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.008a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2014/312827/figures/312827.fig.008a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>The first principal stress at upstream surface</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="312827.fig.008b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2014/312827/figures/312827.fig.008b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>The third principal stress at upstream surface</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="312827.fig.008c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2014/312827/figures/312827.fig.008c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>The first principal stress at downstream surface</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><img alt="312827.fig.008d" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2014/312827/figures/312827.fig.008d.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(d) </b>The third principal stress at downstream surface</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>The principal stress distribution (analysis case A; Unit: pa; “−” denotes compression stress, and “+” denotes tension stress).</table>

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Figure 8: Effects of Outlets on Cracking Risk and Integral Stability of Super-High Arch Dams 