Abstract
Bhuj earthquake of January 26, 2001, caused damage to all the dams present within a 50 km radius of the epicentre of the earthquake. There were about 19 small to medium sized dams of 10–25 m height in that region. Most of these dams suffered considerable damage from longitudinal cracks at the crest to failure of upstream and downstream slopes. It is always a good idea to analyze the failed geotechnical structures numerically and identify the reasons for failure, especially when subjected to an earthquake. Failure of Earthen Dams attracts more attention as these are important and classical geotechnical structures. Kaswati dam in the Kutch region suffered severe damage during the Bhuj earthquake. This paper attempts to study the performance of the Kaswati dam during the Bhuj earthquake numerically. For this purpose, PLAXIS 2D, a Finite Element software in Plane Strain idealization is used. The model dam is subjected to a seismic force similar to that hit Gujarat in 2001, and the response in the form of accelerations and pore water pressure changes at different locations are arrived at. It has been observed that the model dam suffered considerable damage indicating that the numerical model can reasonably predict the actual behaviour in the field.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
EERI Special Earthquake Report (2001) Preliminary observations on the origin and effects of the January 26, 2001 Bhuj (Gujarat, India) Earthquake
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) (2001) Bhuj, India Republic Day January 26, 2001. Earthquake ReconnaissanceReport
Chakraborty D, Choudhury D (2009) Investigation of the behavior of tailings earthen dam under seismic conditions. Am J Eng Appl Sci 2(3):559–564
Griffiths DV, Prevost JH (1988) Two and three dimensional dynamic finite element analyses of the long valley dam. Geotechnique 38:367–388
Rampello S, Cascone E, Grosso N (2009) Evaluation of the seismic response of a homogenous earth dam. Soil Dyn Earthquake Eng 29:782–798
Singh R, Roy D, Jain SK (2005) Analysis of earth dams affected by the 2001 Bhuj Earthquake. Eng Geol
Earthquake Spectra (2002) 2001 Bhuj, India Earthquake Reconnaissance Report, EERI Publication No. 2002–01
Singh SK, Bansal BK, Bhattacharya SN, Pacheco JF, Dattatrayam RS, Ordaz M, Suresh G, Hough SE (2003) Estimation of ground motion for Bhuj (26January 2001; Mw 7.6) and for future earthquakes in India. Bull Seismol Soc Am 93:353–370
Clough RW, Chopra AK (1966) Earthquake stress analysis in earth dams. J Eng Mech ASCE 92:197–211. http://nisee.berkeley.edu/elibrary/Text/300451
Towhata, Prasad SK, Honda T, Chandradhara GP (2002) Geotechnical reconnaissance study on damage caused by 2001Gujarat earthquake. India Soils Found 42(4):77–88
Plaxis, 2D (2010) Tutorial manual. Delft University of Technology & PLAXIS bv, The Netherlands
Huang TK (1996) Stability analysis of an earth dam under steady state seepage. Comput Struct 58(6):1075–1082
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2022 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
About this paper
Cite this paper
Ghosh, B., Prasad, S.K. (2022). Seismic Response Study on Kaswati Dam. In: Kolathayar, S., Chian, S.C. (eds) Recent Advances in Earthquake Engineering . Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 175. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4617-1_22
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4617-1_22
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore
Print ISBN: 978-981-16-4616-4
Online ISBN: 978-981-16-4617-1
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)