Dr.
Leonard Lam
CnTech Co., Ltd.,
Shanghai, China, June 5, 2010
Wuhan, China, June 9, 2010
Dr. Leonard Lam
● Made in China (Born in ShenZhen)
● Raised up in Hong Kong
● Educated in Canada
● Ph.D. – University of Saskatchewan, Canada
● Senior Project Engineer with Clifton & Associates Ltd., Canada
● Partner, Senior Engineer with GEO-SLOPE International since 1993
● Long term interest in numerical modeling for engineering practice
● Key developer of SLOPE/W and SEEP/W
Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, GEO-SLOPE
International Ltd. is a privately-held company.
GEO-SLOPE International Ltd. develops, markets and
supports state-of-the-art software for geotechnical and
geo-environmental modeling.
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Our objective at GEO-SLOPE is to create software that is
both technically comprehensive and easy to use, making
geotechnical modeling accessible and practical for all
geotechnical engineers.
We constantly seek to improve its engineering
capabilities and remain current with the rapid changes in
the computer industry.
Version 7.0 of all products
Released May 1, 2007
Latest version – 7.16
Licenses in more than 100 countries
● World wide user group
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Capable of handling saturated – unsaturated soil conditions
Many in practice still wish to ignore unsaturated zone
Ignoring unsaturated zone or not dealing with it correctly
greatly limits types of problems that can be analyzed and can
lead to erroneous solutions
Product integration – use results of one product in another
product
These two features greatly expands the types of problems that
can be analyzed
More difficult for water to flow when there are air
filled voids
Need a conductivity function
● Ksat only works for the saturated zone
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What is happening as suction (-pwp) increases?
VWC
- pwp (kPa)
K Air-Entry
Value
Saturated Unsaturated Fully Drained
S=1 1 > S > Sr Sr
- pwp, (kPa)
10
Question : Which soil is more permeable?
y
Concept of
Capillarity
● e.g. paper towel in cup
of water
Pressure profile?
Water content profile?
● Definitions
Air entry value (AEV)
Residual water content
or suction
- pwp
0
12
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Seepage through a dam
6.7562e-003
4
00
e-
01
.08
7
13
Infiltration problem
Contaminant Transport
60
Containment Pond Time Step#4:
60
40
Distance (m)
20
Aquifers
40
0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Elevation (m) 20
Contaminant Plume
0
0 20 40 60
15
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Unsaturated Shear Strength - Slope Stability
Rainfall
Slip Surfaces
Phreatic Surface
16
SEEP/W – SLOPE/W
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SEEP/W – SIGMA/W
SIGMA/W – SLOPE/W
Version 7 of all products
One Model, One Tool, Many Analyses
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Introduce some key features of GeoStudio
DEFINE the Problem
SOLVE the Problem
CONTOUR the Solution
Sketch problem, Draw geometry, KeyIn data, Modify objects
View results, Graph results, Contour results
Reporting, Movie, Online Helps, Resources
Show some examples solved by GeoStudio
Example 1
– Steady State Seepage and Stability Analysis (SEEP & SLOPE)
Example 2
– Transient Seepage and Stability analysis (SEEP & SLOPE)
Example 3
– Foundation Heave due to Infiltration (SIGMA)
Example 4
– Reservoir draining consolidation and stability analysis (SIGMA-SLOPE)
Example 5
– Soft ground couple consolidation analysis (SIGMA)
GeoStudio 2007 has many powerful features,
yet easy to use.
Saturated-Unsaturated capability and product
integration opens doors for solving complex
engineering problems.
One model – One tool - Many analyses.
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Day 1 – Basic Modeling using SEEP and SLOPE
● Morning - Steady state SEEP theory, demo examples and hands-on exercises in the morning.
● Afternoon - Basic SLOPE theory, demo examples and hands-on exercises in the morning.
Day 2 – Advance Modeling using SEEP and SLOPE
● Morning – Transient SEEP theory, demo examples and hands-on exercises in the morning.
● Afternoon – Advance SLOPE theory, demo examples and hands-on exercises in the morning.
Questions?
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