Application and validation of a numerical model of flow through embankment dams with fractures: Comparisons with experimental data

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 651-659

  Billstein, Mats ^a   Svensson, Urban ^b   Johansson, Nils ^c  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Computer aided Fluid Engineering AB ^*  (Sweden)

^c RINGHALS AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Discharge; Embankment dam; Experimental data; Fracture; Numerical model

Indexed keywords

DAM FAILURE; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EMBANKMENT DAMS; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; SEEPAGE; STEADY FLOW;

HELE-SHAW CELL;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033237202     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t99-032     Document Type: Article

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