ABSTRACT
Cindere is the first hardfill dam in Turkey. The dam, which has a height of 107.0 m from the foundation level and symmetric slopes of 0.7 H:1.0 V on both upstream and downstream faces, is under construction since January 2002 on the western side of Turkey. Due to the high seismicity of the dam site, particular effort has been paid for the stability and structural design of the dam body as well as the constitutive properties of the materials of construction. The stability and strength requirements for operating basis earthquake (OBE) have been determined for the optimization of the shape of the dam body as well as the cementitious contents of the construction materials. The stability requirements for maximum credible earthquake (MCE) checked to assure that MCE does not cause significant damage. The thermal stress analyses have also been performed for defining the spacing between the transverse contraction joints.
