Viscous Damping and Contraction Joint Friction in Underwater Explosion Resistant Design of Arch Dams
Publication: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 33, Issue 3
Abstract
The aim of this study is to clarify the parameter-determination issue with regard to the viscous damping and contraction joint friction in the underwater explosion (UNDEX) resistant design of arch dams. A 141-m-high double-curvature arch dam is chosen as the study subject, and the finite-element program ABAQUS/Explicit is employed. Both the dam-reservoir interaction and the contraction-joint nonlinearity are considered. The calculation results suggest that in a routine range of values for the viscous damping ratio (less than 0.05), the damping effect on the UNDEX-induced displacement and damage responses of the arch dam seem limited. To be conservative in the design, the viscous damping ratio could be assigned a zero value (neglecting the damping effect). The calculation results have highlighted the importance of the monolith-to-monolith friction to the tensile damage to the dam base. We believe that a value of 0.65 assigned to the friction coefficient should be appropriate for the UNDEX resistant design of an arch dam in case the shear keys’ shear-transferring roles are not considered.
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Acknowledgments
This work was sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51579018), the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Public Welfare Research Institutes (Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute CKSF2016271/GC), and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFC0401602). The original design data of the arch dam chosen as the current study subject were provided by Dr. Jun-Jie Hua, who works in Changjiang Institute of Survey, Planning, Design, and Research. The provision is hereby gratefully acknowledged. We gratefully acknowledge the constructive comments of the anonymous reviewers.
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Received: Apr 24, 2018
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