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publication name Numerical and experimental modelling of slope stability and seepage water of earthfill dam
Authors Alaa N. EL-HAZEK, Neveen B. ABDEL-MAGEED, Mohammed H. HADID
year 2020
keywords earthfill dam, finite element modelling, GeoStudio, seepage, slope stability
journal JOURNAL OF WATER AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
volume 44
issue I-III
pages 55 - 64
publisher Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), Committee on Agronomic Sciences Section of Land Reclamation and Environmental Engineering in Agriculture Institute of Technology and Life Sciences (ITP)
Local/International International
Paper Link DOI.org/10.24425/jwld.2019.127046
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Abstract

Abstract In this paper, finite element modelling is employed for simulating and analysing seepage and slope stability of earthfill dam via GeoStudio software. Two products are employed, which are SLOPE/W for slope stability and SEEP/W for seepage analysis. The behaviour of earthfill dam with four different types of sandy soils having different values of hydraulic conductivity (K) has been studied. Different upstream (US) slopes of 1:2, 1:2.5, 1:3 and 1:3.5 for the earthfill dam are simulated. The downstream (DS) slope is constant at 1:2. The results showed for all the four types of soils that when the US slope is increased, the amount of seepage from the dam increases and the factor of safety (F) decreases. For each US slope, when K (type of soil) increases, both seepage and F increase. Fine sand soil is associated with less seepage and less F. Sixteen equations are obtained to predict both seepage and F with respect to US slope for each type of soil and K of the soil for US slope. An experimental model for earthfill dam is constructed in the laboratory of hydraulics, Benha University to investigate the seepage of water through earthfill dams. It is concluded that seepage decreased when K decreased, and when the US slope for each type of soil decreased. The seepage increased when K increased for each US slope. Seven equations are obtained to predict seepage with respect to US slope for each type of soil, and K for each US slope.

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