Multiscale modeling of flood-induced piping in river levees

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1385-1398

  El Shamy, Usama ^a   Aydin, Firat ^b  

^a Southern Methodist University   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete elements; Granular media; Seepage; Soil deformation; Soil structure interaction; Transient flow

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELASTIC MODULI; EMBANKMENTS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GRADIENT METHODS; HYDRAULICS; LEVEES; MECHANISMS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; RIVERS; SOILS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPLEX LOADINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATIONS; CRITICAL GRADIENTS; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DISCRETE ELEMENTS; DYNAMIC CHANGES; EXTERNAL-; FAILURE MECHANISMS; FLOW CONDITIONING; FLUID-PHASE; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; FULLY COUPLED; GEOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS; GRANULAR MEDIA; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; HYDRAULIC HEADS; INTERNAL FORCES; MICRO SCALES; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; NONLINEAR LOSSES; PARTICLE MODELING; PORE WATERS; POROUS SOILS; RIGID BLOCKS; SEEPAGE; SOIL DEFORMATION; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; SOLID PARTICLES; SOLID-PHASE; TRANSIENT FLOW; TWO PHASES;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOODING; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HYDRAULIC HEAD; LEVEE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; PIPING; POREWATER; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SEEPAGE; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 50149083273     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2008)134:9(1385)     Document Type: Article

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