Thermal stress analysis of a concrete dam

Abstract An example will be shown that ADINA was applied to thermal stress analysis of a concrete dam. The characteristics of thermal stress analysis of a mass concrete structures that the finite elements should be added according to the casting schedule of concrete and the elastic modulus of concrete should be increased with time. The user's routine was developed to calculate thermal stress in concrete structures. As an example, temperature and stress distributions were simulated in a concrete dam which was constructed by our company.