Research Article
The Failure Mechanism of Concrete Gravity Dams considering Different Nonlinear Models under Strong Earthquakes
Table 2
The relevant variables at the integral point of the dam heel for the overload coefficient of 1.0 at 5.82 s.
| Maximum principal stress (MPa) | Minimum principal stress (MPa) | Tensile damage variable | Compressive damage variable |
| 1.925 | −0.839 | 0.63228 | 0.00246 | Tensile equivalent plastic strain | Compressive equivalent plastic strain | Maximum plastic strain | Minimum plastic strain | | | | − |
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