Abstract: In this study, a new wetting deformation simulation method for core-wall rockfill dams is proposed based on a wetting model that considers the upstream damming rockfill as softening materials when they are immersed and ...

Abstract: The spatial variability of soil parameters notably influences the accuracy of numerical analyses of earth–rockfill dams. This research establishes a stochastic finite-element method (FEM) considering the spatial variability ...

Abstract: Particle breakage modifies a rockfill structure, influencing its dilatancy, friction angle, strength, and permeability, as well as generating creep deformation, wetting deformation, and residual strain under a seismic load. ...

Abstract: Wetting deformation of the rockfill material, which is generated by particle sliding, breakage, and rearrangement, plays a vital role in earth-rockfill dam deformation that determines the safety of the dam. However, the ...