Influence of Porosity on Piping Models of Levee Failure
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 127, Issue 12
Abstract
A piping model based on Darcy's law is developed. An analysis of data pertaining to different soil particle sizes and varying porosity shows that the choice of the permeability function is critical for the piping model. The permeability relations, which depend only on the grain size, are of limited value.
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Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 127 • Issue 12 • December 2001
Pages: 1071 - 1074
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Received: Jul 18, 2000
Published online: Dec 1, 2001
Published in print: Dec 2001
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