Effects of Outlets on Cracking Risk and Integral Stability of Super-High Arch Dams

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="312827.fig.0012a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2014/312827/figures/312827.fig.0012a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Downstream surface under analysis case A</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="312827.fig.0012b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2014/312827/figures/312827.fig.0012b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Upstream surface under analysis case A</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="312827.fig.0012c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2014/312827/figures/312827.fig.0012c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Downstream surface under analysis case B</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><img alt="312827.fig.0012d" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2014/312827/figures/312827.fig.0012d.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(d) </b>Upstream surface under analysis case B</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Yield zone in dam under various analysis cases (6 times overloading).</table>

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Figure 12: Effects of Outlets on Cracking Risk and Integral Stability of Super-High Arch Dams 