Novel Nonreflecting Boundary Condition for an Infinite Reservoir Based on the Scaled Boundary Finite-Element Method
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 141, Issue 5
Abstract
The present paper deals with the hydrodynamic problems of dam-reservoir systems based on the scaled boundary FEM (SBFEM). It provides a novel boundary condition for hydrodynamic pressure simulation on the truncation boundary suited for dam-reservoir interaction analysis. A two-dimensional gravity dam-reservoir system is addressed, where the impounded water is extended to infinity. In the analysis, a truncation boundary is placed at a short distance away from the dam face in the upstream direction to reduce the computational effort. The proposed approach can conveniently consider the water compressibility, the absorption of the reservoir boundary, and the effect of the reservoir geometry. It is applicable to the earthquake excitation either in the stream direction or in the vertical/cross-stream directions. Additionally, it has the potential to extend to the three-dimensional case. Numerical examples are provided to validate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.
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Acknowledgments
The authors acknowledge the financial support of the Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51121005) and of the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 51138001.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 141 • Issue 5 • May 2015
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Received: Aug 1, 2012
Published online: Jan 14, 2013
Accepted: Feb 21, 2014
Published in print: May 1, 2015
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