A complex variable boundary element method (CVBEM) for solving seepage problems

• Main Author: Lee, Lin Jye
• Format: Final Year Project Report
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 1998
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/22861/1/A%20complex%20variable%20boundary%20element%20method%20%28CVBEM%29...%2824%20pgs%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/22861/4/Lee%20Lin%20Jye.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/22861/

In the present project, the complex variable boundary element method (CVBEM) is applied to solve some seepage problems involving earth dams. The method is based on the Cauchy integral formulae. It reduces the seepage problems to the task of solving a system of linear algebraic equations. The coefficients of the linear algebraic equations can be easily computed. Hence the CVBEM for the seepage problems can be easily implemented on the computer. A computer program in FORTRAN based on the CVBEM is developed to calculate the free seepage line and seepage velocity in a homogeneous isotropic dam. Possible extension of the present project is also indicated.