Structural Dynamic Analysis of the Chenderoh Dam Sector Gate Section

Abstract

The dynamic characteristics such as natural frequencies, mode shapes and frequency response function (FRF) are the important characteristics to be investigated to access the level of durability of any dam structures. These characteristics are important since it will be the reference information for any operational methods to be used for the dam structures. In this study, one of the real dam (i.e., Chenderoh Dam) that available in Malaysia is taken into consideration, where the dynamic analysis of the sector gate section of the dam structure is investigated. the real scale of the sector gate section is measured on site and modelled into the CAD software with the consideration of real build-in materials. Then, the finite element (FE) model is constructed in ANSYS software with the required boundary condition and meshing sensitivity analysis. From the result of modal analysis, 30 natural frequencies are determined in the range of 0.5904 Hz to 8.471 Hz together with the mode shapes but only the most significant natural frequencies will be shown in this paper. In addition, all three axes of the FRF graphs show an agreement for the highest natural frequency value at 7.95 Hz, where the maximum deflection occurred in x axis direction with 2.03 × 10-7 m. © 2018 The Authors, published by EDP Sciences.