Computer aided stability analysis of gravity dams - CADAM

This paper presents the main features and organisation of CADAM, a computer program, freely available, that has been developed for the static and seismic stability evaluations of concrete gravity dams. CADAM is based on the gravity method using rigid body equilibrium and beam theory to perform stress analyses, compute crack lengths, and safety factors. Seismic analyses could be done using either the pseudo-static or a simplified response spectrum method.