Subject Area
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Article Type
Original Study
Abstract
Strong Form Differential Quadrature Element Method (DQEM) is a non-ubiquitous technique for solving various physical and engineering problems having arbitrary domain configurations and complicated boundary conditions. In the present paper, the DQEM is adopted to simulate 2D steady-state confined seepage using quadrilateral elements unprecedentedly. The method discretizes the studied domain to a number of homogenous isotropic or anisotropic zones/elements. Techniques for defining boundary conditions are presented. The numerical modeling process is implemented in a PYTHON computer code. Various problems are solved in the present paper and the obtained results are compared with the available results of theoretical and numerical methods pre-published in the literature. Numerical results demonstrate the rigor and eligibility of the unfamiliar approach (DQEM) with less computational efforts.
Keywords
Strong form differential quadrature element method; Confined seepage; Laplace equation; Concrete dam; Hydraulic structures
Recommended Citation
Mohamed, Aya; El-Masry, Adel; Masria, Ali; and Abdel Gawad, Hossam
(2020)
"Confined Seepage underneath Hydraulic Structures Using Strong form Differential Quadrature Element Method.,"
Mansoura Engineering Journal: Vol. 45
:
Iss.
2
, Article 1.
Available at:
https://doi.org/10.21608/bfemu.2020.93302
