Infrastructure embankment failures due to flooding have been recorded in many countries.
The consequences of flood-induced embankment failures have mainly been limited to …

Sand response depends on particle morphology (size and shape). In geotechnical research
and practice, size is typically assessed by sieve analysis and particle shapes are …

Seepage-induced fine-particle migration that leads to a change in the conductivity of a soil
matrix is referred to as internal instability. This could jeopardize the structural integrity of the …

Behaviour of granular soils subjected to internal erosion involves complex coupling between
solid–fluid interaction, skeleton deformation and microstructural evolutions. This paper …

Internal instability is a form of internal erosion in broadly graded cohesionless soils in which
fine particles can be eroded at lower hydraulic gradients than predicted by classical theory …

Suffusion involves fine particles migration within the matrix of coarse fraction under seepage
flow, which usually occurs in the gap‐graded material of dams and levees. Key factors …

This paper presents a novel framework for the discrete modeling of the large-scale triaxial
test of rock clasts, considering both the realistic particle shapes and veritable flexible …

Abstract Models that introduce rolling resistance at the contact are widely employed in
simulations using the discrete element method (DEM) to indirectly represent particle shape …

A new fluid–solid coupled numerical approach by combining the Dynamic Fluid Mesh
method with DEM (discrete element method) is applied to simulate suffusion. The fluid mesh …

Piping, as one of the critical patterns of internal erosion, has been reported as a major cause
for failures of embankment dams and levees. The fundamental mechanism of piping was …