SVFlux - 3D Gallery - Earth Dam Problems


Dam Liner Failure

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Determination of gradients produced by a failure of the upstream liner system in an earth dam.
Model setup time: 4 hours


Dam Design

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Determination of water pressures and flow gradients through an earth dam in a valley. This problem also illustrates the ability of SVFlux to pinch out intersecting layers at the edges of the earth dam.
Model setup time: 19 minutes
Solution time: 6 minutes 43 seconds on PIII-1.0 GHz
Nodes: 6999


Earth Fill Dam

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Determination of water pressures in a simple earth dam.
Model setup time: 22 minutes
Solution time: 7 seconds on PIII-1.0 GHz
Nodes: 2023


Example Dam

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Determination of water pressures water table location in an earth dam feature.
Model setup time: 19 minutes
Solution time: 7 minutes 30 seconds on PIII-1.0 GHz
Nodes: 15744


Mica Earth Dam 3D

This is an example of modeling the core of the Mica earth dam in 3D. The layers outside the core and the bedrock are not represented in the model because they are several orders of magnitude more conductive and therefore they don't influence model results.