Two-dimensional simulation of underground seepage in a dangerous piping zone of the Jingjiang Great Levee, the middle reach of the Yangtze River

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-92

  Yi, C ^a   Wang, B ^a   Jin, M ^b   Guo, Z ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c Bureau of Water Conservancy of Hubei Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL EARTHFILL; PIPING CONTROL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOUNDATIONS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LEVEES; RIVERS; SEEPAGE; WATER LEVELS;

PIPING SYSTEMS;

CLAY LOAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION CONTROL; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEVEE; PIPING; POROSITY; SEEPAGE; WATER LEVEL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 33847345209     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/06-020     Document Type: Article

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