Flow induced forces in porous media with application to internal erosion
Year: 2008
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: For a comprehensive understanding of internal erosion in embankment dams it is necessary to elucidate the detailed seepage flow. A neat tool that can be used for this purpose is Computational Fluid Dynamics in which forces on individual particles in a porous media can be derived. The model geometry chosen to represent the porous media is a hexagonal array of spheres into which smaller particles are introduced which are supposed to move at a certain level of flow induced forces. It is shown that the mesh deformation method introduced has a potential to model internal erosion.
Language: English
Topic: Dam Engineering and Safety
Subfield: Civil and Structural Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2888408747