Date of Publication :19th June 2019
Abstract: Reservoir and foundation affect the dynamic characteristics especially modal frequencies and consequently the dynamic response of arch dams. A study is performed in this paper to view the effect of reservoir presence, foundation and fluid-dam interfaces modelling on modal behavior of arch dam using ANSYS. To represent water reservoir, two methods such as added masses approach and finite element method are adopted here.
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