First Advisor

Trevor D. Smith

Term of Graduation

Fall 1991

Date of Publication

12-16-1991

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Civil Engineering (MSCE)

Department

Civil Engineering

Language

English

Subjects

Dam failures -- Computer simulation, Finite element method, Earth dams, Soil consolidation

DOI

10.15760/etd.6306

Physical Description

1 online resource (2, xiv, 168 pages)

Abstract

Limits of slope stability, limit equilibrium methods, and of the finite element code FEADAM are reached in the application of these methods to the problem of cracked dams constructed on collapsing soils.

Utilizing a generic dam, various classic slope stability approaches are tested as possible dam slope failure mechanisms. Slope stability methods are rejected as a way to accurately define and quantify the collapse problem. As a result of this work a block rotation mode of collapse is postulated. Then the finite element method (FEM) is used to try to define and quantify the collapse problem. The FEM is applied to four dam sites. Of the sites, one site is collapse prone, three are not. The finite element code FEADAM (Finite Element Analysis of Dams) is used to make the computations.

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