STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE AND FINITE ELEMENT MODELING OF ROLLER COMPACTED CONCRETE DAMS: A REVIEW

AHED HABIB; AUSAMAH  AL HOURI; MAAN  HABIB; AHMED  ELZOKRA; UMUT  YILDIRIM

doi:10.1590/1679-78256467

STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE AND FINITE ELEMENT MODELING OF ROLLER COMPACTED CONCRETE DAMS: A REVIEW

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AHED HABIB DEPT. OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY, FAMAGUSTA, NORTH CYPRUS, VIA MERSIN 10, TURKEY HTTP://ORCID.ORG/0000-0001-5607-9334
AUSAMAH AL HOURI DEPT. OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, NEAR EAST UNIVERSITY, NICOSIA, NORTH CYPRUS, VIA MERSIN 10, TURKEY HTTPS://ORCID.ORG/0000-0003-4234-0735
MAAN HABIB DEPT. OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, AL-BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY, AMMAN, JORDAN HTTPS://ORCID.ORG/0000-0002-0102-8852
AHMED ELZOKRA DEPT. OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - BOLOGNA UNIVERSITY, BOLOGNA, ITALY HTTP://ORCID.ORG/0000-0001-6061-6032
UMUT YILDIRIM DEPT. OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY, FAMAGUSTA, NORTH CYPRUS, VIA MERSIN 10, TURKEY HTTP://ORCID.ORG/0000-0002-5919-1695

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https://doi.org/10.1590/1679-78256467

Abstract

THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT CONCRETE IS ONE OF THE MOST CONSUMED MATERIALS ALL OVER THE WORLD. IT IS A COMPOSITE MIX WIDELY USED FOR CONSTRUCTING STRUCTURES AND INFRASTRUCTURES TO SUSTAIN ENVIRONMENTALLY INDUCED STRESSES SUCH AS THERMAL AND SEISMIC. AS THE MAINSTREAM OF CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IS TENDED TO FIND OUT FEASIBLE SOLUTIONS, ROLLER COMPACTED CONCRETE (RCC) WAS INTRODUCED TO PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DAMS AND PAVEMENTS, WHERE OVER 550 RCC DAMS WERE CREATED BY THE END OF 2012. IN FACT, THIS MATERIAL HAS THE SAME BASIC CONSTITUENTS OF CONVENTIONAL CONCRETE WITH A ZERO-SLUMP AND A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE PLACING PROCESS. THE MAJORITY OF AVAILABLE STUDIES IN THE LITERATURE ARE COMPOSED OF NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS TO ASSESS THE THERMAL AND SEISMIC BEHAVIOR OF RCC DAMS AND TO PROVIDE A CLEAR VIEW ON HOW TO IMPROVE ITS PERFORMANCE UNDER VARIOUS LOADING CONDITIONS. THIS PAPER SUMMARIZES AND COMPARES THE GENERAL CONCLUSIONS OF RECENT WORKS ON EVALUATING THE STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE OF RCC DAMS.

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2021-04-19

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Vol. 18 No. 4 (2021)

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