A physically-based numerical three-dimensional earthen dam piping failure model is developed for homogeneous and zoned soil dams.This model is an erosion model,coupled with force/moment equilibrium analyses.Orifice fl...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51979224);the China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists(Grant No.52125904).
The unique structure and complex deformation characteristics of concrete face rockfill dams(CFRDs)create safety monitoring challenges.This study developed an improved random forest(IRF)model for dam health monitoring ...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2017YFC0404805);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants No.51779153 and 51539006);the Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund(Grant No.Y717012);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BK20161121)
Based on model tests of earthen dam breach due to piping failure, a numerical model was developed.A key difference from previous research is the assumption that the cross-section of the pipe channel is an arch, with a...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51579193);the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guizhou Province(Grant No.[2016]1154)
Due to the size effects of rockfill materials, the settlement difference between numerical simulation and in situ monitoring of rockfill dams is a topic of general concern.The constitutive model parameters obtained fr...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51579207);the Open Foundation of State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Hydraulic Engineering in Arid Area(Grant No.2016ZZKT-8);the Key Projects of Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi Province(Grant No.2018JZ5010)
Extracting implicit anomaly information through deformation monitoring data mining is highly significant to determining dam safety status.As an intelligent singular value diagnostic method for concrete dam deformation...
supported by the Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51609150);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2018YFC0407103);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51779155)
During reservoir operation,the erosion effects of groundwater change the porosity and permeability of the dam curtain,causing changes to the seepage field.To understand where the changes take place and to what degree ...
supported by the Program of Study on the Standard of Overall Safety Control of High Arch Dam of PowerChina Co.,Ltd.(Grant No.DJ-ZDXM-2014-19)
The 285.5 m-high Xiluodu Arch Dam is located in a seismic region along the Jinsha River in China, where the horizontal components of peak ground accelerations for design and checking earthquakes have been estimated to...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program,Grant No.2012CB417000)
Full operation of the Three Gorges Dam(TGD) reduces flood risk of the middle and lower parts of the Yangtze River Basin. However,Dongting Lake, which is located in the Yangtze River Basin, is still at high risk for po...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants No.51179108 and 51679151);the Special Fund for the Public Welfare Industry of the Ministry of Water Resources of China(Grant No.201501033);the National Key Research and Development Program(Grant No.2016YFC0401603);the Program Sponsored for Scientific Innovation Research of College Graduates in Jiangsu Province(Grant No.KYZZ15_0140)
Extreme hydrological events induced by typhoons in reservoir areas have presented severe challenges to the safe operation of hydraulic structures. Based on analysis of the seepage characteristics of an earth rock dam,...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants No.91215301 and 51309161);the Scientific Research Fund of the Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute(Grants No.Y314011 and Y315005)
Seismic responses of the Zipingpu concrete face rockfill dam were analyzed using the finite element method. The dynamic behavior of rockfill materials was modeled with a viscoelastic model and an empirical permanent s...