Multi-layer neural networks have been used in this paper for modeling nonlinear behaviour of concrete gravity dams under earthquake excitation. Koyna dam which has been studied extensively by other authors in the past has been studied as test example in this paper too, where the nonlinear response of its crest has been modelled by the proposed algorithm. The main steps of the algorithm are as f...

Risk analysis methodologies can be useful tools to help decision-makers in dam safety engineering. One of the inputs needed for Quantitative Risk Analysis is an estimate of the probability of failure of the dam under study. Existing dams have been designed using the factor of safety, which is a concept associated with a certain mathematical model of the physical behavior of the dam. In dam engi...

Dams in countries with cold climate are subjected to ice loads during the winter, and these may have significant influence on the dam stability. The design value of the horizontal ice load varies between 50 – 200 kN/m from the South to the North of Sweden, according to the Swedish guideline for dam safety (RIDAS 2011). However, the size of the ice load cannot be dictated by the geographic locat...

In the present article, effect of non-uniform excitation of reservoir bottom on nonlinear response of concrete gravity dams is considered. Anisotropic damage mechanics approach is used to model nonlinear behavior of mass concrete in 2D space. The tallest monolith of Pine Flat dam is selected as a case study. The horizontal and vertical components of 1967 Koyna earthquake is used to excite the s...

The seismic safety assessment of large concrete dams remains a significant challenge in dam engineering, as it requires appropriate analysis methods, modern performance criteria, and advanced numerical models to simulate the behavior. This paper presents method for arch based on Endurance Time Analysis (ETA), using tensile compressive damage results from robust formulation considering joint ope...

diversion dams in order to raise the water level of river and conveys of water into the main canal irrigation network is designed. if the dimensions of different parts of the diversion dam be considered large, stability will be supplying, but due to the increase volume of materials, construction costs will be more. design engineer must choose sections of dam that had least amount of materials a...

Aimed at the reliability problems of arch retaining structure with stochastic parameters, in consideration of the influences of the randomness of the structural parameters and loads, the concrete paper applies program building relevant arch retaining structural model. The simulation programs are based on the response surface method and Monte Carlo method hybrid simulation analysis method. The s...