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Earthquakes and Structures Volume 25, Number 2, August 2023 , pages 125-134 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/eas.2023.25.2.125 |
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Seismic damage assessment of a large concrete gravity dam |
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Lounis Guechari, Abdelghani Seghir, Ouassila Kada and Abdelhamid Becheur
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| Abstract | ||
| In the present work, a new global damage index is proposed for the seismic performance and failure analysis of concrete gravity dams. Unlike the existing indices of concrete structures, this index doesn't need scaling with an ultimate or an upper value. For this purpose, the Beni-Haroun dam in north-eastern Algeria, is considered as a case study, for which an average seismic capacity curve is first evaluated by performing several incremental dynamic analyses. The seismic performance point of the dam is then determined using the N2 method, considering multiple modes and taking into account the stiffness degradation. The seismic demand is obtained from the design spectrum of the Algerian seismic regulations. A series of recorded and artificial accelerograms are used as dynamic loads to evaluate the nonlinear responses of the dam. The nonlinear behaviour of the concrete mass is modelled by using continuum damage mechanics, where material damage is represented by a scalar field damage variable. This modelling, which is suitable for cyclic loading, uses only a single damage parameter to describe the stiffness degradation of the concrete. The hydrodynamic and the sediment pressures are included in the analyses. The obtained results show that the proposed damage index faithfully describes the successive brittle failures of the dam which increase with increasing applied ground accelerations. It is found that minor damage can occur for ground accelerations less than 0.3 g, and complete failure can be caused by accelerations greater than 0.45 g. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| adaptive multimodal N2 method; continuum damage mechanics; global damage index; gravity dam; seismic performance | ||
| Address | ||
| Lounis Guechari, Abdelghani Seghir and Abdelhamid Becheur: Research Laboratory of Applied Hydraulics and Environment, Faculty of Technology, University of Bejaia, 06000 Bejaia, Algeria Ouassila Kada: Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Bejaia, 06000 Bejaia, Algeria | ||