MODELAGEM NUMÉRICA DE FLUXO 3D EM MEIOS POROSOS / NUMERICAL MODELING OF 3D FLOW IN POROUS MEDIA

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

Numerical simulations tend to simplify the behavior of real problems, mainly through the choice of 2D models to describe the hydromechanical responses of earth dams, excavations, foundations, etc., partly because it is easier to construct geometrical meshes, it is simpler to impose the required boundary conditions, the computer calculations are done more rapidly and the estimation of the engineering parameters, either through field or laboratory tests, are less difficulty than it would be if the problem was treated as a complete 3D case. However, for certain phenomena such as the flow of water through dams situated in narrow valleys or the water drawdown in excavations for construction of building foundations, 3D effects can considerably affect the results when compared to a simplified 2D solution, either in terms of quantity of flow, hydraulic heads and gradients, security factors, etc. The main goal of this dissertation is the analysis of flow problems, both in transient and permanent conditions, considering fully saturated or partially saturated soils, employing 2D and 3D numerical models based on the finite element method in order to highlight the main differences between the computed answers, emphasizing the advantages and difficulties of both approaches. The numerical examples studied in this work are the earth dam Macusani, situated in Peru, the excavation carried out for the construction of the structures in the small hydroelectric plant Canoa Quebrada - MT, and groundwater drawdown for the execution of the foundations of the Brooklin shopping mall, in the city of São Paulo - SP.

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rebaixamento do lencol freatico elementos finitos three-dimensional modeling flow in soils groundwater drawdown fluxo em solos earth dam barragem de terra finite elements modelagem tridimensional

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