Comparative Study on Interface Elements, Thin-Layer Elements, and Contact Analysis Methods in the Analysis of High Concrete-Faced Rockfill Dams

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="320890.fig.007a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jam/volume-2013/320890/figures/320890.fig.007a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Comparison of the interface element, contact analysis, and thin-layer element methods</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="320890.fig.007b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jam/volume-2013/320890/figures/320890.fig.007b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Comparison of the contact analysis method and in-situ observation</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Contours of settlement in the dam body in August 1999 (unit: cm).</table>

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Figure 7: Comparative Study on Interface Elements, Thin-Layer Elements, and Contact Analysis Methods in the Analysis of High Concrete-Faced Rockfill Dams 

Figure 7 | Comparative Study on Interface Elements, Thin-Layer Elements, and Contact Analysis Methods in the Analysis of High Concrete-Faced Rockfill Dams 