EPRI

(1987-1992)

on

DAM SAFETY/FRACTURE MECHANICS

Prof. Victor E. Saouma

Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder

Most of this work was funded by the Electric Power Research Institute ( EPRI, Palo-Alto) which funded the research described in this web page in 1987-1992.

Principal Investigator:	Prof. Victor E. Saouma
Program Director:	Doug I. Morris (EPRI)
Project Monitor:	Howard Boggs, USBOR (Ret.)
Details of Each Research Task Dry Static Tests Dynamic Testing Dry Static Tests Wet Static Tests Dry Dynamic Tests Wet Dynamic Tests Fluid-Fracture Interaction Compression-Shear Testing In-Situ Tests Centrifuge Testing of Dams 1 2 MERLIN Dams MERLIN Concrete Fractal/Fracture/Size Effects Fiber Optic Sensors Lock & Dam 27 Uplift Models Pictures

Summary Papers

For a concise summary of our research, and how it may benefit the Engineering community,

Summary of Experimental and Computational Work (pdf file of the paper "Improving Concrete Dam Safety Evaluation: A Look at Recent Contributions" published in Hydro Review, Vol. 16, No. 7, Dec. 1997, pp. 65-73.)
Detailled Case Study of a Dam Using Fracture Mechanics (pdf file of the paper"Application of Fracture Mechanics to Concrete Dams; A Detailled Case Study", published in Dam Engineering, Vol. IX, No. 4, pp. 321-344, 1998)

Some of my (cynical and controversial) thoughts on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete prepared for a FramCos workshop in Zurich which I was unable to attend.

Computer Program Manuals

These earlier versions of the computer programs have been superseded by the newer versions developed through the financial support of TEPCO/TEPSCO