While construction of dams have provided a solution for the depletion of fresh water which has brought up a demand for the storage capacity of such structures, On the other hand, dam failures cause serious damages to human lives and properties. Most studies for the stability analysis of dams have been performed by 2-dimensional modelling, which cannot take into account for various up/downstream shapes and boundary conditions related to various geological conditions. Considering such circumstances, 3-dimensional FEM analysis has tremendous advantages compared to 2-dimensional analysis because 3-dimensional modelling can catch the stress-strain behavior of dam more accurately.

• 최병일(한국수자원공사 K-water연구원) | Choi, Byoung-Il
• 김기영(한국수자원공사 K-water연구원) | Kim, Ki-Young
• 김규원(한국수자원공사 K-water연구원) | Kim, Kyu-Won
• 이동훈(한국수자원공사 K-water연구원) | Lee, Dong-Hun 교신저자