Figure 121 shows the loading possibilities available in CADAM3D. The sections below provide details for each loading.


Figure 121



Reservoirs

Water levels

Ice load

Floating debris

Sediments

Crest overtopping


Pressure distribution over free-fall spillway


Uplift pressures

Automatic evaluation of USACE 1995 standard

USACE (1995) distribution of uplift pressures

User-defined distribution

Uplift pressures in multiple-wedge analysis


Post-tension cables


Additional concentrated loads


Earthquake

Pseudo-static method (seismic coefficient)

Westergaard Generalized Formulation 3D

Cos² and Corns et al (1988) formulation for inclined faces

Zangar (1952) formulation for inclined faces

Pseudo-dynamic method: Chopra’s method (1988)

Pseudo-dynamic method: Bouaanani and Miquel’s method

Assumptions for seismic loads

Dynamic sediment pressure

Uplift pressure in cracks during earthquakes

Seismic cracking from U/S and D/S faces


Incremental analysis