Research Article
Effects of Upstream Water Level on Dynamic Response of Earth Dam
Table 3
Initial stresses and EPWPs obtained from FE analysis.
| | Water pressure gauge | PPT1 | PPT2 | PPT3 | PPT4 | PPT5 | PPT6 | PPT7 | PPT8 | PPT9 |
| | Initial vertical effective stress (kPa) | 13.0 | 91.7 | 242.7 | 271.8 | 82.4 | 11.1 | 130.3 | 301.9 | 263.2 | | Initial pore-water pressure (kPa) | 28.6 | 65.1 | 14.8 | −31.6 | −19.7 | 90.0 | 70.0 | 64.4 | −8.5 | | EPWP (kPa) | −7.3 | 28.7 | 215.0 | −0.9 | −0.1 | 1.8 | −10.2 | 167.9 | −0.0 | | EPWP ratio (%) | −56.2% | 31.3% | 88.6% | −0.3% | −0.1% | 16.1% | −7.8% | 55.6% | 0.0% |
| | Water pressure gauge | PPT10 | PPT11 | PPT12 | PPT18 | PPT19 | PPT21 | PPT23 | PPT24 | PPT25 |
| | Initial vertical effective stress (kPa) | 20.9 | 192.5 | 330.8 | 19.3 | 398.7 | 286.1 | 445.1 | 437.1 | 258.2 | | Initial pore-water pressure (kPa) | 127.6 | 79.7 | 29.5 | 27.2 | 126.8 | 125.5 | 284.7 | 254.1 | 247.8 | | EPWP (kPa) | 12.5 | −4.8 | 37.6 | 21.8 | 153.8 | 167.1 | 64.4 | 202.2 | 195.5 | | EPWP ratio (%) | 59.6% | −2.5% | 11.4% | 113.2% | 38.6% | 58.4% | 14.5% | 46.3% | 75.7% |
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