NUMERICAL PREDICTION OF INFILTRATION-INDUCED MATRIC SUCTION CHANGES IN UNSATURATED SOIL SLOPES

Bearing capacity calculations: slope stability analysis: lateral earth pressure calculations and contaminant transport predictions, among many others, are the key areas in geotechnical engineering where seepage modeling finds crucial applications. All these applications need to be implemented whe...

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Main Author: MOSISSA DAKSSA, LEMA
Format: Thesis
Language: English
Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Record Id / ISBN-0: utp-utpedia.21296 /
Published: 2014
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Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/21296/1/2014%20-CIVIL%20-%20NUMERICAL%20PREDICTION%20OF%20INFILTRATION-INDUCED%20MATRIC%20SUCTION%20CHANGES%20IN%20UNSATURATED%20SIOL%20SLOPES%20-%20LEMA%20MOSISSA%20DAKSSA.pdf
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Summary: Bearing capacity calculations: slope stability analysis: lateral earth pressure calculations and contaminant transport predictions, among many others, are the key areas in geotechnical engineering where seepage modeling finds crucial applications. All these applications need to be implemented whether the soil is in a saturated or an unsaturated state. On the other hand, soil engineering properties change with changes in its moisture content. As the result, at macro-scale level, seepage through saturated soils is modeled using Darcy's law while Richards' equation is employed to model seepage through unsaturated soils.