YANG Shi-kou, REN Xu-hua, ZHANG Ji-xun. Study on hydraulic fracture of gravity dam using the numerical manifold method[J]. 2018, 39(8): 3055-3060.
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YANG Shi-kou, REN Xu-hua, ZHANG Ji-xun. Study on hydraulic fracture of gravity dam using the numerical manifold method[J]. 2018, 39(8): 3055-3060.DOI: 10.16285/j.rsm.2016.2572.
Study on hydraulic fracture of gravity dam using the numerical manifold method
The hydraulic fracture of the gravity dam was analysed by considering the advantages of the numerical manifold method in the non-continuum field and the basic principle of fracture mechanics. Besides
this study realised the whole process of dam crack initiation
propagation and progressive failure. With the respective advantages of the Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion with tensile strength and the stress intensity factor discriminant criterion
the fracture and its propagating direction were determined according to different conditions
and no pre-notched model was required. One example under two different conditions was selected to analyse the hydraulic fracture of the gravity dam with or without considering the inner water pressure on crack. The results showed that for the hydraulic fracture of gravity dam without considering inner water pressure on crack
the crack of dam site propagated toward the direction of downstream and depth
and the crack propagation at the upstream slope belonged to the compression-shear failure. However
when considering the inner water pressure on crack
the crack of the dam site was extended in the direction of depth
and the crack propagation of slope point belonged to the tension-shear failure. Furthermore
the required time steps for the dam failure were reduced
resulting in the decrease of the safety factor of the dam. This study has deepened the understanding of hydraulic fracture of the gravity dam and has great practical application value.