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Date:2019-03-09

Indexed by:Journal Article

Date of Publication:2014-03-01

Journal:JOURNAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY-SCIENCE A

Included Journals:ISTIC、EI、SCIE

Volume:15

Issue:3

Page Number:208-218

ISSN:1673-565X

Key Words:Contraction joint element; Damage; Concrete; Arch dam; Constitutive model

Abstract:A new contraction joint element model for the interface in different meshes between the arch dam sections is constructed. The study on the elastic-plastic damage constitutive model for concrete, which is applied to multi-axial stresses, is also taken. The models of the dam-foundation-reservoir system for Xingbiling and Jinping concrete arch dams, China are calculated using the proposed contraction joint elements and the elastic-plastic damage constitutive model to verify the proposed models. Results showed that the proposed contraction joint element model has a high precision in simulating the behavior of contraction joints and the elastic-plastic damage constitutive model has a high precision in simulating the behavior of the damage to the concrete.