Earthquake damage estimation of concrete gravity dams using linear analysis and empirical failure criteria

M Alembagheri - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
A new methodology is proposed to estimate earthquake damage of gravity dams. In this
methodology the static pushover analysis is used to formulate a systematic and rational …

Seismic plastic–damage analysis of mass concrete blocks in arch dams including contraction and peripheral joints

O Omidi, V Lotfi - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Seismic nonlinear analysis of concrete arch dams is a topic having been extensively studied
in the last two decades. Due to the existence of different joints within the body of arch dams …

Earthquake response of concrete arch dams: a plastic–damage approach

O Omidi, V Lotfi - Earthquake engineering & structural …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
There are several alternatives to evaluate seismic damage‐cracking behavior of concrete
arch dams, among which damage theory is the most popular. A more recent option …

Seismic resistance of concrete arch dams including contraction joints based on damage plasticity model

V Lotfi, AA Jahanitabar - Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and …, 2025 - emerald.com
Purpose The proposed model is implemented in a special finite element program for its
three-dimensional solid elements (Lotfi, 2009), with its nonlinear dynamic analysis modified …

Application of single surface isotropic damage plasticity model in nonlinear dynamic analysis of the Koyna Dam

V Lotfi, AA Jahanitabar - Engineering Computations, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose In the present study, the application of a recent damage plasticity model is
presented for nonlinear dynamic analysis of the Koyna gravity dam. This is a single surface …

[PDF][PDF] Comparative study of various smeared crack models for concrete dams

M Alijani-Ardeshir, BN Neya, M Ahmadi - Gradevinar, 2019 - demosi1.grad.hr
The nonlinear seismic response of concrete gravity dams is investigated in the paper.
Nonlinear fracture mechanics based on three smeared crack models is used for comparative …

Seismic damage investigation of arch dams under different water levels based on massively parallel computation

S Guo, H Liang, S Wu, K Xiong, D Li, H Chen… - Soil Dynamics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Parallelization based on the overlapping domain decomposition method (ODDM) is adopted
to increase the computation speed of large-scale nonlinear dynamic analysis. A …

Comparative study of various smeared crack models for concrete dams

B Navayi Neya, M Ahmadi - Građevinar, 2019 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak The nonlinear seismic response of concrete gravity dams is investigated in the
paper. Nonlinear fracture mechanics based on three smeared crack models is used for …

[PDF][PDF] Usporedna analiza različitih modela razmazanih pukotina u betonskim branama

M Alijani-Ardeshir, BN Neya, M Ahmadi - casopis-gradjevinar.hr
The nonlinear seismic response of concrete gravity dams is investigated in the paper.
Nonlinear fracture mechanics based on three smeared crack models is used for comparative …

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M Alijani-Ardeshir, B Navayi Neya… - Sharif Journal of Civil …, 2018 - sjce.journals.sharif.edu
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