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Seismic damage-cracking analysis of arch dams using different earthquake input mechanisms

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In this study, a nonlinear model is presented for analysis of damage-cracking behavior in arch dams during strong earthquakes using different seismic input mechanisms. The nonlinear system includes a plastic-damage model for cyclic loading of concrete considering strain softening and a contact boundary model of contraction joint opening. Two different earthquake input mechanisms are used for comparison, including massless foundation input model and viscous-spring boundary model considering radiation damping due to infinite canyon. The results demonstrate that effects of seismic input mechanism and radiation damping on nonlinear response and damage-cracking of the dam are significant. Compared with the results of using massless foundation input model, the damage-cracking region and contraction joint opening are substantially reduced when using viscous-spring boundary model to take into account radiation damping. However, if the damping ratio of the dam is artificially increased to about 10%–15% for massless foundation input model, the joint opening and damage-cracking of the dam are comparable to the results obtained from the viscous-spring boundary model.

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    JianWen Pan, ChuHan Zhang, JinTing Wang & YanJie Xu

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 90510018, 90715041) and the National Basic Research Program of China (“973”) (Grant No. 2002CB412709)

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Pan, J., Zhang, C., Wang, J. et al. Seismic damage-cracking analysis of arch dams using different earthquake input mechanisms. Sci. China Ser. E-Technol. Sci. 52, 518–529 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-008-0303-6

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