Currently, there are a wide range of line types in the field of arch dam designing and construction, and each of them may have their own strength and weakness disparately. A trade-off between the size, stress, as well...Currently, there are a wide range of line types in the field of arch dam designing and construction, and each of them may have their own strength and weakness disparately. A trade-off between the size, stress, as well as the construction cost and complex- ity of the dam needs to be made in order to arrive at a new solution called the cycloid arch dam. Through redevelopment of VBA us- ing AutoCAD, the arch ring and the center of the arch line have been designed. Also, the stress analysis on parabola and cycloid have been done, which provides a theoretical principle that the cycloid could be regarded as a new line type of the arch dam.展开更多
基金supported by the Water Conservancy and Water Transportation Engineering Built by Province and Ministry of Chongqing Jiaotong University,Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of Open Fund Project(SLK2010A01)
文摘Currently, there are a wide range of line types in the field of arch dam designing and construction, and each of them may have their own strength and weakness disparately. A trade-off between the size, stress, as well as the construction cost and complex- ity of the dam needs to be made in order to arrive at a new solution called the cycloid arch dam. Through redevelopment of VBA us- ing AutoCAD, the arch ring and the center of the arch line have been designed. Also, the stress analysis on parabola and cycloid have been done, which provides a theoretical principle that the cycloid could be regarded as a new line type of the arch dam.