http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIE International Journal of Civil E Volume 9, Issue 12, December 2 Available online at http://iaeme.c ISSN Print: 0976-6308 and ISSN ©IAEME Publication ANALYSIS AND CONST USING FIN Resea Pillai’s HOC Colleg Pr Amity School of ABSTRACT There have been num methods. Amongst this fin last three decades. This pa element method. Dam with was considered. The para are kept constant with v principle stresses, princip was formulated using Kirc maximum stress factors in displacements and stress comparing the results for of constant angle arch dam dams are advantageous ov Keywords: Finite elemen Mises stress theory. ET/index. asp 666 ed Engineering and Technology (IJCIET) 018, pp. 666–688, Article ID: IJCIET_09_12_07 com/Home/issue/IJCIET?Volume=9&Issue=12 N Online: 0976 -6316 Scopus Indexed S OF CONSTANT RA TANT ANGLE ARCH NITE ELEMENT ME Deepak Patil arch scholar, Dept. of Civil Engineering, ge of Engineering & Technology, Mumbai, M Shrikant Charhate rofessor, Dept.of Civil Engineering, f Engineering and Technology, Mumbai, MS, merous studies on analysis of arch dams ite e lement method has proved to be more a aper studies stress analysis of concrete arch d h full reservoir condition and uniform thickn meters such as height, thickness and proper varying span. Various cases were consider ple moments and maximum nodal displacem chhoff’s theory. Von Mises stress theory wa s n membrane and flexural. Results are presen factor variation of arch dam with respect t constant radius and constant angle arch da m were evaluated. It was observed that cons ver constant radius arch dams. nt method, deflections, stress factors, Kirc [email protected] 2 ADIUS H DAMS THOD MS, India , India using different acceptable from dam using finite ness throughout rties of concrete red to evaluate ments. Analysis s applied to find nted in terms of to b/h ratio. By ams, the benefits stant angle arch hhoff and Von