Focused flow forms distinctive features termed solution pipes (vertical cylindrical voids) in
the epikarst zone of porous calcareous rocks with medium to high matrix porosity. Solution …

Internal erosion is caused by seepage body forces acting on the soil particles. One of the
most dangerous modes of internal erosion at hydraulic structures is backward erosion …

Suffusion is a typical kind of internal erosion that changes the permeability property of soil
without destroying its structure. A horizontal laboratory test was conducted to analyze the …

Backward erosion piping (BEP) is a type of internal erosion that significantly contributes to
internal erosion being a leading cause of levee and dam failures, second only to …

Backward erosion piping (BEP) is an increasingly critical failure mechanism in dike systems,
often triggered by floods resulting from extreme rainfall events, which are exacerbated by the …

Predicting piping failure is essential for assessing dike and dam safety. To improve the
current description of internal erosion, we sought to evaluate the effects of laminar and …

Backward erosion piping is one of the erosion mechanisms that lead to embankment dam
incidents, whereby foundation granular materials are transported to the downstream toe …

The progression length at various stages of backward erosion piping (BEP) in levee systems
can serve as a key engineering demand parameter for reliability and risk assessments. The …

It is often the case that the increase in hydraulic gradient and seepage in the embankment
causes piping phenomena and thus threatens the safety of geotechnical structures. Many …

This paper focuses on the impact of geotextile tube damage at the joints between tubes on
dam structures subjected to seepage. First, a seepage-induced failure critical gradient …