Seismic Safety Evaluation of a Concrete Dam Based on Guidelines

Markus Goldgruber; Shervin Shahriari; Gerald Zenz

Seismic Safety Evaluation of a Concrete Dam Based on Guidelines

Markus Goldgruber^*
, Shervin Shahriari
, Gerald Zenz

^*Corresponding author for this work

Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management (2130)

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Abstract

The 13th Benchmark Workshop on the Numerical Analysis of Dams is held in the
city of Lausanne. Every two years different topics are formulated to investigate and evaluate.
The focus of this year’s theme A topic is to perform a seismic verification of the Luzzone
arch dam based on guidelines. Upon the evaluation of different stresses and displacements the
local and global stability should be judged. The safety factors are calculated by using the limit
equilibrium method and applying the guideline from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Based on this method the integrity of the structure cannot be ensured, because three
dimensional effects are not taken into account in the right way. The radial orientation of the
block/contraction joints or shear keys, for instance, are neglected. Therefore, as conclusion, it
is recommended to perform additional nonlinear analyses of the structure to evaluate the
safety of the dam properly

Original language	English
Title of host publication	13th ICOLD Benchmarks Workshop Lausanne
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	2015 ICOLD Annual Meeting and Congress: 13th Benchmark Workshop on the Numerical Analysis of Dams - Lausanne, Switzerland Duration: 9 Sept 2015 → 11 Sept 2015

Conference

Conference	2015 ICOLD Annual Meeting and Congress
Abbreviated title	ICOLD 2015
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	Lausanne
Period	9/09/15 → 11/09/15

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Sustainable Systems

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