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<p>The creep of fine soils is due to the viscous properties of the assembly of mineral particles accompanied of adsorbed water which forms intergranular skeleton. It is evident during the secondary consolidation that the effective stresses are constant, the deformation extends over time. Rock fill dams with clay sealing cores deformed during exploitation. During commissioning of the core, clay undergoes. Creep is a major characteristic of the nonlinear behaviour of materials, in which the material continues to become deformed under a constant load. It can cause considerable deformations of the works (two to three times instantaneous strain in three years). This study presents a prediction of the creep behavior of a clay core in a rock dam subjected to constant hydrostatic loading for 20000 h and describes a procedure for modeling the primary and secondary creep law simulation using ANSYS software APDL In this aims, we have applied the finite element method based on a model shown in equation 8 called (Strain Hardening Model) in order to simulate a creep behavior of clay core.</p>
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The creep of fine soils is due to the viscous properties of the assembly of mineral particles accompanied of adsorbed water which forms intergranular skeleton. It is evident during the secondary consolidation that the effective stresses are constant, the deformation extends over time. Rock fill dams with clay sealing cores deformed during exploitation. During commissioning of the core, clay undergoes. Creep is a major characteristic of the nonlinear behaviour of materials, in which the material continues to become deformed under a constant load. It can cause considerable deformations of the works (two to three times instantaneous strain in three years). This study presents a prediction of the creep behavior of a clay core in a rock dam subjected to constant hydrostatic loading for 20000 h and describes a procedure for modeling the primary and secondary creep law simulation using ANSYS software APDL In this aims, we have applied the finite element method based on a model shown in equation 8 called (Strain Hardening Model) in order to simulate a creep behavior of clay core.

Creep Behavior of the Clay Cores at the Bougdoura Dam Using Ansys Software

Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Construction Engineering, Laboratory of Geomaterial, Environment and Amenagement (LGEA)

Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Construction Engineering, Laboratory of Modeling of Materials and Structures in Civil Engineering (L2MSGC)

University ‘Mouloud Mammeri’ of Tizi-Ouzou

Journal of Applied Engineering Sciences

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The creep of fine soils is due to the viscous properties of the assembly of mineral particles accompanied of adsorbed water which forms intergranular skeleton....

Creep Behavior of the Clay Cores at the Bougdoura Dam Using Ansys Software

Publié en ligne: 06 déc. 2023

Pages: 189 - 196

Reçu: 23 juin 2023

Accepté: 10 juil. 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jaes-2023-0024

Mots clés
Dam, Core Clay, Creep, Modelling, ANSYS, Finite Element Method

© 2023 K. Ghouilem et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Creep Behavior of the Clay Cores at the Bougdoura Dam Using Ansys Software

Publié en ligne: 06 déc. 2023

Pages: 189 - 196

Reçu: 23 juin 2023

Accepté: 10 juil. 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jaes-2023-0024

Mots clésDam, Core Clay, Creep, Modelling, ANSYS, Finite Element Method

© 2023 K. Ghouilem et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Dam, Core Clay, Creep, Modelling, ANSYS, Finite Element Method