<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <article key="pdf/10001845" mdate="2015-07-01 00:00:00"> <author>Kalyan Kumar Mandal and Damodar Maity</author> <title>Influence of HygroChemoMechanical Degradation on Performance of Concrete Gravity Dam</title> <pages>199 - 204</pages> <year>2015</year> <volume>9</volume> <number>2</number> <journal>International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering</journal> <ee>https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10001845</ee> <url>https://publications.waset.org/vol/98</url> <publisher>World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology</publisher> <abstract>The degradation of concrete due to various hygrochemo mechanical actions is inevitable for the structures particularly built to store water. Therefore, it is essential to determine the material properties of damlike structures due to ageing to predict the behavior of such structures after a certain age. The degraded material properties are calculated by introducing isotropic degradation index. The predicted material properties are used to study the behavior of aged dam at different ages. The dam is modeled by finite elements and displacement and is considered as an unknown variable. The parametric study reveals that the displacement is quite larger for comparatively lower design life of the structure because the degradation of elastic properties depends on the design life of the dam. The stresses in dam cam be unexpectedly large at any age with in the design life. The outcomes of the present study indicate the importance of the consideration ageing effect of concrete exposed to water for the safe design of dam throughout its life time.</abstract> <index>Open Science Index 98, 2015</index> </article>