Numerical simulation of seepage problem in porous media

• Published in: Applied water science Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 1 - 8
• Main Authors: Fadaei-Kermani, E., Shojaee, S., Memarzadeh, R., Barani, G. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01-06-2019; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Aquatic Pollution; Comparative Law; Computational fluid dynamics; Computer applications; Computer simulation; Dam foundations; Earth; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth dams; Earth Sciences; Finite element method; Fluid flow; Geostudio (SEEP/W); Hydrodynamics; Hydrogeology; Industrial and Production Engineering; International & Foreign Law; Mathematical models; Mesh-free method; Meshing; Meshless methods; Nanotechnology; Numerical analysis; Original Article; Porous media; Private International Law; Seepage; Seepage problem; Smooth particle hydrodynamics; SPH; Waste Water Technology; Water Industry/Water Technologies; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Geostudio (SEEP/W); SPH; Numerical analysis; Mesh-free method; Seepage problem
• ISSN: 2190-5487; 2190-5495
• DOI: 10.1007/s13201-019-0965-1

In the paper, a mesh-free method called smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) is presented to deal with seepage problem in porous media. In the SPH method, the computational domain is discredited by means of some nodes, and there is no need for computational domain meshing. Therefore, it can be said that it is a truly mesh-free approach. The method has been applied to analyze seepage problem in earth dams and foundations. The results were compared with ones obtained by analyzing with the finite element-based software, Geostudio (SEEP/W). There was a good agreement between results. Moreover, the SPH method is efficient and capable of seepage analysis specifically for the problems with complex geometry.