无压渗流问题分析的多节点有限元方法

采用基于平均值插值的多节点有限元方法分析有自由面渗流问题。在自由面附近采用多节点单元逼近自由面,利用平均值插值建立多节点单元的形函数,在远离自由面的区域采用四边形/三角形单元剖分。给定一个初始自由面位置,通过对渗流控制方程的多节点有限元求解,根据自由面上节点水头值判断自由面节点的调整方向和大小,最终迭代求出自由面的位置。土坝渗流问题的数值分析表明了所提方法的有效性和足够的计算精度。     

Flow through porous media: A procedure for locating the free surface

A finite element procedure is developed to accurately locate the free surface of unconfined seepage flow through porous media. The free surface is taken as the boundary between wet and dry soils, with flow in the saturated region characterized by Darcy's law. The method involves equations and meshing which are fully consistent with a general formulation for geotechnical engineering problems involving simultaneous solution of pore fluid pressures and soil skeleton displacements. Accuracy and versatility of the proposed procedure are demonstrated by solving various unconfined seepage flow problems through earth structures. Free surfaces and flownets are presented for the calculated flow fields.     

A nonlinear programming analysis of unconfined steady-state seepage

A finite element, variable mesh analysis of unconfined steady-state seepage problems is presented based on a nonlinear programming algorithm. It is shown that the minimization of an objective function which merely represents a measure of the total flux leaving or entering the mesh at the free surface nodes (except those that belong also to pervious boundaries) does not permit a unique definition of the free surface geometry. This problem, which is apparently related to the numerical instabilities often met when using variable mesh approaches, can be eliminated by adding to the objective function a term representing a sort of overall ‘regularity’ condition for the shape of the free surface. The modified solution procedure turns out to be stable and able to provide meaningful results for practical problems even when rather coarse meshes are adopted.     

有自由面渗流分析的三维数值流形方法

提出了求解有自由面渗流问题的三维数值流形方法,通过构造任意形状流形单元的水头函数,推导了流形单元的渗透矩阵和无压渗流分析的总体控制方程,并给出了自由面的迭代求解策略和渗透体积力的计算方法。典型算例的数值分析表明,该方法采用数学网格覆盖整个材料区域,在自由面的迭代求解过程中数学网格保持不变,只考虑自由面以下渗流区的介质,只对自由面以下的流形单元形成总体渗透矩阵,具有精度高、收敛速度快、编程简单等优点,而且能够通过单纯形积分精确计算被自由面穿越单元的渗透作用力,因此,特别适用于有自由面渗流问题的模拟。     

Unconfined seepage analysis in earth dams using smoothed fixed grid finite element method

One major difficulty in seepage analyses is finding the position of phreatic surface which is unknown at the beginning of solution and must be determined in an iterative process. The objective of the present study is to develop a novel non‐boundary‐fitted mesh finite‐element method capable of solving the unconfined seepage problem in domains with arbitrary geometry and continuously varied permeability. A new non‐boundary‐fitted finite element method named as smoothed fixed grid finite element method (SFGFEM) is used to simplify the solution of variable domain problem of unconfined seepage. The gradient smoothing technique, in which the area integrals are transformed into the line integrals around edges of smoothing cells, is used to obtain the element matrices. The solution process starts with an initial guess for the unknown boundary and SFGFEM is used to approximate the field variable. The boundary shape is then modified to eventually satisfy nonlinear boundary condition in an iterative process. Some numerical examples are solved to evaluate the applicability of the proposed method and the results are compared with those available in the literature. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

岩体裂隙网络非稳定渗流分析与数值模拟

针对裂隙岩体的非稳定渗流问题,通过将Darcy定理扩展到包含干区的整个裂隙网络区域,并令潜在溢出边界条件为Signorini型互补边界条件,将湿区上的非稳定渗流问题转化为全域上的一个新的初边值问题。为降低试探函数选取的难度,建立与定义在整个裂隙网络区域上的偏微分方程（PDE）提法等价的抛物型变分不等式（PVI）提法,并给出裂隙网络非稳定渗流分析的有限元数值分析格式和迭代算法,与砂槽模型试验数据的对比分析,验证其有效性。最后,将文中发展的计算方法应用到含复杂裂隙网络的边坡非稳定渗流分析,计算结果很好地反映出边坡内部自由面随库水降落的变化规律,并能准确地描述裂隙网络内部渗流运动特征及流量分布的不均匀性。     

An adaptive finite element model for wellbore breakout simulation

A finite element formulation is proposed and implemented for analysing the stability of excavated wells using the DiMaggio-Sandler constitutive elastoplastic model with a typical carbonate reservoir configuration. The quality of the finite element approximation is ensured by applying smooth curved elements adapted to the wellbore geometry, and h − p adaptive finite element meshes in the plastic zone. General purpose procedures are defined to transfer the elastoplastic deformation history to newly created integration points. A breakout damage criterion is proposed based on the second invariant of the deviatoric plastic deformation tensor. This damage criterion is used to apply a mesh movement algorithm to represent material collapse. The automatic successive application of the breakout damage criterion results in elliptical realistically looking geometries obtained in experiments reported in the literature.     

无压渗流分析的复合单元法

针对无压渗流问题,在传导矩阵调整法的基础上,对穿越自由面的单元用复合单元来处理,每个复合单元具有两套结点水头,一套用于饱和区的水头插值;另一套则用于无水区。通过变分原理,推出了控制方程并在程序中实现。应用复合单元法可以较好地解决自由面的插值问题,消除了穿过自由面单元的水上部分对自由面附近结点水头的贡献,同时对逸出面边界条件的处理也更加方便和准确。算例表明了该方法的有效性。     

A general approach to the modelling of contaminant transport through composite landfill liners with intact or leaking geomembranes

Finite‐element models of contaminant transport through composite landfill liners require highly refined meshes around the interface between the geomembrane and the clay layer, especially if leakage through holes in the geomembrane is considered. In addition, no general formulation for transport through leaking geomembranes can be found in the literature. The paper develops a general approach to time‐dependent contaminant migration through composite liners with intact or leaking geomembranes. Equations are derived for various combinations of system conditions including Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions in the waste, constant mass of contaminants in the waste, steady state or transient transport in the geomembrane, and steady state or transient seepage velocities in the mineral liner. The effect of the geomembrane on transport in the soil is converted into an equivalent boundary condition applicable at the top of the clay layer. Hence, only the media underlying the top geomembrane are explicitly represented in the numerical model, yielding a computationally efficient algorithm. The new formulation is validated in conjunction with finite‐layer, finite‐element and boundary‐element methods, by comparing its predictions to those of more conventional approaches which represent the geomembrane explicitly. The scope of the method is illustrated by modelling a landfill liner with a geomembrane leaking in five locations. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A practical and efficient numerical scheme for the analysis of steady state unconfined seepage flows

The scaled boundary finite‐element method (SBFEM), a novel semi‐analytical technique, is applied to the analysis of the confined and unconfined seepage flow. This method combines the advantages of the finite‐element method and the boundary element method. In this method, only the boundary of the domain is discretized; no fundamental solution is required, and singularity problems can be modeled rigorously. Anisotropic and nonhomogeneous materials satisfying similarity are modeled without additional efforts. In this paper, SBFE equations and solution procedures for the analysis of seepage flow are outlined. The accuracy of the proposed method in modeling singularity problems is demonstrated by analyzing seepage flow under a concrete dam with a cutoff at heel. As only the boundary is discretized, the variable mesh technique is advisable for modeling unconfined seepage analyses. The accuracy, effectiveness, and efficiency of the method are demonstrated by modeling several unconfined seepage flow problems. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

B‐bar based algorithm applied to meshfree numerical schemes to solve unconfined seepage problems through porous media

The object of this work is to establish a meshfree framework for solving coupled, steady and transient problems for unconfined seepage through porous media. The Biot's equations are formulated in displacements (or u − w) assuming an elastic solid skeleton. The free surface location and its evolution in time are obtained by interpolation of pore water pressures throughout the domain. Shape functions based on the principle of local maximum entropy are chosen for the meshfree approximation schemes. In order to avoid the locking involved in the fluid phase of the porous media, a B‐bar based algorithm is devised to compute the average volumetric strain in a patch composed of various integration points. The efficiency of such an implementation for one phase problems is shown through the Benchmark problem, Cook's membrane loaded by a distributive shear load. The proposed methodology is firstly applied to various classical examples in unconfined steady seepage problems through earth dams, then to the dynamic consolidation of a soil column. The results obtained for both problems are quite satisfactory and demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed method in solving coupled problems in porous media. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

裂隙岩体渗流场的无单元法模拟及渗流特性研究

裂隙岩体因含有发育程度不同的裂隙、节理和断层等不连续面,致其渗透性具有各向异性、不连续性等特点,因此传统的有限元法对分布密集的裂隙岩体渗流场求解有一定的难度。本文提出了采用无单元Glaerkin法求解有自由面裂隙渗流问题,并推导了无单元法求解渗流场的基本方程和积分格式,给出了应用罚函数法处理渗流边界条件和自由面处理方法。采用IDL语言编制了二维无单元法计算软件LIDAREFM。文中以北京怀柔桥梓镇某裂隙岩体边坡渗流场计算为例,研究了复杂裂隙共同作用下渗流场特性和自由面分布,讨论了不同开度、不同连通程度的裂隙对渗流场的影响。研究结果表明:无单元法可以较好地解决有密集裂隙的岩体渗流场的求解问题,实现了裂隙处结点任意加密以及积分网格的独立布置,避免了对有自由面和裂隙穿越的子域的重新处理,简化了渗流问题的求解过程。     

面板堆石坝垂直缝破坏下三维渗流场有限元模拟

采用改进节点虚流量法求解无压稳定渗流场,并引入无厚度的裂缝模型对破坏的垂直缝渗流行为进行模拟,得到面板堆石坝裂缝渗流问题的有限元分析方法,并编制Fortran程序。以某混凝土面板堆石坝为例,计算了面板单一垂直缝破坏和多条垂直缝破坏条件下的三维渗流场,得到不同条件下渗流场的水头分布、浸润线以及渗漏量,系统分析了面板堆石坝在垂直缝破坏条件下的稳定渗流场规律和特点。结果表明,该方法能对渗流逸出点和浸润线进行准确定位,还能很好地模拟面板垂直缝破坏对坝区渗流场的影响,可以为面板堆石坝的接缝设计提供参考。     

深基坑降水疏干过程中三维渗流场数值模拟研究

运用潜水、承压水渗流理论和有限差分法,以及干湿单元、预处理共扼梯度算法,以上海环球金融中心塔楼深基坑降水为依托工程,对深基坑降水的三维非稳定渗流场的计算建模和降水疏干过程进行了数值模拟研究。利用5口井和8口井的群井抽水试验资料,对模型主要参数进行了校正及后继检验计算。在上述基础上对中心基坑水位降至-22m时井的布置方案进行了优化设计,同时分析了深基坑内外渗流场的变化,为深基坑降水设计和施工提供了依据。     

饱和模型非定常渗流的数值求解方法

提出了饱和模型非稳定流的有限元算法，并对自由面流量补给项提出一种简单的处理方法，从而避免了在迭代中求解自由面的位置，最后给出了计算实例。     

Numerical modeling of rock failure under dynamic loading with polygonal elements

Polygonal finite elements are gaining an increasing attention in the computational mechanics literature, but their application in rock mechanics is very rare. This paper deals with numerical modeling of rock failure under dynamic loading based on polygonal finite elements. For this end, a damage-viscoplastic constitutive model for rock based on the Mohr-Coulomb criterion with the Rankine criterion as a tensile cutoff is employed and implemented with the polygonal finite element method. Moreover, the mineral mesostructure or rock is described by randomly mapping groups of polygonal elements representing the constituent minerals into a global mesh and assigning these groups with the corresponding mineral material properties. The performance of the polygonal elements is compared with that of the linear and quadratic triangular and bilinear quadrilateral elements in numerical simulations of controlled shear band formation under uniaxial compression and lateral splitting failure in the dogbone tension test. Numerical simulations of uniaxial tension and compression tests as well as dynamic Brazilian disc test under increasing loading rates demonstrate that the present approach predicts the correct failure modes as well as the dynamic increase in strength of rock.     

二滩高拱坝坝基渗流场的反演分析

研究运行期高坝坝基渗流特性时,渗流场参数的获取是难点之一。针对二滩工程,利用三维渗流场有限元精细求解技术以及遗传算法等方法和理论,建立坝基渗流场反演模型;选择坝基典型渗压计测点作为实测点,通过特定时刻库水位对应渗流场的反演获得坝基渗透系数,再利用不同时刻点库水位对应的渗流场进行验证。分析结果表明,渗流场的反演结果是合理的,可作为研究运行期高拱坝坝基渗流场真实工作性态的依据。     

非稳定温度场的三维p型有限元方法研究

非稳定温度场的边界往往是温度梯度较大的区域,需要划分较密的网格。但在三维温度应力的计算中太密的网格往往使得计算成本很高。将p型阶谱有限元方法引入温度场的计算,则可以开拓一条解决这类问题的有效途径。研究了p型有限元中的温度边界条件和初值,编制了有关程序,对同一个算例,采用不同网格密度的常规有限元法和p型有限元法进行了温度场计算分析和对比。研究结果表明,用p型有限元进行非稳定温度场计算,在网格稀疏的条件下能够达到较高的精度。     

FV-MHMM method for reservoir modeling

The present paper proposes a new family of multiscale finite volume methods. These methods usually deal with a dual mesh resolution, where the pressure field is solved on a coarse mesh, while the saturation fields, which may have discontinuities, are solved on a finer reservoir grid, on which petrophysical heterogeneities are defined. Unfortunately, the efficiency of dual mesh methods is strongly related to the definition of up-gridding and down-gridding steps, allowing defining accurately pressure and saturation fields on both fine and coarse meshes and the ability of the approach to be parallelized. In the new dual mesh formulation we developed, the pressure is solved on a coarse grid using a new hybrid formulation of the parabolic problem. This type of multiscale method for pressure equation called multiscale hybrid-mixed method (MHMM) has been recently proposed for finite elements and mixed-finite element approach (Harder et al. 2013). We extend here the MH-mixed method to a finite volume discretization, in order to deal with large multiphase reservoir models. The pressure solution is obtained by solving a hybrid form of the pressure problem on the coarse mesh, for which unknowns are fluxes defined on the coarse mesh faces. Basis flux functions are defined through the resolution of a local finite volume problem, which accounts for local heterogeneity, whereas pressure continuity between cells is weakly imposed through flux basis functions, regarded as Lagrange multipliers. Such an approach is conservative both on the coarse and local scales and can be easily parallelized, which is an advantage compared to other existing finite volume multiscale approaches. It has also a high flexibility to refine the coarse discretization just by refinement of the lagrange multiplier space defined on the coarse faces without changing nor the coarse nor the fine meshes. This refinement can also be done adaptively w.r.t. a posteriori error estimators. The method is applied to single phase (well-testing) and multiphase flow in heterogeneous porous media.