Abstract
AbstractThere are many situations where groundwater flow has high flow rates, causing large seepage forces. Examples are flows around highly conductive fractures and tunnels. We present a new analytic element for a tunnel in an elastic medium. We combined the analytic element method for groundwater flow with that for linear elasticity, and include the seepage force as a body force in the linearly elastic model. We represent tunnels and fractures as analytic elements. The solution for the case considered is limited to steady state flow and fluid-to-solid coupling. We present examples of the computed seepage forces around a tunnel and a fracture as well as a comparison with another numerical model.
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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