SEEP2D - compute seepage on profile models such as for earthen dam and levee cross sections

SEEP2D is a 2D finite-element flow model designed to compute seepage on profile models such as for earthen dam and levee cross sections. SEEP2D can be used to model confined, partially confined, and unconfined flow situations. For partially-confined and unconfined flow situations, both the saturated and unsaturated flow is simulated and the phreatic surface determined. SEEP2D can model complicated 2D seepage problems involving complex model geometries and soils that are nonhomogeneous and anisotropic. SEEP2D is a steady-state flow model and will compute the flow value at each node of the finite-element mesh. From these values, flow lines and equipotential lines are plotted showing the resulting seepage flow net. The SEEP2D Interface Module provides a user-friendly graphical interface to the SEEP2D 2D flow model. This Interface is used to assign boundary conditions and analysis parameters to the finite-element mesh to be modeled. The SEEP2D model is also included. Click here for a sample SEEP2D problem.

BUILDING A SEEP2D SIMULATION

For a typical application, the following steps are used to perform a SEEP2D simulation:

1. Generate a 2D mesh in SEEP2D
    
2. Select the analysis options in SEEP2D
    
3. Assign the material properties in SEEP2D
    
4. Assign the boundary conditions in SEEP2D
    
5. Run the Model Checker in SEEP2D
    
6. Save the simulation in SEEP2D
    
7. Run the simulation in SEEP2D
    
8. Read in and display the results in SEEP2D

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