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In-plane transversal normal stresses in the concrete face of CFRD induced by the first-dam reservoir filling

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To evaluate the effects of dam height, valley narrowness and width of concrete slabs on the first-dam reservoir filling in-plane transversal normal stresses in the concrete face of CFRD’s, 3D finite difference analyses were carried out. Behavior of rockfill dams considered in this study was defined from the monitoring of a number of 3D sets of pressure cells and extensometers installed in three large dams in Mexico. The 3D analyses results show that high in-plane transversal compressive stresses develop within the concrete panels located in the central concrete face zone upon dam reservoir filling loading. Likewise, in-plane induced tensile transversal stresses in the zones near the abutments increase the potential of slabs cracking and damaging the waterstops in-between the vertical and perimetral joints. From the results of the 3D finite difference analyses, a simple method to estimate in-plane normal stresses in the concrete face is advanced and through comparisons with the results of a 3D case numerical study, its accuracy assessed.

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The authors thank the “Comision Federal de Electricidad” for the support provided throughout a broad investigation on Concrete Face Rockfill Dams.

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  1. Institute of Engineering, National University of Mexico, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico

    Neftalí Sarmiento-Solano & Miguel P. Romo

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Sarmiento-Solano, N., Romo, M.P. In-plane transversal normal stresses in the concrete face of CFRD induced by the first-dam reservoir filling. Front. Struct. Civ. Eng. 12, 81–91 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-016-0378-2

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