Date
02 Jun 1988, 10:30 am - 3:00 pm
Abstract
The valve house of the Tons Hydel Project, Madhya Pradesh, India is located just adjacent to a steep escarpment. The stability analysis of scarp near the valve house was made by the Central Water and Power Research Station, using finite element method. The problem was treated as a plain strain case. The analysis under self weight and with seepage forces indicated tensile stresses less than 4 kg/cm2 in the scarp. A proposal by the project authorities namely removing rock in the area above R.L.230 m at 74 degrees and filling lean concrete below the overhang was found to provide a stable condition. The state of stress in the scarp near the valve house was obtained under different conditions. The finite element method thus proved to be a very useful tool in analysing problem.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
2nd Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1988 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Khare, P. S.; Kulkarni, S. G.; and Mokhashi, S. L., "Stability Check of Escarpment Using Finite Element Method" (1988). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 31.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/2icchge/2icchge-session2/31
Stability Check of Escarpment Using Finite Element Method
The valve house of the Tons Hydel Project, Madhya Pradesh, India is located just adjacent to a steep escarpment. The stability analysis of scarp near the valve house was made by the Central Water and Power Research Station, using finite element method. The problem was treated as a plain strain case. The analysis under self weight and with seepage forces indicated tensile stresses less than 4 kg/cm2 in the scarp. A proposal by the project authorities namely removing rock in the area above R.L.230 m at 74 degrees and filling lean concrete below the overhang was found to provide a stable condition. The state of stress in the scarp near the valve house was obtained under different conditions. The finite element method thus proved to be a very useful tool in analysing problem.
