Comprehensive Evaluation of Crack Safety of Hydraulic Concrete Based on Improved Combination Weighted-Extension Cloud Theory

• Published in: Water (Basel) Vol. 16; no. 14; p. 2031
• Main Authors: Cheng, Yu, Liu, Lizhen, Zheng, Maohai, Wan, Hai, Dong, Yanpeng, Lu, Guangxu, Xu, Cundong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01-07-2024
• Subjects: Accuracy; Analysis; Concrete; Construction; Cracks; CRITIC; Eigenvectors; Evaluation; exponential AHP; extension cloud theory; hydraulic concrete; Hydraulic engineering; improved combination weighting method; Methods; Occupational health and safety; Quantitative analysis; Standardization; China
• ISSN: 2073-4441; 2073-4441
• DOI: 10.3390/w16142031

When multiple elements come together, hydraulic concrete develops cracks of varying widths, which huts the dependability of buildings. Therefore, with pertinent tools or procedures, swiftly ascertaining the safety status of hydraulic concrete cracks under diverse service conditions is required by conducting a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the elements influencing the onset of cracks. This paper took the safety status of hydraulic concrete cracks as the main body of research; every step of hydraulic conservation infrastructure from the ground up—design stage, construction process, operation environment, and impoundment operation—was thoroughly examined. After establishing a multi-dimensional and multi-level system for the safety status evaluation of hydraulic concrete cracks, the subjective exponential AHP and objective CRITIC method were employed to determine the weight of each factor. Then, the two weights were processed using an enhanced combination assignment method to produce a more scientifically developed combination weight. Furthermore, fuzziness and randomness were considered in the quantitative analysis thanks to integrating cloud theory and extension matter elements. In order to determine the safety evaluation findings for hydraulic concrete fractures, the maximum membership principle and the cloud picture were employed. The conclusion reached after using this method to evaluate Dianzhan Dam was that the crack had a safety grade of III, meaning that it greatly impacted the reliability of the dam, and called for prompt acceptance or repair measures to improve building efficiency and safety.