Failure of earth dams is one of the major challenges of civil engineering, one of the main
causes of which is uncontrolled seepage from the core and foundation of the dam. The use …

Groundwater flow through fractured rocks has been recognized as an important issue in
many geotechnical engineering practices. Several key aspects of fundamental mechanisms …

Fluid flow through filled rock fractures is relevant to numerous engineering applications and
geophysical processes. However, a proper understanding of the flow behaviors in filled …

Modeling unsaturated flow in fractured rocks is essential in various subsurface engineering
applications, but it remains a great challenge due to the difficulties in determining the …

Anthropogenic in-stream structures such as large dams can alter stream hydrodynamics and
cause river stage fluctuations that have the potential to affect hyporheic exchange flow (HEF) …

A satisfactory balance between solution precision and computational efficiency can be
achieved via mixed-order elements, however, the generality and robustness of commonly …

In recent times, significant research has been carried out into developing and applying soft
computing techniques for modeling hydro-climatic processes such as seepage modeling. It …

The data for the 285.5 m high Xiluodu reservoir arch dam, China's second-largest, from
2012 to 2021 was monitored and analyzed to assess river valley contraction deformation …

The impact of large reservoir construction on the basin water cycle, ecological environment,
and engineering safety needs to be studied urgently, especially, the evolution of the …

This paper expounds on the process of deformation and seepage field change of single
coarse fracture under normal stress and puts forward a numerical simulation framework …