Cracks Analysis in Zavin Concrete Dam Using Fracture Mechanics Approach

Subject Areas : Structural Engineering

Hossein Rezaee Azariani ¹ , Mohammad Reza Esfahani ² , keivan bina ³ , Soheil Ghareh ⁴

1 - Ph.D. student, M.Sc. of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad International Campus, Mashhad, Iran
2 - Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Department of Civil Engineering, Khavaran Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran.
4 - Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2017-05-12 Accepted : 2017-07-28 Published : 2024-09-25

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