Material Point Method for Coupled Hydromechanical Problems
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 140, Issue 3
Abstract
This paper describes a new formulation of the material point method (MPM) for solving coupled hydromechanical problems of fluid-saturated soil subjected to large deformation. A soil–pore fluid coupled MPM algorithm based on Biot’s mixture theory is proposed for solving hydromechanical interaction problems that include changes in water table location with time. The accuracy of the proposed method is examined by comparing the results of the simulation of a one-dimensional consolidation test with the corresponding analytical solution. A sensitivity analysis of the MPM parameters used in the proposed method is carried out for examining the effect of the number of particles per mesh and mesh size on solution accuracy. For demonstrating the capability of the proposed method, a physical model experiment of a large-scale levee failure by seepage is simulated. The behavior of the levee model with time-dependent changes in water table matches well to the experimental observations. The mechanisms of seepage-induced failure are discussed by examining the pore-water pressures, as well as the effective stresses computed from the simulations.
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Acknowledgments
The authors thank Dr. Hirotoshi Mori of the Public Works Research Institute (PWRI), Tsukuba, Japan, for his useful suggestions, support for the research work, and information about the levee failure experiment.
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Volume 140 • Issue 3 • March 2014
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Received: Mar 13, 2012
Accepted: Jul 22, 2013
Published online: Jul 24, 2013
Published in print: Mar 1, 2014
Discussion open until: Apr 29, 2014
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