Transferencia lateral de cargas de presas arco en cerradas con zona central (o cauce) deformable

Abstract

It is known that a dam must be able to adapt to the foundation strains, without losing the structural and functional characteristics. So, the most appropriate typology of a damis usually that which fulfills, among others, the former condition. For dam sites without uniform geotechnical characteristics, the choice is to design the entire dam according to the most deformable part of the foundation, or to plan one type of dam for this part, and another for the more rigid foundation. In this case, it is necessary to solve the problem of the contact between both typologies, what is difficult because of the different expected settlements.Sometimes it has been considered to improve the foundation, transforming it into the one suitable for the type of dam that, for some other reason, had been foreseen. Such action is not economical when it has to be undertaken on a large scale...