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Expansions in a concrete dam with bridge over spillway in South America
conference contribution
posted on 2018-03-22, 12:49 authored by Ana Blanco-AlvarezAna Blanco-Alvarez, Sergio Pialarissi-CavalaroSergio Pialarissi-Cavalaro, Ignacio Segura, Luis Segura-Castillo, Antonio AguadoA gravity concrete dam built 61 years ago in South America is diagnosed due to the
cracking and signs of deterioration detected in the spillway and other elements. Besides the interest to identify the causes, the authorities are concerned by the structural effects on the concrete slab road bridge that is supported on the spillway. This road is one of the main routes for transportation of the country. A comprehensive diagnosis on the state of the dam is
presented, including research of the historical documentation, visual inspection of the dam, performance of tests and numerical simulations. The case study is particularly interesting since several phenomena occur, including expansive reactions of different origin.
Funding
The authors acknowledge the economic support provided by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through the project BIA2013-49106-C2-1 -R and the collaboration project with Universidad de la República.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Published in
Dam Swelling Concrete 2017Pages
235 - 247Citation
BLANCO, A. ...et al., 2017. Expansions in a concrete dam with bridge over spillway in South America. IN: Sellier, A. ...et al., (eds.) Swelling Concrete in Dams and Hydraulic Structures: DSC 2017. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, pp. 235-247.Publisher
Wiley-ISTEVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2017Notes
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9781786302137Publisher version
Language
- en
