THE FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF ARCH DAMS IN WIDE VALLEYS INCLUDING THE EFFECT OF CRACK FORMATION AT THE CONCRETE-ROCK INTERFACE.

Keywords: DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS, PRETORIA, THREE DIMENSIONAL, MESHES, ELEMENTS, SURFACE, CURVED, EMBEDDED, STIFFENERS, ISOPARAMETRIC, LINEAR, BEHAVIOUR, ELASTICITY, MATRICES, MATRIX, ARCHES, METHODS, FINITE ELEMENTS, ANALYSIS, DAMS, VALLEYS, EFFECT, CRACKS, FORMATION, CONCRETE, ROCKS, INTERFACE, COMPRESSIVE, STRESS, NON LINEAR, CRACKING, TENSILE, MODELLING, LOADS, STATIC, MODELS, DESIGN, STRUCTURES, FORCES, EQUILIBRIATION, CONTACT, SOLUTIONS, OUTPUT, JOINTS, BLOCKS, FOUNDATIONS, LIMIT STATE, PROFILES, COMBINATIONS, MATERIALS, PROPERTIES