Dams are important large structures providing vital benefits to human life. These
strategic structures are necessary in order to supply water and energy and to control
floods. Moreover, dams have important roles in regional development and national
economy. Thus, the design of dams deserves rigorous studies. Deterministic
approach may be acceptable for design of dams and may satisfy safety requirements
if large safety factors are used. However, such an approach will not be cost-effective
in economic terms. High safety factors utilized in deterministic approaches
necessitates large dimensions. One remedy for this overestimation is integrating
statistical information and techniques, such as Monte-Carlo simulations into the
analysis and design of dams. Probabilistic approaches may result in more
economical and reasonable designs. CADAM is a software program which allows
the user to analyze dams using Monte-Carlo simulation technique. Uncertainties
associated with tensile strength, peak cohesion, peak friction coefficient, normal
upstream reservoir elevation, drain efficiency and horizontal peak ground
acceleration are incorporated into stability and stress analysis using Monte-Carlo
simulations. In this thesis, utilization of CADAM software is demonstrated on a case
study. Cindere dam is evaluated in terms of structural safety
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612802/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 December 2010 |
| Creators | Kitapcigil, Sulen Nur |
| Contributors | Yanmaz, Melih Ali |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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