Javad Sattarvand
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Minning Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada,

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Prediction of Hydro-mechanical Stability of Dam: Using Calibrated Model from Back Analysis and Monitoring Data Samad Narimani; Seyed Morteza Davarpanah; Javad Sattarvand
Civil Engineering Journal Vol 2, No 8 (2016): August
Publisher : Salehan Institute of Higher Education

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Earth-fill dam safety and stability control during service period is important at the view point of economics and social security. Monitoring is very important to control dam security, to compare real action with predicted planning and to make good experience and opportunity for future planning. In this paper, water pore pressure and settlements in different parts of Sattarkhan dam during service period was studied. So at first, according to instrument data installed in the body of dam, calibration of numerical model done and by doing back analysis real properties of materials of dam defined. Then by using the calibrated model, pore water pressures and settlements of dam studied. Analysis carried out by Flac2D Finite Difference software. The constitutive model used was Mohr-Coulomb at the state of plane strain. Results showed that dam will be safe during service period at the view point of hydro-mechanical behaviour. Finally, stability of dam studied from the view of rapid depletion of the reservoir, which results showed safety conditions.  
Evaluation of Building Displacement Induced By EPB Tunneling Through GPS-GNSS Monitoring System and Back Analysis Technique (Tabriz Subway Twin Tunnels) Seyed Morteza Davarpanah; Mostafa Sharifzadeh; Javad Sattarvand; Samad Narimani
Civil Engineering Journal Vol 2, No 6 (2016): June
Publisher : Salehan Institute of Higher Education

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One of the main aspects of tunneling in urban areas is controlling the amount of settlement that might cause some damage to the structures and infrastructures. In this paper, the novel displacement monitoring system called Global Positioning System - Global Navigation Satellite System (GPS-GNSS) has been applied to monitor the building displacement .One of the most important features of this approach is that this system provides three dimensional displacement behavior of the building. Besides, in order to fulfill the purpose of accuracy, the amount of settlement induced by Earth Pressure Balance (EPB) tunneling was calculated by numerical, empirical and analytical methods. In order to achieve this purpose, the back analysis technique was considered. The order in which the geotechnical parameters are optimized depends on the amount of sensitivity function. That is, the parameter of high sensitivity function is optimized first. According to the calculations, the sensitivity analysis results show that the maximum amount of sensitivity function with the volume loss of more than 1% in respect to the internal friction angle is about 0.5, which is greater than other geotechnical properties. According to the results of back analysis technique, the optimized geotechnical properties were elastic modulus (), internal friction angle () and cohesion () found on the volume loss of 1.5% with less than 0.02% error. The maximum settlement of the building at the studied area, explored by the optimized numerical method, is about 4 mm, which is in the range of monitored data (3mm-13mm) obtained through GPS-GNSS procedure.