caa a22 4500 606223614 CHVBK 20210128101139.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11204-015-9344-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11204-015-9344-6 A Comparative Study of Rock Wedge Stability of an Arch Dam Abutment Subjected to Static and Seismic Loading [Elektronische Daten] [H. Mirzabozorg, M. Varmazyari, M. Hoseini, S. Gharebaghi] In the present paper, the stability evaluation of a rock wedge in an arch dam abutment under static and seismic loading is studied via the finite element (FE) method and a conventional method. The Luzzone arch dam in Switzerland is selected as a case study in which response of the potential wedge at the left abutment is investigated. In the FE models, the reservoir's water is assumed compressible and the coupled system is solved simultaneously. Also, the foundation is studied for two different cases; massless and massed medium via viscous boundary on the far-end truncated boundary. In addition, the effect of modeling joint between the wedge and the remaining foundation medium on the wedge displacements is considered. The results of the FE models are compared with those obtained from the traditional method in which wedge stability is evaluated utilizing the Londe method. The results reveal that the traditional method overestimates the wedge displacement in comparison with the finite element technique. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 Mirzabozorg H. Department of Civil Engineering, KN-Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran aut Varmazyari M. Department of Civil Engineering, KN-Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran aut Hoseini M. Department of Civil Engineering, KN-Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran aut Gharebaghi S. Department of Civil Engineering, KN-Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran aut Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 52/5(2015-11-01), 292-300 0038-0741 52:5<292 2015 52 11204 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11204-015-9344-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11204-015-9344-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mirzabozorg H. Department of Civil Engineering, KN-Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Varmazyari M. Department of Civil Engineering, KN-Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hoseini M. Department of Civil Engineering, KN-Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gharebaghi S. Department of Civil Engineering, KN-Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 52/5(2015-11-01), 292-300 0038-0741 52:5<292 2015 52 11204