Accession Number:

ADA608607

Title:

Seepage-Based Factor of Safety Analysis Using 3D Groundwater Simulation Results

Descriptive Note:

Technical note

Corporate Author:

ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS COASTAL AND HYDRAULICS LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Cheng, Hwai-Ping
• Winters, Kevin D.
• England, Stephen M.
• Pickett, Ryan E.

Report Date:

2014-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

14.0

Abstract:

The purpose of this Coastal and Hydraulics Engineering Technical Note CHETN is to document techniques for computing Factors of Safety FoS for seepage-related soil instability of earthen structures, using the simulation results from a 3D, finite-element groundwater model

Descriptors:

• *SEEPAGE
• GROUND WATER
• SAFETY
• SIMULATION
• SOILS
• STABILITY
• THREE DIMENSIONAL

Subject Categories:

• Hydrology, Limnology and Potamology
• Soil Mechanics
• Civil Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE