Journal
COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS
Volume 36, Issue 1-2, Pages 264-275Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2008.01.005
Keywords
Rockfill; Dam; Discrete element; Rock-failure; Rock-ageing
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- French Ministry of research
- EDF
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The aim of this paper is to obtain, from a numerical study using the discrete element method, quantitative information on the behaviour of a rockfill dam, particularly the effect of rock ageing on the movements of the dam. A numerical model is defined at three different scales: the block scale, the elementary representative volume scale and the dam scale. The model uses the discrete element code PCF2D considering breakable clusters of 2D balls. Three rock-ageing laws, taking into account the time-evolving resistance for blocks, are proposed. The different parameters are determined from experimental data of laboratory tests performed on rock blocks. The relevance of the model seems acceptable, considering that the displacements obtained in the simulations are in the same order of magnitude as the displacements measured on the actual dam. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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