Mohammed Mohsin Salman , Mirali Mohammadi , Behzad Shakouri
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Analysis of the seepage and stability in a non-homogeneous earth dam under transient conditions: a case study
Rapid reservoir drawdown poses a critical condition that can compromise the hydraulic behavior and slope stability of embankment dams. This study evaluates the transient seepage response and upstream slope stability of the Gavoshan Dam in western Iran using two-dimensional numerical analyses with the SEEP/W and SLOPE/W. The models incorporated unsaturated flow and time-dependent boundary conditions to simulate reservoir depletion rates ranging from 0.15 to 1.20 m/day. Findings revealed that under the maximum drawdown rate of 1.20 m/day, the seepage discharge decreased from 6.80 × 10−5 to 1.77 × 10−5 m3/s/m, while the exit gradient reduced from 0.463 to 0.117 over the 580 day simulation period. Concurrently, the factor of safety (FoS) against sliding decreased from 2.04 to 1.77, remaining within acceptable engineering thresholds. The results highlight the need to consider transient unsaturated flow in dam safety assessments, offering guidance for reservoir operations and risk mitigation to ensure embankment stability during rapid drawdown.
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in Shams Engineering Journal is an international journal devoted to publication of peer reviewed original high-quality research papers and review papers in both traditional topics and those of emerging science and technology. Areas of both theoretical and fundamental interest as well as those concerning industrial applications, emerging instrumental techniques and those which have some practical application to an aspect of human endeavor, such as the preservation of the environment, health, waste disposal are welcome. The overall focus is on original and rigorous scientific research results which have generic significance.
Ain Shams Engineering Journal focuses upon aspects of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, civil engineering, chemical engineering, petroleum engineering, environmental engineering, architectural and urban planning engineering. Papers in which knowledge from other disciplines is integrated with engineering are especially welcome like nanotechnology, material sciences, and computational methods as well as applied basic sciences: engineering mathematics, physics and chemistry.