Concrete Swelling in a Double Curvature Dam

Rodríguez Soler, Javier and González, Patricia and Martinez Cutillas, Francisco J. and Marti Rodriguez, Joaquin (2012). Concrete Swelling in a Double Curvature Dam. In: "14th International Conference on Alkali-Aggregate Reaction (ICAAR)", 20/05/2012 - 25/05/2012, Austin, Texas.

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Title: Concrete Swelling in a Double Curvature Dam
Author/s:
  • Rodríguez Soler, Javier
  • González, Patricia
  • Martinez Cutillas, Francisco J.
  • Marti Rodriguez, Joaquin
Item Type: Presentation at Congress or Conference (Article)
Event Title: 14th International Conference on Alkali-Aggregate Reaction (ICAAR)
Event Dates: 20/05/2012 - 25/05/2012
Event Location: Austin, Texas
Title of Book: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Alkali-Aggregate Reaction in Concrete, May 20 – 25, 2012, Austin, Texas
Date: 2012
Subjects:
Faculty: E.T.S.I. Caminos, Canales y Puertos (UPM)
Department: Mecánica de Medios Continuos y Teoría de Estructuras
Creative Commons Licenses: Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial

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Abstract

Se describe el problema del hinchamiento del hormigón en las presas de doble curvatura.
Several chemical reactions are able to produce swelling of concrete for decades after its initial curing, a problem that affects a considerable number of concrete dams around the world. The object of the work reported is to simulate the underlying mechanisms with sufficient accuracy to reproduce the past history and to predict the future evolution reliably. Having studied the available formulations, that considered to be more promising was adopted and introduced via user routines in a commercial finite element code.
It is a non isotropic swelling model,compatible with the cracking and other non-linearities displayed by the concrete. The paper concentrates on the work conducted for a double-curvature arch dam. The model parameters were
determined on the basis of some parts of the dam’s monitored histories, reliability was then verified using other parts and, finally, predictions were made about the future evolution of the dam and its safety margin.

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Item ID: 20846
DC Identifier: https://oa.upm.es/20846/
OAI Identifier: oai:oa.upm.es:20846
Official URL: http://www.icaar2012.org/
Deposited by: Memoria Investigacion
Deposited on: 07 Jan 2014 09:22
Last Modified: 22 Sep 2014 11:21
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