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This document discusses the design and analysis of a gravity dam using Staad.Pro software, which is typically used for multi-storied buildings but can also analyze various structural elements. A gravity dam is defined as a structure that relies on its own weight to resist water pressure and prevent sliding or overturning. The document outlines the design specifications, including dimensions and material grades, necessary for constructing a safe and effective gravity dam.

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This document discusses the design and analysis of a gravity dam using Staad.Pro software, which is typically used for multi-storied buildings but can also analyze various structural elements. A gravity dam is defined as a structure that relies on its own weight to resist water pressure and prevent sliding or overturning. The document outlines the design specifications, including dimensions and material grades, necessary for constructing a safe and effective gravity dam.

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GRAVITY DAM BY

STAAD PRO
PROJECT MEMBER
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CONTEXT
ABSTRACT
A gravity dam is a solid structure, made of concrete or
masonry, constructed across a river to create a reservoir on
its upstream. The section of the gravity dam is
approximately triangular in shape, with its apex at its top
and maximum width that bottom. The section is so
proportioned that it resists the various forces acting on it by
its own weight. In this paper analysis of dam is carried out
using Staad.Pro software. Staad.pro is widely used for multi-
storied buildings with beam and columns. However
Staad.Pro can analyse any type of element such as, plate,
shell or solid in addition to beam member. So, in the
software with suitable data, dam is modelled with solid
elements. Result of stresses and stress contours are
INTRODUCTION
Dams constructed out of masonry or concrete and which rely solely on its
selfweight for stability fall under thenomenclature of gravity dams.
Masonary dams have been in use in the past quite often but after
independence, the last major masonry dam structure that was built was
the Nagarjunsagar Dam on river Krishna which was built during 1958-69.
Normally, coursed rubble masonry was used which was bonded together
by lime concrete or cement concrete. n fact, gravity dams are now being
built of mass concrete, whose design and construction aspects would be
discussed in this chapter. There are other dams built out of concrete like
the Arch/Multiple Arch or Buttress type. These have however not been
designed or constructed in India, except the sole one being the arch dam
at Idukki on river Periyar.
WHAT IS GRAVITY DAM
A gravity dam is a structure that uses its own weight and
resistance to sliding and overturning to hold back water across
a river and create a reservoi
DESIGN OF CONCRETE GRAVITY DAM
SECTIONS
Fundamentally a gravity dam should satisfy the following criteria:
1. It shall be safe against overturning at
any horizontal position within the dam at
the contact with the foundation or within
the foundation.
2. It should be safe against sliding at any
horizontal plane within the dam, at the
contact with the foundation or along any
geological feature within the foundation.
3. The section should be so proportional
that the allowable stresses in both the
concrete and the foundation should not exceed
GRAVITY DAM BY STAAD PRO
DIMENSION
Design specifications and methodology
Height of the dam = 20mts
Length =50mts
Base width=10 mts
Concrete grade=M30
Steel grade-FE550
Road width =5mts
Water flow distance= 5mts

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