Cracking dams intro


Web-FRANC2D Simulation Applet

This page only works using
Netscape 3.0 or better.
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Suggestion: increase the brightness of your screen
until you can see the dots in the black box below.


[applet with tutorial] [simulation details]

In order to do another simulation, you must leave the page and come back.


How much force the dam feels:
(what kind of force each color implies)
red feels the least force
green feels medium force
blue feels the most force




Here are the animations of each step (opens in a new window}:

[draw & delete] [attach] [load] [crack] [run analysis] [ view results]



[return to an explanation of sifs]



What do all these results mean?



What did the simulation tell you?

Return to the advanced simulation intro

Return to the intermediate simulation intro

Go to the advanced level simulation results page

Go to the intermediate level simulation results page