Seismic Response of Earth Dam with Innovative Polymer Antiseepage Wall
Publication: International Journal of Geomechanics
Volume 20, Issue 7
Abstract
Polymer antiseepage walls have advantages over conventional antiseepage walls in terms of environmental protect and construction convenience. Therefore, it is widely applied in seepage-proofing, reinforcement projects in earth dams. Aimed at better understanding the seismic performance of the new polymer antiseepage wall, appropriate research on the seismic behavior and seismic resistance analysis of an earth dam with the new antiseepage wall were conducted by using a centrifuge modeling test and certain verified numerical simulation. For comparison, the earth dam with a conventional concrete antiseepage wall was also included in the research and analysis. The results show the polymer antiseepage wall is superior to the concrete antiseepage wall in terms of acceleration resistance, dynamic stress response, and compatible deformation capacity. During a 0.4g earthquake, the overall seismic performance of an earth dam with a polymer antiseepage wall is also good.
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Acknowledgments
This paper is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (51909243), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Grant (2018M632803), and Key Scientific Research Program of Higher Education of Henan Province (18A570002).
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Received: Jun 19, 2019
Accepted: Oct 31, 2019
Published online: Apr 17, 2020
Published in print: Jul 1, 2020
Discussion open until: Sep 17, 2020
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