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Webinar KNIBB Rock-Filled Concrete Dam-1
Webinar KNIBB Rock-Filled Concrete Dam-1
Webinar KNIBB Rock-Filled Concrete Dam-1
Tsinghua University
email: jinfeng@tsinghua.edu.cn
2020.9.10
OUTLINES
⚫ Research on RFC
⚫ Conclusions
Embankment Dam or Concrete Dam
Thermal Cracking
Cement
consumption
Temperature control
Cooling Cracking
resistance
TC
Cracking Hydration
resistance heat
TC
⚫ Research on RFC
⚫ Conclusions
Filling test of RFC
⚫ Collaborative research with NWU USA
Xie Y.T., etc. Experimental study of filling capacity of self-compacting concrete and its influence on the properties
of rock-filled concrete, Cement and Concrete Research, 56, 121-128, 2014
Grate-Box test
s=10mm, n=0.660,
d=272.5mm, θ=14.4°
s=8mm, n=0.663,
d=270.0mm, θ=16.3°
s=6mm, n=0.644,
d=270.0mm, θ=19.3°
Wang Y.Y.,Jin F. etc. Grating-box test: A testing method for filling performance evaluation of self-compacting
mortar in granular packs, Construction and Building Materials, 181 (2018) 358–368
DEM simulation for Bingham Fluid
黄绵松,堆石混凝土中自密实混凝土充填性能的离散元模拟研究,清华大学博士论文,指导教师:安雪晖,2010
LBM+DEM simulation
➢ LBM
1
f i ( x + ei t , t + t ) = f i ( x , t ) − ( f i ( x , t ) − f i eq ( x , t ))
➢ Bingham model
transfer collision
c u ( ci u )2 u 2
fi ( x , t ) = i 1 + i 2 +
eq
4
− 2 ➢ Papanastasiou model
c s 2 c s 2cs
➢ DEM
FT = −kT T FT FN
FN = K N m
FT = − FN FT FN
N
➢ LBM+DEM
ma +cv = Fc + F f + mG
I + c = Tc + T f
Chen S.G. etc. Three-dimensional simulations of Bingham plastic flows with the multiple-relaxation-time lattice
Boltzmann model,Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics,10:1, 346-358, 2016
Pouring process of RFC:DEM-LBM
⚫ Blocking Factor
Cv f Cvs
BF = +
Q f d gap Qs d gap
⚫ Critical BF = 2
Chen S.G.. etc. Lattice Boltzmann-Discrete Element Modelling Simulation of SCC flowing process for Rock-
Filled Concrete, COMPUTER MODELING IN ENGINEERING & SCIENCES, special issue, 2019
Conclusions in filling research
⚫ Enough margin remains for present technology, i.e.
• Grain size of rock > 300mm
• requirement to HSCC
⚫ Elastic module
⚫ Seepage resistance
⚫ Freeze-thaw resistance
⚫ Hydration thermal
rise
……
Wang J.T. etc.,Measurement and Evaluation of the Thermal Expansion Coefficient of Rock-Filled Concrete,
Journal of Testing and Evaluation,41(6):20120293,2013
Micro & porous structure
⚫ Porosity of ITZ
beneath rocks reaches
peak
⚫ Self-compacting type
has a better
performance than
conventional vibration
type.
Xie Y.T. etc. Experimental study of the interfacial transition zone (ITZ) of model rock-filled concrete,
Cement & Concrete Composites, 55, 223–231,2015
Wang Y.Y., Jin F. etc. Experimental Study on Effects of Casting Procedures on Compressive Strength,
Water Permeability, and Interfacial Transition Zone Porosity of Rock-Filled Concrete, J. Mater. Civ. Eng,
ASCE, 28(8): 04016055., 2016
Shrinkage and creep performance
⚫ Shrinkage of RFC is
only 1/3 of SCC
⚫ Creep of RFC is much
smaller than SCC
He S.Q. etc, Experimental study on the creep behavior of rock-filled concrete and self-compacting concrete,
Construction and Building Materials, 186, 53–61,2018
Fracture toughness and fracture energy
Model I Model I-II
⚫ Model I c/h=0.4
Toughness
KIC=0.47MPam
Energy
Gf=1900N/m
⚫ Model I-II
c/h 0.4 0.8 1.2
Gf (N/m) 2400 1717 1225
⚫ Research on RFC
⚫ Conclusions
Profile design of RFC dams
Spillway
Impervious Spillway
Impervious
zone zone
Dam body Dam body
Gallery Gallery
Cushion 河床段垫层混凝土
⚫ No longitudinal joints
B
HSCC
Impervious
zone
HSCC
HSCC
Gallery
Rock
HSCC
selection
performance
Formwork
Rock rinse if HSCC testing
necessary Mixing
Green
Rock HSCC cut
transportation transportation
Mixing plant
Left
Right
Upstream
Requirements for Rock
Concrete truck
Mixing plant
Downstream
≦
3
m
Upstream
Downstream
HSCC Casting
m
≦
3
Upstream
Other measures of casting
Lift surface treatment
OUTLINES
⚫ Research on RFC
⚫ Conclusions
RFC dams in CHINA
⚫ Till 2019
• 79 RFC Dams Completed
• 41 RFC Dams under construction
1084,3
1 2 4 6 10 97
20 62 76 85 117 137
33 51
Songlin RFC Gravity dam (H=90m)
Upstream
Downstream
Some other RFC Gravity dam
⚫ Xiaowujiang RFC Gravity dam H=47.2m
⚫ Research on RFC
⚫ Conclusions
Self-Protected Underwater Concrete
⚫ Underwater Protected Agent (UPA)
Email:
jinfeng@tsinghua.edu.cn