Title :
On Water Loads of Concrete Dams for Hydropower Generation
Author :
Chai Junrui ; Meihua Wu
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Civil & Hydroelectric Eng., China Three Gorges Univ., Yichang
Abstract :
The water loads applied on concrete dams are the main loads in dam engineering design. According to the seepage theory, the action forms and the calculation formulas of water loads of concrete dams and foundations are proposed in many cases, which are analyzed and compared with the traditional calculation method of the hydrostatic pressure and the uplift pressure. An example is also given to show the comparison. It can be concluded that the traditional calculation method of water loads is just the one special case of the seepage theory.
Keywords :
dams; foundations; geotechnical engineering; hydroelectric power stations; hydrostatics; concrete dams; dam engineering design; foundations; hydropower generation; hydrostatic pressure; seepage theory; uplift pressure; water loads; Concrete; Design engineering; Drag; Educational institutions; Equations; Fluid flow; Hydrodynamics; Hydroelectric power generation; Solids; Surface cracks;
Conference_Titel :
Power and Energy Engineering Conference, 2009. APPEEC 2009. Asia-Pacific
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2486-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2487-0
DOI :
10.1109/APPEEC.2009.4918558
