I have an assignment to submit and it about modeling gravity dam and analysis, how to get mesh sensitivity analysis, and how to obtain the contours of compressive, tensile, and shear stresses as well as displacements. Adopt a suitable elastic-linear constitutive model for the soil. can anyone please help with this......... I have even attached my model please tell if there are any corrections...age of dam.STD
thank you soo much
You would need to run multiple trials each with different size of element to find out the variations for the items of interest.
thank you soo much .... and mesh sensitivity analysis ??
For a mass concrete structure like a dam, you are better off modeling with solid elements than with plates. You will be able to get the stress plots for normal and shear stress. Plots are not available for displacements but you can plot the deformed shape and plot the displacement values at nodes and graphically check displacement values at the desired node locations. Linear elastic soil springs can be modeled using ELASTIC MAT support if you are using solids.