Comparative Study on Interface Elements, Thin-Layer Elements, and Contact Analysis Methods in the Analysis of High Concrete-Faced Rockfill Dams

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="320890.fig.0013a" src="https://static-preview.hindawi.com/articles/jam/volume-2013/320890/figures/320890.fig.0013a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Before casting the stage-II slab</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="320890.fig.0013b" src="https://static-preview.hindawi.com/articles/jam/volume-2013/320890/figures/320890.fig.0013b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Completion of the dam body construction</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Comparison of normal contact stress along the interface.</table>

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Figure 13: Comparative Study on Interface Elements, Thin-Layer Elements, and Contact Analysis Methods in the Analysis of High Concrete-Faced Rockfill Dams 

Figure 13 | Comparative Study on Interface Elements, Thin-Layer Elements, and Contact Analysis Methods in the Analysis of High Concrete-Faced Rockfill Dams 