The location, intensity and scope of concentrated leakage must be determined in order to repair earth-Dam scoured by the leakage. In this paper, firstly, heat tracer theory and distribution laws of temperature in soil...The location, intensity and scope of concentrated leakage must be determined in order to repair earth-Dam scoured by the leakage. In this paper, firstly, heat tracer theory and distribution laws of temperature in soil body with leakage are discussed. Then temperature tracer model is established according to stable heat conduction theory. In such model, the concentrated seepage passage is simplified into a circular pipe as a boundary condition. The location, scope and flow-velocity of the concentrated leakage are estimated via ichnography of the lowest temperature based on temperature data from detecting wells by quantitative computation and qualitative analysis. In case study, the distribution characteristic of temperature (including temperature data of water in reservoir, drainage pipes and tail pond) can be interpreted by this model. A modified model is also set up, applied for detected data at different cross-sections of the leakage passage, in which the temperature data are rectified according to distances from data locations to calculating section. Finally, the model is solved by numerical iterative method, and the possible error of this theoretical model is discussed. The permeability coefficient in leakage area is identical with that of normal soil in magnitude after anti-seepage repairing accomplished, which indicates this model is effective.展开更多
In this paper, regarding the actual conditions of a roller compacted concrete dam, three-dimensional finite element relocating mesh method is utilized to simulate and calculate the temperature field of the RCC dam dur...In this paper, regarding the actual conditions of a roller compacted concrete dam, three-dimensional finite element relocating mesh method is utilized to simulate and calculate the temperature field of the RCC dam during the construction stage and operating period. The calculation is well consistent with the actual construction process, the thin-layer pouring process the pouring temperature and all kinds of external loads involved being taken into account, By comparing and analyzing of the impact of the cold wave on the dam stress, important references are provided for the RCCD design and the temperature control during construction.展开更多
According to the construction characteristic of RCC dam cast by layers, three-dimensional finite element relocating mesh method is developed to simulate construction process and compute temperature field. The computat...According to the construction characteristic of RCC dam cast by layers, three-dimensional finite element relocating mesh method is developed to simulate construction process and compute temperature field. The computation model of relocating mesh method is expatiated in detail; based on the thermodynamic properties of RCC materials, the feasibility and error of relocating mesh method are analyzed and demonstrated; The computation results in this article are verified by means of the temperature observation data of certain RCC gravity dam. The results show that the temperature field computed by three-dimensional finite element relocating mesh method can not only ensure the computation precision, but also improve the calculation efficiency greatly. This provides an effective method for simulating construction process and computing temperature field of RCC dam.展开更多
Shapai Roller Compacted Concrete(RCC) Arch Dam is the highest RCC arch dam of the 20th century in the world with a maximum height of 132m,and it is the only concrete arch dam near the epicentre of Wenchuan earthquake ...Shapai Roller Compacted Concrete(RCC) Arch Dam is the highest RCC arch dam of the 20th century in the world with a maximum height of 132m,and it is the only concrete arch dam near the epicentre of Wenchuan earthquake on May 12th,2008.The seismic damage to the dam and the resistance of the dam has drawn great attention.This paper analyzed the response and resistance of the dam to the seismic wave using numerical simulations with comparison to the monitored data.The field investigation after the earthquake and analysis of insitu data record showed that there was only little variation in the opening size at the dam and foundation interface,transverse joints and inducing joints before and after the earthquake.The overall stability of the dam abutment resistance body was quite good except a little relaxation was observed.The results of the dynamic finite element method(FEM) showed that the sizes of the openings obtained from the numerical modeling are comparable with the monitored values,and the change of the opening size is in millimeter range.This study revealed that Shapai arch dam exhibited high seismic resistance and overload capacity in the Wenchuan earthquake event.The comparison of the monitored and simulated results showed that the numerical method applied in this paper well simulated the seismic response of the dam.The method could be useful in the future application on the safety evaluation of RCC dams.展开更多
基金Financial support from the National Nature Science Foundation of China(50179009)National Nature Science Foundation of China for important project(50139030)
文摘The location, intensity and scope of concentrated leakage must be determined in order to repair earth-Dam scoured by the leakage. In this paper, firstly, heat tracer theory and distribution laws of temperature in soil body with leakage are discussed. Then temperature tracer model is established according to stable heat conduction theory. In such model, the concentrated seepage passage is simplified into a circular pipe as a boundary condition. The location, scope and flow-velocity of the concentrated leakage are estimated via ichnography of the lowest temperature based on temperature data from detecting wells by quantitative computation and qualitative analysis. In case study, the distribution characteristic of temperature (including temperature data of water in reservoir, drainage pipes and tail pond) can be interpreted by this model. A modified model is also set up, applied for detected data at different cross-sections of the leakage passage, in which the temperature data are rectified according to distances from data locations to calculating section. Finally, the model is solved by numerical iterative method, and the possible error of this theoretical model is discussed. The permeability coefficient in leakage area is identical with that of normal soil in magnitude after anti-seepage repairing accomplished, which indicates this model is effective.
文摘In this paper, regarding the actual conditions of a roller compacted concrete dam, three-dimensional finite element relocating mesh method is utilized to simulate and calculate the temperature field of the RCC dam during the construction stage and operating period. The calculation is well consistent with the actual construction process, the thin-layer pouring process the pouring temperature and all kinds of external loads involved being taken into account, By comparing and analyzing of the impact of the cold wave on the dam stress, important references are provided for the RCCD design and the temperature control during construction.
文摘According to the construction characteristic of RCC dam cast by layers, three-dimensional finite element relocating mesh method is developed to simulate construction process and compute temperature field. The computation model of relocating mesh method is expatiated in detail; based on the thermodynamic properties of RCC materials, the feasibility and error of relocating mesh method are analyzed and demonstrated; The computation results in this article are verified by means of the temperature observation data of certain RCC gravity dam. The results show that the temperature field computed by three-dimensional finite element relocating mesh method can not only ensure the computation precision, but also improve the calculation efficiency greatly. This provides an effective method for simulating construction process and computing temperature field of RCC dam.
基金supported by The National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No. 51079092)Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education(Grant no.20090181120088)Science and Technology Support Plan Project of Sichuan Province (Grant No. 2008SZ0163)
文摘Shapai Roller Compacted Concrete(RCC) Arch Dam is the highest RCC arch dam of the 20th century in the world with a maximum height of 132m,and it is the only concrete arch dam near the epicentre of Wenchuan earthquake on May 12th,2008.The seismic damage to the dam and the resistance of the dam has drawn great attention.This paper analyzed the response and resistance of the dam to the seismic wave using numerical simulations with comparison to the monitored data.The field investigation after the earthquake and analysis of insitu data record showed that there was only little variation in the opening size at the dam and foundation interface,transverse joints and inducing joints before and after the earthquake.The overall stability of the dam abutment resistance body was quite good except a little relaxation was observed.The results of the dynamic finite element method(FEM) showed that the sizes of the openings obtained from the numerical modeling are comparable with the monitored values,and the change of the opening size is in millimeter range.This study revealed that Shapai arch dam exhibited high seismic resistance and overload capacity in the Wenchuan earthquake event.The comparison of the monitored and simulated results showed that the numerical method applied in this paper well simulated the seismic response of the dam.The method could be useful in the future application on the safety evaluation of RCC dams.
