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Abstract

The design and construction of arch dams is based on its ability to withstand various forces of nature that can impact it over the life period. The prior research and present investigation on concrete arch dam reveals that material behavior of arch dam is well known but the geological conditions cannot be predicted and are complex too. Concrete arch dams have a good overload capability and safety records but the dam structure has always been troubled by cracking, deflection, and stresses and strains beyond the acceptable limits which lead to failure issues as other engineering structure. If the factors like foundation, water compressibility, dam water interaction, dam water foundation interaction, wave pressure, TRP etc. subjected to seismic forces if taken into consideration in the analysis and design of concrete arch dam will lead to a stable optimized and a feasible structure and can be functional throughout the life of the structure. The FEM approach is widely used in analyzing and designing of concrete arch dams. This paper presents the review of the researches carried out at various levels focusing mainly on finite element analysis. This review may not cover up entire literature and work published worldwide however we have tried to accommodate most of the literature.