysis of dam-reservoir system should include the effects of significant nonlinearities in the response of these systems. The objectives of this paper are summarized as follow: 1- Present a numerical hybrid model to capture acoustic cavitation in the reservoir of dams. 2- To develop a nonlinear fluid-structure coupling code for studying the water cavitation effects on the response of concrete dam- reservoir system subjected to earthquake ground motion. 3- Perform a study of typical concrete dam-reservoir systems to determine the effects of reservoir cavitation on dam response. Finally, for investigate water cavitation effects on seismic response of concrete dams; two typical gravity dam- reservoir and arch dam-reservoir systems are modeled. Based on the results presented in this paper the following conclusion can be drawn: 1- The coupling phenomena are found to have great significance in the case of dam– reservoir interaction analysis. 2- Once the cavitation takes place, the interaction process is quite different from what is predicted by a model that does not consider cavitation. Strictly nonlinear phenomenon will dominate and a proper cavitation model is required to define fluid behavior. 3- Reservoir cavitation does not affect the response of concrete dams considerably.