Numerical simulation of seepage problem in porous media

Abstract In the paper, a mesh-free method called smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) is presented to deal with seepage problem in porous media. In the SPH method, the computational domain is discredited by means of some nodes, and there is no need for computational domain meshing. Therefore, it ca...

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Published in:Applied Water Science
Main Authors: E. Fadaei-Kermani, S. Shojaee, R. Memarzadeh, G. A. Barani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-05-01
Subjects:
Seepage problem
Numerical analysis
Mesh-free method
SPH
Geostudio (SEEP/W)
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13201-019-0965-1
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Summary:Abstract In the paper, a mesh-free method called smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) is presented to deal with seepage problem in porous media. In the SPH method, the computational domain is discredited by means of some nodes, and there is no need for computational domain meshing. Therefore, it can be said that it is a truly mesh-free approach. The method has been applied to analyze seepage problem in earth dams and foundations. The results were compared with ones obtained by analyzing with the finite element-based software, Geostudio (SEEP/W). There was a good agreement between results. Moreover, the SPH method is efficient and capable of seepage analysis specifically for the problems with complex geometry.
ISSN:2190-5487
2190-5495

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