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Geostudio Tutorials: Includes Student Edition Lessons
Geostudio Tutorials: Includes Student Edition Lessons
GeoStudio Tutorials
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Table of Contents
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1.2
2.2
Introduction .................................................................................. 5
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.2.2
2.2.3
2.2.4
2.2.5
2.2.6
2.2.7
2.2.8
2.2.9
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3.1.1
3.1.2
3.1.3
3.2.2
3.2.3
3.2.4
3.2.5
3.2.6
3.2.7
3.2.8
4.2
4.1.2
4.1.3
4.2.2
4.2.3
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4.2.5
4.2.6
4.2.7
4.2.8
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5.1.2
5.1.3
5.1.4
5.1.5
5.1.6
5.1.7
5.2.2
6.2
6.1.2
6.1.3
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6.2.2
7.2
7.1.2
7.1.3
7.1.4
7.1.5
7.1.6
7.2.2
7.2.3
8.1.2
8.1.3
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Chapter 1: Overview
Learning a new software product can be both interesting and challenging. Too
often, the amount of time available to learn a new piece of software does not
compare favorably with the time available before results are required. The purpose
of creating a separate GeoStudio Tutorials book was to help ease the initial
learning curve that everyone faces when trying to learn a new software product.
The majority of this book contains detailed tutorials which outline step-by-step
procedures to create, solve and analyze simple geotechnical problems for each
GeoStudio product. The tutorial lessons conform to the restrictions imposed on the
free Student Edition license, so it is not necessary to have a full-featured
GeoStudio license to work through the tutorials. The added benefit of this design is
that the tutorials can be a resource to learn a product you own in addition to
allowing you the opportunity to investigate the capability of a product you may be
interested in using in the future.
Also included in this book are a series of workbook lessons that can be set up and
solved using the GeoStudio Student Edition license. The Student Edition lessons
for a particular product can be found after the step-by-step tutorial lesson for each
product. Because of the complex and input intensive nature of VADOSE/W, a
Student Edition has not been developed for this product and therefore additional
Student Edition lessons have not been included in this book.
1.1
GeoStudio tutorials
Within the GeoStudio Tutorials book, each chapter is dedicated to one of the seven
GeoStudio software products (SLOPE/W, SEEP/W, SIGMA/W, QUAKE/W,
TEMP/W, CTRAN/W and VADOSE/W). Each chapter contains a tutorial lesson
which outlines step-by-step procedures for a simple geotechnical problem. By
executing each step in the sequence presented, you will be able to define a
problem, solve the problem and view the results. By completing the tutorial lesson,
you will quickly obtain an overall understanding of the features and operations of
that particular software product within GeoStudio.
It is our opinion that a truly effective geotechnical software product should be
continually evolving and changing; both in response to new developments within
the industry and in response to suggestions by clients to ensure the software is as
user-friendly as possible. Even for a particular version of the product, dialogue
boxes may change to accommodate additional features and to ensure the input
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1.2
The Student Edition (SE) versions of the GeoStudio products have been developed
for two primary purposes:
1. To teach and educate university students.
2. To teach and highlight the features and capabilities of the software for all
GEO-SLOPE clients.
The Student Editions are copies of the complete commercial versions but with
limited features. Each product has different limits but generally they are limited to
two soils and a maximum of 500 elements. Specific limitations for each product
can be found within the appropriate product chapter.
In spite of the limits imposed on the Student Edition, each product is a very
powerful software tool. One of the features retained in the student version is the
product integration that is possible between many of the GeoStudio programs. This
feature makes it possible to use the results of one product in another product and
greatly expands the types of problems that can be analyzed. For instance, SEEP/W
computed pore-water pressures can be used in a SLOPE/W stability analysis.
Another example of product integration is to investigate how the factor of safety
for a stability analysis changes with time during an earthquake, by integrating a
QUAKE/W analysis with a SLOPE/W analysis. There are many other integration
opportunities possible.
The Student Edition lessons included at the end of each chapter can be used as
student assignments or as exercises to learn how to use the software. The intent of
providing the lessons is to give industry professionals and academic educators a
sampling of what can be done with the SE software. It is anticipated that once the
power of the SE software is appreciated, instructors and educators will create a
vast array of their own examples and problems to illustrate and teach engineering
principals and concepts. The included lessons are only intended to be sufficiently
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comprehensive to spark the imagination of educators, who can feel free to develop
as many lessons as they need to teach the concepts they want to teach.
One feature of the SE software is that the on-line help and documentation for the
full commercial version is active and included with the software. This gives you
access to the theory used in the software formulation, the modeling guidelines, and
the included verification and illustration examples. With the software provided
with the Student Version, you will also have the opportunity to select the Viewer
License upon opening the software. The Viewer License is also provided free of
charge, and while you can not create new simulations while using this license, you
can examine and study any previously solved problem including those examples
that are included in the examples folder with the full-featured software. With the
Viewer License you can open the data files, look at how the problem has been
defined and then view and manipulate the results. Sometimes it may be useful to
study and examine the documentation and examples for the full-version software
to learn how to numerically model certain conditions that are beyond the scope of
the Student Edition.
Data files have been prepared and are available for the Student Lessons. These are
intended as a last resort resource if you simply cannot complete the lesson any
other way.
All information contained in the GeoStudio Tutorials book is available in a PDF
file format, accessible from the start page within GeoStudio. This is intended to
make it as simple as possible to view and print the documentation.
The Student Edition license is provided free of charge, which removes all financial
impediments from using this software for educational purposes. Educators are
encouraged to duplicate the GEO-SLOPE distribution CD and make copies
available to students so they are able to work with the software while away from
university facilities if necessary.
The student software is being made available without technical support. We trust
you will understand that it is not feasible to provide free technical to the thousands
of students and educators that will be using the software throughout the world.
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2.1.1
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3. Once the dialogue box opens, click in the check box beside
SLOPE/W and then select OK. You are now in GeoStudio
(SLOPE/W DEFINE).
It is assumed that you are readily familiar with the fundamentals of the Windows
environment such as using pull-down menus. If you are not, then you will first need to
learn how to navigate within the Windows environment before learning how to use
SLOPE/W. The SLOPE/W tutorial does not provide instructions on the fundamentals of
using Windows. You will have to get this information from other documentation.
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1. Click in the check box beside the Standard toolbar several time to
flash the standard toolbar on and off. Once you have located
where the Standard toolbar is located in the GeoStudio environment,
ensure the check box is selected, then move onto the next toolbar
option (i.e., Analysis) and repeat the procedure to learn the name
and location of each toolbar within GeoStudio.
Before exiting this dialogue box, ensure the Show ToolTips box has been selected as tool
tips are very helpful when you are learning a new GeoStudio program. The tool tips appear
when the cursor is held over a toolbar icon.
1. Choose Page from the Set menu. The Set Page dialog box appears:
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The Printer Page group box displays the name of the printer selected and the
printing space available on one printer page. This information is presented to help
you define a working area that will print properly. The dimensions may appear in
units of inches or mm and can be adjusted by depressing the radio button in the
Units section of the dialogue box.
2. Select mm in the Page Units group box.
3. Type 260 in the Working Area Width edit box. Press the TAB key to
move to the next edit box.
4. Type 200 in the Height edit box.
5. Select OK.
Set the scale
The geometry of the problem is defined in meters. As was shown in Figure 2-1, the
problem is 14 m high and about 40 m wide. The lower-left corner of the problem
will be drawn at (0,0). The extents need to be larger than the size of the problem to
allow for a margin around the drawing. Let us initially estimate the extents to be
from -4 to 40 m in both directions. Once the extents of the problem have been set,
DEFINE computes an approximate scale. The scale can then be adjusted to an even
value. As the scale is manually adjusted, the minimum extents will be preserved
and the maximum x and y extents will then be automatically adjusted to reflect the
scale you have selected.
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1. Choose Scale from the Set menu. The Set Scale dialog box appears:
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The Maximum x value will change to 48 and the Maximum y value will change to
36. This means that at a scale of 1:200, the allowable problem extents are from -4
to 49 m in the x direction and from -4 to 37 m in the y direction for the previously
selected working area 260 mm wide and 200 mm high.
7. Select OK.
Since the problem is defined in terms of meters and kN, the unit weight of water
must be 9.807 kN/m3, which is the default value when the engineering dimensions
are defined in meters.
Set the grid spacing
A background grid of points is required to help you draw the problem. These
points can be "snapped to" when creating the problem geometry in order to create
points and lines with exact coordinates. A suitable grid spacing in this example is 1
meter.
1. Choose Grid from the Set menu. The Set Grid dialog box appears:
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1. Choose Save from the File menu. The following dialog box appears:
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To sketch an axis:
1. Choose Axes from the Sketch menu. The following dialog box
appears:
2. Ensure the Left Axis, Bottom Axis and Axis Numbers check boxes
in the Display group box are selected. The Top Axis and Right Axis
check boxes should be unchecked.
3. Type an appropriate title for the bottom X-axis in the Bottom X edit
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box.
4. Type an appropriate title for the left Y-axis in the Left Y edit box.
5. Select OK. The cursor will change from an arrow to a cross-hair,
and Sketch Axes will be added to the status bar, indicating the
mode in which you are operating.
6. Move the cursor near position (0,0). Hold the left mouse button
down, but do not release it. As you move the mouse, a rectangle
appears.
7. Drag the mouse near (40,16) and release the left mouse button.
An axis is generated that represents 40 m in the x direction and 16 m in the y
direction. The View Preferences command allows you to change the font and the
size of the axis numbers. For more information about this command, see View
Preferences in the on-line help.
The number of increments along each axis is calculated by SLOPE/W when the
axis is generated. Choose the Set Axes command if you wish to override these
values.
Sketch the problem
In defining a slope stability problem, it is convenient to first prepare a sketch of the
problem dimensions. This sketch is a useful guide for drawing the geometric
elements of the problem.
1. In the Zoom toolbar, click on the Zoom Page button with the left
mouse button.
The entire working area is displayed in the DEFINE window.
2. Choose Lines from the Sketch menu. A dialogue box will appear
which can be used to alter the appearance of a sketch line, creating a
thick or thin line with arrow heads. Notice the cursor has changed
from an arrow to a cross-hair, and the status bar indicates that
Sketch Lines is the current operating mode.
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will change from a cross-hair back to an arrow; you are then back in
Work Mode.
15. In the Zoom Toolbar, click on the Zoom Objects button with the left
mouse button. Zoom Objects is located directly to the right of the
Zoom Page button.
The drawing is enlarged so that the lines you just sketched fill the DEFINE
window.
If you sketch a line in the wrong position, use the Modify Objects command to move it. For
more information about this command, see the on-line help.
After you have completed the above steps, your screen should look like the
following:
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2. Type in any appropriate text in the Title edit field and the Comments
edit field. For example, type Tutorial Lesson in the Title field and
Learning to use SLOPE/W in the Comments field.
3. Click on the Method Tab and Select the Morgenstern-Price and
ensure the corresponding side function is the Half-Sine Function as
shown below.
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1. Select the PWP tab from the Analysis Settings in the KeyIn menu.
The following dialog box appears:
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2. Type 1 in the Soil edit box (underneath the list box) to indicate that
you are defining Soil 1.
3. Press TAB twice to move to the Description edit box (The Strength
Model does not need to be selected, since the default MohrCoulomb model is applicable).
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1. Choose Regions from the Draw menu. The cursor will change to a
crosshair. Move the cursor near (0, 9) and click the left mouse
button. SLOPE/W snaps to the grid and creates a region point (Point
#1) at this position. As you move the mouse, a red line is drawn
from the Point to the new cursor position.
2. Move the cursor near (0,14) and click.
3. Move the cursor near (10,14) and click.
4. Move the cursor near (20,9) and click.
5. Move the cursor back to (0,9) and click. The first region will be
created, the soil color associated with Material #1 will appear and
the following Region Properties dialogue box will appear.
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1. If you have turned off the grid, choose the Snap to Grid command
from the Grid Toolbar.
Snap to Grid
2. Choose Pore Water Pressure from the Draw menu. The following
dialog box appears:
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Ensure you can see the entire profile on your screen. Use the Zoom Objects button
on the toolbar if necessary.
1. Choose Slip Surface from the Draw menu. The Slip Surface
cascading menu will appear. Select Entry and Exit from the
cascading menu. The cursor will change from an arrow to a crosshair, the status bar will indicate that "Draw Slip Surface Entry and
Exit" is the current operating mode and the following dialogue box
will appear.
Click on the title bar of the dialogue box with your left mouse button and move the
dialogue box out of the way if necessary to ensure you have an unencumbered
view of the embankment.
2. Ensure Range is selected under the Entry Range (Left Side) Type
field.
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3. Move the cursor near (1,14), click the left mouse button and a red
hatch line will snap to and appear on the surface of the embankment.
Continue to hold the left mouse button down while you move the
mouse along the surface until the cursor is near (9,14). A red line is
drawn from the left point of entry to the right point. Release the left
mouse button to finish defining the Entry range.
4. To define the Exit range, move the crosshairs near (30,4), click the
left mouse button and continue to hold it down while you drag the
cursor to the right to a location approximately near (34,4). A red line
will be drawn along the ground surface to indicate the defined Exit
range.
The coordinates of the left and right entry points are automatically updated in their
respective fields as you move the cursor. Fine-tuning of these points can be
achieved by selecting and changing the coordinates directly in the corresponding
edit fields. Once either the Entry or Exit range has been defined, you can use the
cursor to select the red hatch marks which mark the location of the left or right
points and move these points along the ground surface to alter the defined ranges.
5. Select Done in the Draw Slip Surface Entry and Exit Range
dialogue box.
View preferences
You no longer need to view the points or the point numbers in the DEFINE
window.
1. Choose Preferences from the View menu. The following dialog box
appears:
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1. Choose Soil Properties from the View menu. The cursor will change
from an arrow to a cross-hair, and the status bar will indicate that
View Soil Properties is the current operating mode. The following
dialog box is displayed:
2. Move the cursor within Region 1 (Upper Soil Layer) and click the
left mouse button. The soil is selected with a diagonal hatch pattern,
the extents of the region are outlined in red and the soil properties
are displayed in the dialog box as follows:
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The dialog box lists the soil number, description, soil model, the properties specific
to the soil model, any piezometric line or ru value defined for the soil, and the poreair pressure.
3. To see all the soil properties, re-size the dialog box by dragging the
bottom edge of the window down until all information is displayed.
4. To view the properties for Soil 2, click the left mouse button
anywhere in Region 2 and click the left mouse button. The soil is
selected with a diagonal hatch pattern, and the soil line and points
are highlighted. The soil properties of Soil 2 are displayed in the
dialog box.
5. To view a list of all soil properties in the dialog box, select the All
Soils button.
The currently-selected soil is unselected, and all soil properties are displayed in the
dialog box as follows:
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The dialogue box will need to be resized to view all the information
6. To copy all of the soil properties to the Windows Clipboard, select
COPY. The soil properties are copied to the Clipboard and can now
be pasted into another Windows application.
7. To print all of the soil properties on the current printer, select Print.
The following dialog box appears:
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8. Select a printer from the Printer Name drop-down list box and then
select OK to print the soil properties on this printer.
9. Select the Done button or click the right mouse button to finish
viewing soil properties.
Create dynamic sketch text
Not only can you view the soil properties interactively, but you can also place the
soil properties on the drawing as a dynamic sketch text label. This allows you to
print the soil properties on the drawing for reference purposes. If changes are made
to the soil properties, the dynamic text will automatically update. For this example,
we will simply add text labels that will identify the input parameters for each soil.
1. Choose Text from the Sketch menu. The following dialog box
appears:
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2. Left click on the Soil List button which will place a default soil list
for both materials in the Text field. You can use the horizontal scroll
button to review the information that will be included in the soil
label. The default values are Material #; Weight; C; Phi; Model.
3. Notice that when the cursor is moved off the dialogue box it changes
into a crosshair. Click on an appropriate location above the soil
profile to place the soil text information. If necessary, click in the
title bar of the sketch text dialogue box to move it out of the way
before placing the text.
4. Click Done to close the dialogue box.
If you would like to move around the soil text, select Objects from the Modify pull
down menu. Left click on the text to select it, then continuing to hold down the left
mouse button, drag the text to a new location and then release the left mouse
button.
After you have completed the above steps, your screen should look similar to the
following:
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If you change any of the soil property information, the sketch text will be automatically
updated to show the new settings. If you want to add further sketch text, you can select
Text from the Modify pull down menu. For more information on this topic, please refer to
the on-line help.
1. Choose Verify from the Tools menu. The following dialog box
appears:
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3. When you are finished viewing the messages in the Verify Data
dialog box, select Done.
Save the problem
The problem definition is now complete. Choose File Save to save the problem or
simply click on the computer disk icon. SOLVE reads the problem data from this
file to calculate the factors of safety.
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A series of engineering books have been written as supporting documentation for each
GeoStudio product. These books are available in PDF format within GeoStudio and a link
can be found on the Start Page. At any time during development or analysis of a simulation
you can gain access to this important resource by clicking on the Show Start Page icon
which appears in the Analysis Toolbar on the left side of the screen in GeoStudio.
2.1.2
Start solving
To start solving for the factors of safety, click the Start button in the SOLVE
window.
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A green dot appears between the Start and Stop buttons; the dot flashes while the
computations are in progress.
During the computations, SOLVE displays the minimum factors of safety and the
number of the current slip surface being analyzed. For this situation, 125 slip
surfaces were analysed and a critical slip surface was found with a factor of safety
of 1.479.
SOLVE writes the analysis results to a series of files, which are stored within the
SLOPE Tutorial.GSZ file. CONTOUR is then used to read these files in order to
display the results.
Quit SOLVE
You have now computed the factors of safety. Choose File Exit to quit SLOPE/W
SOLVE, or click the close button in the top-right corner of the SOLVE window to
close the window.
2.1.3
The SLOPE/W CONTOUR function allows you to view the results of the problem
analysis graphically by:
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Displaying a free body diagram and force polygon for any slice in
the minimum slip surface.
To start CONTOUR and automatically load the SLOPE Tutorial.GSZ data file,
select CONTOUR from the Tools pull down menu or click on the CONTOUR
button in the GeoStudio Analysis toolbar
Once you are in CONTOUR, a DEFINE button will appear in the Analysis toolbar.
To return to DEFINE, just click on this button
The drawing displayed in the CONTOUR window will be drawn according to the
View Preferences selected at the time you saved the problem in DEFINE. You can
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view different parts of the drawing by choosing Preferences from the CONTOUR
View menu or choosing items on the View Preference toolbar.
You can select and unselect the View Preferences by clicking on the icons in the
CONTOUR View Preferences toolbar. You can learn about each of the icons by placing
the cursor over the icon. A tool tip will appear for a few seconds and a description is
displayed on the status bar at the bottom of the window.
To view various slip surfaces other than the optimized slip surface:
The cursor will change from an arrow to a hand when hovered over the dialogue
box, and the status bar will indicate that Draw Slip Surfaces: Select a slip surface
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is the current operating mode. The critical slip surface in this example is Slip # 78.
Slip surfaces marked with *** indicate those slip surface which have stored force
information.
2. Scroll down the sorted list and select any of the other slip surface
numbers. The selected slip surface and its factor of safety are
displayed in the CONTOUR window.
3. CONTOUR will always present the minimum slip surface when the
Min. Factor of Safety button is clicked. Do not close the Draw Slip
Surfaces dialogue box.
View the slice information
The forces calculated for both the minimum slip surface and the optimized slip
surface can be displayed as a free body diagram and force polygon of any slice.
1. With the Slip Surfaces dialogue box from the Draw menu still open,
locate and click on Slip # 78 to select the critical slip surface. Once
the critical slip surface has been selected, click on the View Slice
Info button.
A dialog box will appear with the slice force information for Slice #1 already
loaded. The cursor will change from an arrow to a cross-hair, and the status bar
will indicate that "View Slice Information" is the current operating mode.
2. Move the cursor inside a different slice and click the left mouse
button. The following diagram appears in the window:
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The free body diagram shows the forces for the selected method on the critical slip
surface. The magnitude of each force vector is displayed beside the arrow (the
length of the vectors is not drawn to scale), and the direction of the arrows
represents the direction of the vectors. The force polygon shows the summation of
all forces acting on the slice. Closure of the force polygon graphically represents
the balance of the slice forces.
3. To enlarge the free-body diagram and force polygon, drag one of the
window corners until the Free Body Diagram & Force Polygon
window is the desired size.
4. Select Copy Diagram to copy the diagram to the Windows
Clipboard for use in other Windows applications to create reports,
slide presentations, or enhance the diagram.
5. Select Copy Data to copy the slice force information in the list box
to the Windows clipboard in text format.
6. Select Print to print the diagram (at the size it is displayed on
screen) and/or to print the slice force data.
7. Repeat Steps 2 to 6 until you have finished viewing slice force
information. You can move the Slice Force Information window if
you need to click on a slice that lies beneath the window.
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8. Select Done or click the right mouse button to finish viewing slice
forces.
9. When you are done drawing slip surfaces and viewing slice
information, select Close near the bottom of the Draw Slip Surface
dialogue box.
The free body diagram and slice force information is available only for those slip surfaces
which are marked with a *** in the Draw Slip Surfaces dialogue box.
View method
In DEFINE, you selected the Morgenstern-Price (in addition to Bishop, Ordinary
& Janbu) method to use when calculating the factors of safety. While CONTOUR
displays the Morgenstern factors of safety by default, the Bishop, Ordinary and
Janbu factors of safety can also be viewed.
1. Choose Method from the View menu. The following dialog box
appears with the current method displayed::
2. Click the down arrow to the right of the Method edit box. A dropdown menu of the other available methods to view is displayed.
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The minimum slip surface for the default method (i.e., Morgenstern-Price) is
displayed in the CONTOUR window.
Plot a graph of the results
The forces acting on each slice for the critical slip surface is computed and saved
in a file with an extension of FRC01. This file is stored in the GSZ GeoStudio file.
While CONTOUR allows you to display a free body diagram of these forces, you
can also view graphs of these forces. For this example problem, the procedures
will be presented for plotting the pore-water pressure distribution from crest to toe
along the optimized slip surface.
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1. Choose Graph from the Draw menu. The following dialog box
appears:
The following Graph window also appears, containing a graph of the selected
conditions:
2. Click on the down arrow to the right of the first drop-down list box.
A drop-down list of the other available conditions to plot is
displayed.
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4. Repeat Steps 2 to 3 for any other graphs that you wish to display.
5. Select File Print from the Graph window menu if you wish to print
the graph on the default printer. Select Edit COPY from the Graph
window menu if you wish to COPY the graph to the Windows
Clipboard for importing into other applications.
6. Select Set Options to specify the titles and display options of the
graph. The following dialog box is displayed:
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7. Click on the Font button to specify the font style of the graph.
8. To close the Graph window, double-click on the control-menu box
in the upper-left corner of the Graph window.
9. To view the data used in creating the graph, select the Data button in
the Draw Graph dialogue box. The following dialogue box appears.
10. Select COPY to copy the data to the Windows Clipboard in text
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format.
11. Select Done to close the Graph Data dialogue.
12. Select Done to close the Draw Graph dialog box.
View multiple slip surfaces
2. Click in the View Multiple Slip Surfaces check box under the Slip
Surface section.
3. Click on the down arrow to the right of the Number of slip Surfaces
to View. Select the number of slip surfaces you want to view
simultaneously (i.e., select 50).
4. Click OK to close the dialogue box.
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The slip surfaces for the 50 lowest factors of safety are now drawn on the profile.
5. Click OK to re-close the dialogue box.
Print the drawing
3. If the Default number of pages is greater than 1, then you may need
to go under the properties of the printer and ensure landscape is
the selected view, since that is how the page size was defined at the
start of the tutorial. Alternatively, you may choose Fit to Page to
print the drawing on the default printer on a single sheet of paper.
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You have now finished viewing the results. Choose File Exit to quit SLOPE/W
CONTOUR, or click the Minimize button in the top-right corner of the
CONTOUR window to reduce the window to an icon.
You have reached the end of this introductory learning session. You have learned
sufficient concepts to give you a general understanding of the operation and
capability of SLOPE/W. Not all of the powerful features of SLOPE/W have been
used in this introductory learning session, nor have all of the technical details been
discussed about the features that have been used. Specific details about each
command are given in the on-line help and in the supporting documentation for
SLOPE/W.
You can continue your learning process by reading and working through the
student lessons. The format for the SLOPE/W student edition lessons is slightly
different than that of other products since a fundamental issue in conducting limit
equilibrium stability analysis is understanding the assumptions and theoretical
basis for the various limit equilibrium methods available (i.e., Ordinary, Bishop,
Morgenstern-Price etc.)
2.2
Only the constant and half-sine interslice force functions can be used
Only the Grid and Radius slip surface option can be used
The only PWP options available are piezometric lines and finiteelement computed pore-water pressure from SEEP/W, SIGMA/W and
QUAKE/W.
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The SLOPE/W Student Edition lessons are not intended to present the SLOPE/W
interface procedures and commands. In some instances, modeling tips and
guidelines have been included to help you achieve a satisfactory solution. Specific
details regarding the fundamental theory of stability analysis can be found in the
supporting documentation for SLOPE/W which is entitled Stability Modeling with
SLOPE/W: An Engineering Methodology.
The lessons contained in this section can be found in Table 2-1.
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Description of Lesson
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 6
Spencers method
Lesson 7
Lesson 8
Lesson 9
Lesson 10
Lesson 11
Lesson 12
Lesson 13
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slices in order to keep the spreadsheet calculations to a minimum and still obtain
reasonable results.
In SLOPE/W DEFINE, you can create a perfectly scaled copy of the problem by
printing it at a zoom percentage of 100%. This will result in a scaled printout at
1:100 that students can use to scale off the mid-height and width of each slice.
The factor of safety can be computed by completing the following table in a
spreadsheet:
W
Slice
2.4
2.0
55.1
1.8
3.6
37.0
1.8
3.4
25.1
1.8
2.9
14.3
1.8
2.0
4.0
1.8
0.7
-6.2
W sin
Sum
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F of S = (CL ) +
( N tan )
(W sin )
You can obtain the summation values in the equation by summing Columns 6, 9
and 10 in the spreadsheet. This results in a factor of safety equal to 1.47. The
SLOPE/W computed factor of safety using the Ordinary method is 1.476.
You can now verify the forces applied to each slice by using the View Slice Forces
command in SLOPE/W CONTOUR. Once you have selected this command, you
can click on any slice and a free body diagram and force polygon will be
displayed. Figure 2-3 shows the display for Slice 2; note the absence of interslice
forces.
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Figure 2-3 Free body diagram and force polygon for slice 2
Included with this diagram is all the information that SLOPE/W has used to
compute the factor of safety. The SLOPE/W computed values can be compared
with the table values that were used to compute the factor of safety in the
spreadsheet.
At this point, it is important to observe that the force polygon for Slice 2 does not
close. It is particularly bad where the slice base is near horizontal, as shown for
Slice 5 in Figure 2-4. By ignoring the interslice forces, there is nothing in the
analysis to counteract the horizontal component of the base shear. Therefore, the
slices are not in force equilibrium. This shows that the Ordinary method can lead
to considerable errors in a stability analysis.
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You can plot various parameters along the slip surface using the SLOPE/W
CONTOUR Draw Graph command. Figure 2-5 shows the shear strength and
mobilized shear distribution along the slip surface. Note that the ratio of shear
strength to shear mobilized for every slice is a constant 1.47; this ratio is the factor
of safety. In other words, the local factor of safety is the same for each slice and is
also the same as the global factor of safety. The graph data in Figure 2-5 can be
copied to the clipboard and pasted into a spreadsheet to verify that the ratio is a
constant.
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You can extend this simple problem by adding a water table, as shown in Figure
2-6. It is relatively simple to do the spreadsheet calculation, even with the added
water table. You will need to insert another column for the pore-water pressure for
each slice; the pore-water can then be included in the shear strength calculation.
This example problem will clearly show how including pore-water pressure in the
analysis decreases the resulting factor of safety.
You could further extend this simple introductory problem by finding the slip
surface with the minimum factor of safety. However, it is probably better to
introduce this concept in the next lesson.
In conclusion, the important points to learn from doing the Ordinary method of
analysis are:
1. It is easy to use hand calculations to introduce the basic analysis
concept of dividing the potential sliding mass into slices and then
summing the forces on the slices.
2. The Ordinary method only satisfies moment equilibrium.
3. Ignoring the interslice forces means that the individual slices are not
in force equilibrium.
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4. The failure of the force polygon to close indicates that results from
the Ordinary method of analysis can be in considerable error.
2.2.2
The purpose of Lesson 2 is to show how you can use SLOPE/W to illustrate the
effect of including interslice normal forces in the analysis. Bishops simplified
method of analysis will be used, since it considers the normal forces between the
slices but ignores the shear forces. Bishops method also only satisfies moment
equilibrium.
One form of the factor of safety equation for Bishops method is:
sec
c 'b + W (1 ru ) tan '
tan ' tan
1+
F
F=
W sin
This is not the form used in the SLOPE/W formulation, but it illustrates the
important point here that F (factor of safety) appears on both sides of the equation.
This means that the factor of safety equation is nonlinear and an iterative technique
is required to solve for F.
Many textbooks show how to use a spreadsheet table to solve for the Bishop factor
of safety, similar to the approach used in Lesson 1. This technique is also
illustrated in the Hand Calculate detailed example found in the SLOPE/W
engineering book (Stability Modeling with SLOPE/W: An Engineering
Methodology). You may want graduate students to do this as an exercise, but will
probably find it inappropriate for undergraduate students.
Figure 2-7 shows the SLOPE/W results using the Bishop method of analysis for
the Lesson 1 problem that included the water table. The first point to notice is the
difference in factor of safety between the two analyses. For the Ordinary method,
the factor of safety is 1.190, while for the Bishop method, the factor of safety is
1.316. This is a significant difference. SLOPE/W does not display the number of
iterations required to reach a solution for Bishops method. If you are interested,
you can use WinZip or a similar program to extract the *.FAC output file and view
the file using a text editor (All SLOPE/W files are in simple ASCII text format).
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For this simple example, SLOPE/W performed five iterations to get the Bishop
factor of safety.
The main reason for the difference in factor of safety between the two methods is
that by including the interslice normal forces, we get much better closure on the
force polygons for each slice. Figure 2-8 shows the free body diagram and force
polygon for Slice 3. Note the normal forces now acting on the sides of the slice.
The force polygon does not close exactly, but it is much closer than for the
Ordinary method. This near closure of the force polygon indicates that the slice is
close to being in force equilibrium.
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Figure 2-8 Free body diagram and force polygon for Bishop's method
Another very important point to notice is that the water force acting on the slice
base is not included in the force polygon. The water pressure is used to compute
the shear on the slice base, which is included in the force equilibrium, but the
associated water force is not included directly in the analysis. If the water pressure
was not included in the shear force calculation, then the normal and interslice
forces would be different. Therefore, the water pressure is included indirectly in
the analysis through the shear force calculation.
In conclusion, the important points to learn from doing the Bishop method of
analysis are:
1. Bishops simplified method of analysis considers the normal forces
between the slices but ignores the shear forces between the slices.
2. Bishops method only satisfies moment equilibrium.
3. Including the interslice normal forces means that Bishops method is
close to being in force equilibrium, as indicated by the force polygon
for each slice.
4. The Bishop factor of safety equation is nonlinear, and therefore an
iterative technique is required to solve the equation.
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SLOPE/W is formulated to solve two factor of safety equations; one with respect
to moment equilibrium and the other with respect horizontal force equilibrium.
Remember from Lesson 2 that Bishops method satisfies only moment
equilibrium. In the context of SLOPE/W, Janbus simplified method is identical to
Bishops method, except it satisfies only horizontal force equilibrium. Like
Bishops method, Janbus method includes the interslice normal forces but not
shear forces.
Figure 2-9 shows the SLOPE/W results using the Janbu method of analysis for the
Lesson 2 problem. The resulting factor of safety of 1.182 is significantly different
from the Bishop value of 1.316, in spite of the fact that the force polygon closure is
quite good, as shown in Figure 2-10. The reason for the difference will become
clear in a later lesson.
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Figure 2-10 Free body diagram and force polygon for slice 3 using Janbu's
method
The important points to learn from doing the Janbu method of analysis are:
1. The Janbu simplified method of analysis is identical to Bishops
method, except it satisfies only horizontal force equilibrium.
2. The Janbu factor of safety can be significantly different from the
Bishop value, in spite of the fact that the force polygon closure is
quite good for both methods.
2.2.4
In the previous lessons, we have used only six slices (or seven where the program
required an additional slice) to illustrate some basic concepts and to compare the
SLOPE/W results with hand calculations. In practice, six slices are not enough. If
we re-analyze the problem in Lessons 1 to 3 using 30 slices (the default number of
slices in SLOPE/W), the factors of safety are as shown in Table 2-2.
Table 2-2 Factor of safety summary
F of S (6 slices)
F of S (30 slices)
Ordinary Method
1.190
1.222
Bishops Method
1.316
1.328
Janbus Method
1.182
1.231
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Increasing the number of slices from 6 to 30 does make a difference in the factor of
safety. Increasing the number of slices beyond the default number of 30, however,
has very little effect. Try various numbers of slices and plot the factor of safely
against the number of slices as a learning exercise. Generally, SLOPE/W is
formulated in such a way that the results are insensitive to the number of slices,
provided that you use at least the default number of slices as a minimum.
Note that SLOPE/W does not divide the sliding mass into slices with a constant
width; the slice widths will vary. The procedure that SLOPE/W uses to select slice
widths is described in the Theory chapter of the SLOPE/W engineering book.
The important point to learn from this lesson is:
1. The number of slices used to discretize the potential slip surface can
affect the resulting factor of safety, but once you have a reasonable
number of slices, the factor of safety is insensitive to the number of
slices in the SLOPE/W formulation.
2.2.5
In the previous lessons, we have only analyzed one slip surface in order to
highlight certain points regarding slope stability. A more typical need is to
examine a wide range of potential slip surfaces in order to find the one with the
minimum factor of safety. This particular slip surface is known as the critical slip
surface. In the SLOPE/W Student Edition, we can do this using the Grid and
Radius slip surface option, as shown in Figure 2-11. SLOPE/W will analyze 6
potential circular slip surfaces for each one of the 36 intersection points on the
rotation grid, resulting in a total of 216 trial slip surfaces that will be evaluated.
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Figure 2-11 Problem definition for finding the critical slip surface
Figure 2-12 shows the critical slip surface that was found. The overall minimum
factor of safety is 1.300 (using Bishops method). The minimum factors of safety
found at all other Grid center points have been contoured to assist with the
interpretation and presentation of the results. Note that the minimum value is
inside the Grid. This is often used as a guide to indicate that the minimum factor of
safety has been found, and that it does not lie outside the range of analyzed slip
surfaces.
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The position of the critical slip surface is dependent on the soil strength
parameters. If the soil cohesion is zero, the critical slip surface will tend be shallow
and parallel to the slope. If Phi () is zero but cohesion is greater than zero (i.e., the
undrained case), the critical slip surface will tend to be very deep. It is a
worthwhile exercise for students to experiment with different combinations of
strength parameters to see the effect on the position of the critical slip surface.
As a broad observation, the position of the critical slip surface will be the most
realistic if you use realistic effective strength parameters.
The important points to learn from this lesson are:
1. The critical slip surface is found by analyzing a wide range of
potential slip surfaces and finding the one with the minimum factor
of safety.
2. When the critical slip surface center lies inside the Grid, it is often
an indication that the minimum factor of safety has been found, and
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that the true minimum does not lie outside the range of analyzed slip
surfaces.
3. The position of the critical slip surface is dependent on the soil
strength parameters.
2.2.6
Spencers method considers both normal and shear interslice forces, and satisfies
both force and moment equilibrium. The unique condition in Spencers method is
that the ratio of shear to normal interslice forces is a constant, and is therefore the
same for each slice.
SLOPE/W computes one factor of safety with respect to moment equilibrium (Fm)
and a second factor of safety with respect to horizontal force equilibrium (Ff) for
various shear-to-normal ratios (this ratio in SLOPE/W is referred to as lambda).
The iterative process continues until Fm and Ff are approximately the same. When
they are within a specified tolerance, the solution is said to have converged to the
Spencer factor of safety.
Figure 2-13 shows the SLOPE/W SOLVE window when the Spencers method is
used to analyze the problem from Lesson 5. For Spencers method, the value for
Fm is 1.305 and the value for Ff is 1.313. The difference is 0.008, which is smaller
than the default allowable tolerance of 0.01. The Fm value is actually very close to
the Bishop value; the reason for this will be become clear in a later lesson.
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You can check what lambda value was used in the analysis by viewing the slice
forces or by graphing the interslice force function, as shown in Figure 2-14. The
specified interslice function is a constant 1.0 for each slice (implied by the Spencer
method), and the actual applied function is a constant value of 0.3896, meaning
that the interslice shear forces are 0.3896 times the interslice normal forces.
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Figure 2-15 shows a typical free body diagram and force polygon for the Spencer
analysis method. Notice that there are now both shear and normal forces on the
sides of the slice. On the left side, the ratio of shear to normal is 18.697/47.988 =
0.3896 and on the right side the ratio is 20.329/52.178 = 0.3896. Another
important observation is that the force polygon closure is now nearly perfect.
Again, this means that the forces applied on the slice put the slice in near-perfect
force equilibrium.
Figure 2-15 Free body and force polygon for Spencer method (slice 11)
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The Generalized Limit Equilibrium (GLE) method embodies the concepts of all
other methods. Using the GLE method is extremely useful for understanding the
differences between methods and for interpreting results. When you use the GLE
method, you must specify a series of lambda values. For this lesson, lambda values
were defined from 0 to 1.0 in increments of 0.1. SLOPE/W computes Fm and Ff
factors of safety for each specified lambda value; you can then plot these factors of
safety using the Draw Slip Surfaces command in SLOPE/W CONTOUR.
Analyzing the problem in the previous lesson using the GLE method produces a
factor of safety versus lambda graph as shown in Figure 2-17. Using this graph,
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you can identify the factors of safety for several different methods. The
Morgenstern Price factor of safety occurs at the point on the plot where Fm is
equal to Ff, since this method satisfies both force and moment equilibrium. The
Bishop method satisfies only moment equilibrium and ignores interslice shear
forces. Since the zero interslice shear condition occurs when lambda is zero, the
Bishop factor of safety therefore lies on the moment equilibrium curve where
lambda is equal to zero. The Janbu simplified method satisfies only force
equilibrium and also ignores interslice shear forces; the Janbu factor of safety is
therefore the point on the force equilibrium curve where lambda is equal to zero.
It is important to note the slope of the moment and force equilibrium curves in
Figure 2-17. The moment curve is essentially flat, while the force curve is at a
significant slope. This means that moment equilibrium is insensitive to interslice
shear forces, while force equilibrium is quite sensitive to interslice shear forces.
Since the moment curve is so flat, the Bishop, Morgenstern-Price, and Spencer
factors of safety are very similar. The Janbu factor of safety is quite different from
the rest, however, since it is based only on force equilibrium. This explains some
of the observations made earlier about factors of safety for the different methods.
For more information on this topic, see the chapter in the SLOPE/W engineering
book that discusses the different Factor of Safety methods.
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The SLOPE/W Student Edition allows you to analyze non-circular slip surfaces.
You can use the same Grid and Radius technique that have been used in the
previous lessons; the only addition you will need is a weak layer, which can be
added with the KeyIn Soil Properties and Draw Lines commands. Figure 2-18
illustrates the shape of the computed slip surface. The slip surface shape follows
the arc of a circle through the weak layer until it intersects the bottom of the profile
which is assumed to be a bedrock layer. It then follows the bedrock surface until it
again intersects the slip circle. The soil strength used along the bedrock surface is
the strength of the soil immediately above the bedrock.
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When analyzing non-circular slip surfaces, you will notice that SLOPE/W
computes factors of safety for all specified methods, just like it does for circular
slip surfaces. This is true for the Ordinary and Bishop methods, even though they
are traditionally formulated and discussed in the literature only in terms of circular
slip surfaces. The important message here is that the difference between the
methods is not in the shape of the slip surface; the difference is in the interslice
force assumptions and what equilibrium equations each method satisfies.
Therefore, the Bishop method can be applied to non-circular slip surfaces just like
the Janbu, Spencer, or Morgenstern-Price methods.
The important points to learn in this lesson are:
1. Non-circular slip surfaces can be included in the SLOPE/W Student
Edition by adding a bedrock soil layer.
2. You can obtain factors of safety for any analysis method using noncircular slip surfaces.
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Use a single slip surface with grid center and radius as shown in
Figure 2-20.
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Figure 2-19 Finite element mesh for SIGMA/W load deformation analysis
Figure 2-20 Slip surface definition for SLOPE/W finite element method
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Ksat Upper Soil = 1E-3 m/day, Ksat Lower Soil = 1E-5 m/day
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Figure 2-21 Finite element mesh for SEEP/W pore-water pressure analysis
Force the radius of the slip surface with a single tangent line and use a
grid as shown in Figure 2-22.
Table 2-3 SLOPE/W material properties
Basic Parameters
Layer
Soil Model
1
2
Unit Weight
Phi
Cohesion
Mohr-Coulomb
18
25
Mohr-Coulomb
20
30
10
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For the dynamic analysis, 500 times steps with 0.02 increments, start
saving at time step 10 and save in multiples of 10.
Modeling Hints:
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Water Retention
Structure
3m
5m
6m
3m
6m
Cutoff Wall
1
K = 1 x 10-5 m/sec
15 m
3.1.1
1. Select GeoStudio2004 from the Start Programs menu under the GEOSLOPE folder. If you do not have a full-license mode to select, then
use the student mode. The viewer mode will allow you to set up a
problem, but it will not allow you to save or solve the problem. Please
ensure you are not using the viewer mode for this tutorial.
2. Once GeoStudio has been opened, choose New from the FILE pull
down menu. The following dialogue box will appear:
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3. Highlight the GeoStudio original settings and then select OK. The
following Analysis Selection dialogue box will appear.
4. Once the dialogue box opens, click on the box beside SEEP/W and
then select OK. You are now in SEEP/W DEFINE.
It is assumed that you are readily familiar with the fundamentals of the Windows
environment such as using pull-down menus. If you are not, then you will first need to
learn how to navigate within the Windows environment before learning how to use
SEEP/W. The SEEP/W tutorial does not provide instructions on the fundamentals of using
Windows. You will have to get this information from other documentation.
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1. Click in the check box beside the Standard toolbar several times to
flash the standard toolbar on and off. Once you have located where
the Standard toolbar is located in the GeoStudio environment, ensure
the check box is selected, then move onto the next toolbar option (i.e.,
Analysis) and repeat the procedure to learn the name and location of
each toolbar within GeoStudio.
Before exiting this dialogue box, ensure the Show ToolTips box has been selected as tool
tips are very helpful when you are learning a new GeoStudio program. The tool tips appear
when the cursor is held over a toolbar icon.
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1. Choose Page from the Set menu. The Set Page dialog box appears.
The Printer Page group box displays the name of the printer selected and the
printing space available on a single printer page. This information is presented to
help you define a working area that will print properly.
2. Select mm in the Page Units group box.
3. Type 260 in the Working Area Width edit box. Press the TAB key to
move to the next edit box.
4. Type 200 in the Height edit box.
5. Select OK.
Set the scale
The geometry of this tutorial example is defined in meters. As shown in Figure
3-1, the problem is 15 m wide and about 10 m high. The lower-left corner of the
problem will be drawn at an (x,y) coordinate of (0,0). The working extents need to
be larger than the size of the problem so there is a margin around the drawing. Let
us estimate the extents in the x-direction from 0 to 20 m and from 0 to 15 m in the
y direction. Once the extents of the problem have been set, DEFINE computes an
approximate scale. The scale can then be adjusted to be an even value. The
maximum x and y extents will then be automatically adjusted to reflect the scale
you have selected.
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1. Choose Scale from the Set menu. The following dialog box appears:
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helps ensure regions are created using precise coordinates. Suitable grid spacing in
this example is 1 meter.
1. Choose Grid from the Set menu. The Set Grid dialog box will appear.
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The data may be saved at any time during a problem definition session. It is good
practice to save the data frequently.
1. Choose Save from the File menu. The following dialog box will
appear.
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To sketch an axis:
1. Choose Axes from the Sketch menu. The following dialog box
appears:
2. Check the Left Axis, Bottom Axis, and Axis Numbers check boxes in
the Display group box if they are not already checked. The Top Axis
and Right Axis check boxes should be unchecked.
An X-axis will be sketched along the bottom side of the specified region and a Y
axis will be sketched along the left side of the specified region.
3. Type an appropriate title for the bottom X-axis in the Bottom X edit
box.
4. Type an appropriate title for the left Y-axis in the Left Y edit box.
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5. Select OK. The cursor will change from an arrow to a cross-hair, and
"Sketch Axes" will be added to the status bar, indicating the mode in
which you are operating.
6. Move the cursor near position (0,0). Hold the left mouse button down,
but do not release it. As you move the mouse, a rectangle appears.
7. "Drag" the mouse near (15,10), and release the left mouse button.
An axis is generated within the region. The View Preferences command allows
you to change the font and the size of the axis numbers. For more information
about this command, see View Preferences in the on-line help.
The number of increments along each axis is calculated by SEEP/W when the axis
is generated. Choose the Set Axes command if you wish to override these values.
Sketch the problem
In developing a finite element mesh, it is convenient to first prepare a sketch of the
problem dimensions. This sketch is a useful guide for drawing the problem
regions, marking features of interest and identifying the boundary conditions.
To sketch a drawing:
1. In the Zoom toolbar, click on the Zoom Objects button with the left
mouse button. The working area is then maximized and displayed in
the DEFINE window.
2. Choose Lines from the Sketch menu. A dialogue box will appear
which can be used to alter the appearance of a sketch line, creating a
thick or thin line with arrow heads. Notice the cursor has changed
from an arrow to a cross-hair and the status bar indicates that "Sketch
Lines" is the current operating mode.
3. Leave the dialogue box untouched. Using the mouse, move the cursor
near position (0,0), as indicated in the status bar at the bottom of the
window, and click the left mouse button. As soon as the mouse is
clicked, the dialogue box will disappear and the cursor snaps to the
grid point at (0,0). As you move the mouse, a line is drawn from (0,0)
to the new cursor position.
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The cursor position (in engineering units) is always displayed in the status bar. It is
updated as you move the cursor with the mouse.
4. Move the cursor near (15,0) and click the left mouse button. The
cursor snaps to (15,0) and a line is drawn from (0,0) to (15,0). You
may not be able to see the line as it lies directly over the x-axis, but the
line exists and will be present if in the future the axis is ever deleted or
hidden.
5. Move the cursor near (15,6) and click the left mouse button. A line is
drawn from (15,0) to (15,6).
6. Move the cursor near (0,6) and click the left mouse button. A line is
drawn from (15,6) to (0,6).
7. Move the cursor near (0,0) and click the left mouse button. A line is
drawn from (0,6) to (0,0).
8. Click the right mouse button to finish sketching lines. The cursor will
change from a cross-hair back to an arrow; and you are back in Work
Mode.
9. In the Zoom Toolbar, click on the Zoom Page button with the left
mouse button to view the size of the sketch in relation to the working
page. Return to the Zoom Toolbar and reselect Zoom Objects to
continue drawing the sketch details.
After you have completed the above steps, your screen should look like the
following:
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9
8
Elevation (m)
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
0
10
11
12
13
14
15
Distance (m)
If you sketch a line in the wrong position, use the Modify Objects command to move it. For
more information about this command, see the on-line help.
You should now know how to sketch a line. Sketch the dam in the same way you
sketched the foundation:
1. Choose Sketch Lines.
2. Position the cursor and click the left mouse button at (6,6), (6,10),
(7,10), and (10,6).
3. Click the right mouse button to finish sketching the dam.
Sketch the cutoff in the same way:
1. Choose Sketch Lines.
2. Position the cursor and click the left mouse button at (7,6), (7,3), (8,3),
and (8,6).
3. Click the right mouse button to finish sketching the cutoff.
Sketch the reservoir line in the same way:
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6
5
4
3
2
1
0
0
10
11
12
13
14
15
Distance (m)
1. Choose Analysis Settings from the KeyIn menu. The following dialog
box appears.
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2. Type in any appropriate text in the Title edit box and the Comments
edit box.
3. Select OK.
This information will be written to all data input and output files.
Specify the analysis type
This problem is a steady-state analysis, meaning the solution is stable and
represents a point in the infinite future.
1. Choose Analysis Settings from the KeyIn menu and select the Type
property sheet tab. The following dialog box will appear:
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1. Choose Analysis Settings from the KeyIn menu and select the Control
property sheet tab. The following dialog box will appear:
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3. Select OK.
Define a hydraulic conductivity function
The foundation material has a saturated hydraulic conductivity equal to 1 x 10-5
m/sec. In SEEP/W the hydraulic material properties must be defined as functions,
not single point values. In this case, the entire profile will be completely saturated
and the soil will have a constant hydraulic conductivity equal to the saturated
value. As a result, a two-point, horizontal function would be sufficient to obtain
good results. It is, however, good modeling practice to define the hydraulic
conductivity function over a range of positive and negative pressures to adequately
reflect the decrease in hydraulic conductivity that occurs as the soil becomes
unsaturated. For more information about the hydraulic material property functions,
please refer to the SEEP/W documentation entitled Seepage Modeling with
SEEP/W: An Engineering Methodology
A series of engineering books have been written as supporting documentation for each
GeoStudio product. These books are available in PDF format within GeoStudio and a link
can be found on the Start Page. At any time during development or analysis of a simulation
you can gain access to this important resource by clicking on the Show Start Page icon
which appears in the Analysis Toolbar on the left side of the screen in GeoStudio.
One of the restrictions of the student version is that functions can only be defined
using two points, while many points can be used to define a function in the
professional version. Since the hydraulic conductivity function is characteristically
S-shaped, an excellent approximation of the complete function can be achieved by
creating a two-point function which marks the curvature points as shown in Figure
3-2. The two points represent the conductivity that exists at the air-entry value and
residual soil suction.
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3. Type 1 in the Function Number edit box if it does not already exist and
select Edit. The following dialog box will appear:
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4. If you wish, you can type a description for your soil in the Description
edit box. For example, type Foundation Soil. The function name is
helpful when later choosing a function to edit or import.
Now input the two-point function which will represent the hydraulic conductivity
function.
5. Type 1 in the Data Coordinates # edit box, -10 in the Pressure edit
box, and 1e-5 in the Conductivity edit box.
6. Select Copy. The values you typed in the edit boxes will be written
into the list box, creating the first function point.
7. Type 2 in the # edit box, -100 in the Pressure edit box, and 1e-7 in the
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The graph window contains tools for moving points, adding more points, copying
the graph to the Windows clipboard, and printing the graph. For more information
about these tools, see the on-line Help.
10. Click on the X in the upper-right corner of the graph window. This
closes the graph window.
11. Select OK in the KeyIn Edit Conductivity Functions dialog box from
Step 3. This saves the points data for Function 1.
12. Select Done in the KeyIn Conductivity Functions dialog box from
Step 2.
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There are many more features of the KeyIn Hydraulic Conductivity command that
are not discussed in this section. See the on-line help for details on these features.
Define material properties
For each material type, you must specify:
For this example, only one material needs to be defined as the foundation is
homogeneous. The properties of Material 1 are:
conductivity function #1
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2. Type 1 in the # edit box to indicate that you are defining Material 1.
3. Click the down arrow beside the K-Fn # edit box. A drop-down list
appears, containing the numbers of all defined conductivity functions.
Select 1 from the list.
By default, the W.C. Fn # is zero, the K-Ratio is 1.0, and the K-Direction is 0.0.
Leave these values unchanged, since these are the values you will use for this
material.
4. Select Copy. The values contained in the edit boxes will be copied
into the list box, creating the material.
5. Select OK to save the material properties.
Generate regions and finite elements
For this problem, we will create a structured mesh. All the elements will have the
properties of Material 1. Three regions will be used to develop the mesh.
1. Choose Regions from the Draw menu. The cursor will change to a
crosshair. Move the cursor near (0,6) and click the left mouse button.
SEEP/W snaps to the grid and creates a region point (Point #1) at this
position. As you move the mouse, a red line is drawn from the Point to
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7. In the Material Tab of the Regions Property dialog box, ensure the
Material Type is 1 and the Mesh Pattern is Structured Quad.
8. Click on the Elements Tab. Confirm that the default Quad Integration
order is 4 and the Element Thickness is 1.
9. Click on the Edges Tab, skipping the Opening Tab since we are not
creating an opening or hole in the mesh. The following dialogue box
will appear.
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10. Click on one of the Edge Subdivisons and notice that the
corresponding Region Edge in the DEFINE window will be identified
with a thick red line. Select Edge 1,2 which should be the top edge of
the region (under the upstream reservoir). Type 14 in the Min. box and
select Copy.
11. Highlight Edge 2,3. Type 6 in the Min. Edit box and select Copy.
12. Highlight Edge 3,4. Type 6 in the Min. Edit box and select Copy.
You can either select the Edge within the list window or click directly on the Edge in the
profile.
The region should now be discretized with 14 elements in the x-direction and 12
elements in the y-direction creating a total of 168 elements. Notice that while the
Minimum Edge Subdivision was not explicitly defined for all the available Edges,
the Actual number of divisions has been automatically adjusted.
13. Click Close.
14. Right-click the mouse to exit the Draw regions mode. The cursor will
change from a cross-hair back to an arrow and the node numbers will
appear.
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Notice that both the nodes and the elements have been automatically sorted in the
vertical direction. After you have completed the above steps, your screen should
look like the following picture.
The above procedure will now be repeated to generate elements in the remaining
two regions.
1. Choose Regions from the Draw menu. The cursor will change to a
crosshair. Move the cursor near (7,0) and click.
2. Move the cursor near (7,3) and click.
3. Move the cursor near (8,3) and click.
4. Move the cursor near (8,0) and click.
5. Move the cursor back to (7,0), and click. The second region will be
created, a default mesh will be generated within the region and the
Region Properties dialogue box will appear
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6. Click Close to accept the mesh. This time, do not right-click to exit the
Draw regions mode, just continue onto the next step to draw the third
and final region.
1. Move the cursor near and click at the following locations (8,0), (8,3),
(8,6), (15,6), (15,0), (8,0). The Regions Properties dialogue will appear
and a default mesh will be generated.
2. Click on the Edges Tab to adjust the number of subdivisions on each
edge of the region.
3. Click on the line between Region points 6 and 8. Note that the
corresponding Edge Subdivision has been selected in the Region
Properties dialogue box. Type 6 in the Min. edit field. Click Copy.
4. Click on Edge 8,9 either on the screen or within the dialogue box.
Type 14 in the Min. edit field. Click Copy.
5. Click Close. Right click the mouse to exit the Draw regions mode.
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After you have completed the above steps, your screen should look like the
following:
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any straight line. See the Draw Boundary Conditions command reference in the
on-line help for more information.
6. Type 6 in the Action edit box to specify the total head at the ground
surface downstream of the dam
7. Use the procedure described in Step 5 to drag a rectangle around
Nodes 267, 280, 293, 306, 319, 332, 345, 358, 371, 384 and 397. You
may need to move the dialog box if it overlaps these nodes. All of
these nodes are redrawn as red circles, indicating each node is a head
boundary.
The other boundary conditions for this simulation include a total flux of zero
across every external node that does not have an assigned head boundary. Since all
nodes are Q=0 nodes by default, meaning that the flow into the nodes must equal
the flow out of these nodes, it is unnecessary to define Q = 0 boundaries around the
perimeter of the problem. There is no harm in assigning this boundary condition, it
just is not required.
Draw flux sections
A flux section is desired for this problem to compute the total seepage flow
through the foundation of the dam. Flux sections must be drawn completely across
an element in order to include the flux through that element. Flux sections must not
pass through nodes, which is why the snap to grid feature must be disabled.
1. Turn off the grid by choosing Grid under the Set Menu and unchecking the Snap to Grid option or by clicking on the Snap Grid
button on the Grid toolbar. You do not have to turn off the display grid
feature if using the Set Grid approach so the grid will still appear on
the screen but the snap feature will be disabled. If you use Snap Grid
Button on the toolbar, both the display grid and snap to grid features
will be disabled
2. Choose Flux Sections from the Draw menu. The following dialog box
appears:
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3. Use the default value in the Section Number box. It should be set to 1.
4. Select OK. The cursor will change from an arrow to a cross-hair and
the status bar will indicate that "Draw Flux Sections" is the current
operating mode.
5. Using the mouse, move the cursor near position (7.25,-0.5), below the
cutoff wall and below the bottom boundary of the mesh. Click the left
mouse button. As you move the mouse, a dashed black line is drawn
from (7.25,-0.5) to the new cursor position.
7. Move the cursor near (7.5,3.5), just above the base of the cutoff wall,
and click the left mouse button. A blue dashed line is drawn,
indicating a flux section along this area.
8. Click the right mouse button to finish defining this flux section.
To help you draw the flux section across relatively small elements, you can play
around with the Zoom Toolbar. After you click on the Zoom Objects button in the
Zoom toolbar, your screen should look like the following:
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SEEP/W performs a number of checks on the node and element data, including
filling any missing node numbers. Messages appear in the dialog list box stating
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which verification step is being performed. Error messages will also appear in the
list box if necessary. The following messages appear in the dialog box:
Finish DEFINE
The problem definition is now complete. Choose File Save to save the SEEP
Tutorial.GSZ data file to your hard drive or disk.
3.1.2
The second part of an analysis is to use the SEEP/W SOLVE function to compute
the total hydraulic head at each node, the flow velocity within each element, and
the total flux across specified sections.
To start SOLVE and automatically load the SEEP Tutorial.GSZ data file, click
on the SOLVE button in the Analysis toolbar that extends down the left hand side
of the DEFINE window. The SOLVE button looks like a calculator
When the SOLVE button has been selected, the SOLVE window appears. SOLVE
automatically opens the SEEP Tutorial.GSZ data file and displays the data file
name in the SOLVE window.
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Alternatively, you can start SOLVE by clicking SOLVE under the Tools Menu.
Start solving
To start solving the problem, click on the Start button in the SOLVE window.
A green dot appears between the Start and Stop buttons; the dot flashes while the
computations are in progress.
Information about the computations is displayed in a list box in the SOLVE
window while the problem is being solved.
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The SEEP/W CONTOUR function allows you to view the results of the problem
analysis graphically by:
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Once you are in CONTOUR, a DEFINE button will appear in the Analysis toolbar.
To return to DEFINE, just click on this button
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You can view different parts of the drawing by choosing Preferences from the
View menu or choosing items on the View Preference toolbar.
Since the nodes and elements do not need to be displayed, choose View
Preferences and uncheck the Nodes and Elements check boxes, and select OK.
Alternatively, uncheck these items on the View Preferences toolbar that extends
down the right side of the screen.
Draw contours
1. Select Contours from the Draw menu. The following dialog box
appears:
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By default, Total Head is the parameter that will be contoured, and default contour
values are displayed in the edit boxes. If you wish to change these values, select a
different parameter from the Contour Parameter drop-down list box or type new
contour values in the edit boxes.
The range of the total head data is from 6 to 9, as displayed in the Data Range
group box.
2. Click on Apply to generate and view the contours.
3. Select OK to accept the results.
4. If the coloured contours do not appear, click on the View Contour
Shading button in the View Preferences Toolbar
The SEEP/W contour plot should appear as follows:
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Each contour interval is shaded a different color. You can alter the shading with
the Contour Shading controls in the Draw Contours dialog box. You can try
various Methods, and Start and End Colors to see the effect. After each new
selection, click Apply to see what you get. Finally, click on Cancel to return to the
default shading you created earlier.
Draw the velocity vectors
1. Choose Vectors from the Draw menu. The following dialog box
appears:
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3. Type 15 in the Length edit box. The longest vector drawn will be 15
mm.
4. Select OK.
SEEP/W will redraw the velocity vectors to make them longer:
SEEP/W draws a vector in each element, with the end point of the vector at the
center point of the element. The vector represents the average velocity within the
element. The element with the highest velocity has a vector length of 15 mm. All
other vector lengths are directly proportional to this length as a ratio of the average
velocity to the maximum velocity.
Sometimes it is more useful to talk about the vectors at a certain magnification.
You can, for example, type 200000 in the Magnification dialog box. The
maximum vector length then is 14.102 so you can either set the maximum length
or the magnification.
Draw the contour values
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After you have completed the above steps, your screen should look similar to the
following:
The View Preferences command allows you to change the font and the size of the contour
values.
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Flow paths drawn by SEEP/W are NOT flow lines or stream lines as in a traditional flow
net. They are simply a graphical representation of a path that a drop of water would follow
from the entrance to exit point.
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1. Choose Node Information from the View menu. The nodes are
displayed on the drawing, and the following dialog box appears:
2. Click on any node to see the results computed at the node. The
following information is displayed in the dialog box:
3. To see all the information that was computed at the node, scroll
through the list box.
4. Repeat Steps 2 to 3 for all nodes at which you want to see the
computed results. Select the Copy button if you wish to copy the
information to the Windows Clipboard for importing into other
applications, or select the Print button if you wish to print the
information.
5. Select Done when you are finished displaying information at the
nodes.
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The parameters that SEEP/W computes at the nodes are total head, pressure, and
pressure head. The remaining parameters, such as conductivity and velocity, are
computed at the Gauss regions and projected to the nodes by CONTOUR for
display purposes.
1. Choose Element Information from the View menu. The View Element
Information dialog box is displayed.
2. Click within any element Gauss region to see the results computed at
the element Gauss point. The element Gauss region is selected on the
drawing, and the following information is displayed in the dialog box:
3. To see all the information that was computed at the element Gauss
region, scroll through the list box.
4. Repeat Steps 2 to 3 for all elements at which you want to see the
computed results. Select the Copy button if you wish to copy the
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1. Choose Graph from the Draw menu. The following dialog box
appears:
2. In the Graph Type group box, select Pressure from the first drop-down
list box, and select X-Coordinate from the second drop-down list box.
Moving the mouse pointer outside of the dialog box will change the pointer to a
large black pointer indicating you are in a selection mode. This is used to select the
nodes from which to generate the graph,
3. If the snap-to-grid is currently displayed, turn it off by clicking on the
Snap Grid button in the Grid toolbar.
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4. Move the cursor near the node at the top-left corner of the mesh. Hold
down the left mouse button and drag a rectangle over all the nodes
along the top of the mesh. The selected nodes are shown in reverse
video with a black square around the node.
5. Click on the Graph button in the Draw Graph dialog box. The
following graph will be displayed.
The pressure on the base of the dam drops from 27.3 kPa to 4.48 kPa across the
cutoff. You can look at the numerical values at each node with the View Node
Information command.
6. Select File Print from the Graph window menu if you wish to print the
graph on the default printer. Select Edit Copy from the Graph window
menu if you wish to copy the graph to the Windows Clipboard for
importing into other applications.
7. Select File Close in the Graph Window or click on the X in the upperright hand corner of the Graph Window to close the window.
8. Select Done from the Draw Graph dialog box to finish with the
graphing.
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See the Draw Graph command reference in the on-line help for a complete
discussion of the CONTOUR graphing capabilities, since there are other features
of the command that have not been discussed in this section.
You have reached the end of this introductory learning session. You have learned
sufficient concepts to give you a general understanding of the operation and
capability of SEEP/W. Not all of the powerful features of SEEP/W have been used
in this learning session, nor have all of the technical details been discussed about
the features that have been used. Details about each command can be found in the
on-line help and in the supporting documentation for SEEP/W.
3.2
Maximum of 2 materials
The SEEP/W Student Edition lessons are not intended to present the SEEP/W
interface procedures and commands. In some instances, modeling tips and
guidelines have been included to help you achieve a satisfactory solution. Specific
details regarding the fundamental theory of seepage analysis can be found in the
supporting documentation for SEEP/W which is entitled Seepage Modeling with
SEEP/W: An Engineering Methodology.
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Description of Lesson
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 6
Lesson 7
Lysimeter analysis
Lesson 8
3.2.1
This lesson is very similar to the tutorial lesson provided in tutorial, but step by
step instructions are not included. If you have never used SEEP/W before, you
may want to take a look at the tutorial lesson which will guide you through the
steps required to set up a simulation.
Required:
1. By trial and error, ensure that the left and right side boundaries are
sufficiently set back so as to not have an impact on the solution.
2. What is the amount of flow that will occur through the soil under the
cutoff?
3. Plot the final head contours and draw some flow paths on top of the
head contours.
4. Plot the pressure head contours.
5. Rerun the simulation with a new Ksat of your choice. Does changing
the Ksat change the head or pressure distributions?
Given:
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Modeling hints:
20
Depth (m)
15
Concrete dam
with
cutoff wall
10
0
0
10
15
20
25
30
35
Distance (m)
3.2.2
The fundamental goal of modeling flow around a cutoff remains the same as for
Lesson 1, but this time the soil is layered and it not homogeneous with depth. This
lesson is designed to highlight the effect of heterogeneity.
Required:
1. Using the profile shown in Figure 3-4, model a flow system where
K1/K2 = 10, K1/K2 = 100, K1/K2 = 1000
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Depth (m)
15
K1/K2 = 10
Concrete dam
with
cutoff wall
Total head = 16 m
Total head = 10 m
10
0
0
10
15
20
25
30
35
Distance (m)
3.2.3
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is used to define a dipping system. In this type of system, the flow is not in the
horizontal and vertical direction, but is in the x and y direction, therefore, the
hydraulic conductivities are referred to as Kx and Ky. The following example
will highlight the phenomena of an anisotropic flow system.
Required:
1. Two scenarios, 3a) K-ratio = 0.1 and 3b) K-ratio= 10
2. What does the flow system for each K-ratio look like?
3. What is the total flow around the cutoff for the two scenarios?
Given:
Lesson 3a: Ky/Kx = 0.1 where Kx is the input K-function (Ksat = 1E5 m3/s)
Lesson 3b: Ky/Kx = 10 where Kx is the input K-function (Ksat = 1E5 m3/s)
Modeling Hints:
The anisotropy information is assigned to the soil when assigning the material
properties to a particular soil.
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simulation.
Given:
Gently Sloping
Horizontal
Pressure
(kPa)
K
(m/s)
Pressure
(kPa)
K
(m/s)
Pressure
(kPa)
K
(m/s)
-2
1E-05
-2
1E-05
1E-05
-40
9E-12
-60
7E-09
-1
1E-05
3.2.5
For this lesson, a sensitivity study will be conducted in modeling a dam with a less
permeable core to see the effect of making the core 2x, 10x and 20x less permeable
than the surrounding dam fill.
Required:
1. Look at the total head contours that develop as the permeability of
the core is decreased relative to that of the surrounding material.
2. How does the flux through the dam change as the permeability of
the core is decreased?
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Given:
Figure 3-7 shows the dimensions of the dam. Note the inclusion of a
toe blanket drain.
Table 3-3 shows the Ksat values for both the embankment and the core
material. Define one function (i.e., steep function from Lesson 4) and
then use this function for both materials, only varying the saturated
conductivity rates to obtain the relative difference required between
the two soils. The best approach here is to import the function used in
lesson 4 or create the function once, then copy the data and paste it
into a second function and change the Ksat.
Modeling Hints
You may need to play with the convergence criteria for these simulations. Make
sure that the max number of iterations is set high enough to reach your desired
tolerance.
Fill Ksat
(m/s)
Reduced By
Core Ksat
(m/s)
1.0E-05
2x
5.0E-06
1.0E-05
10x
1.0E-06
1.0E-05
100x
1.0E-07
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The objective of this lesson is to model the potential for mounding of the
groundwater table due to leakage from a containment facility fit with a clay liner.
An interesting feature of this lesson is that the regional water table mounds as a
result of flow traveling entirely through the unsaturated zone. Note: If a fulllicense version which enabled transient analysis were to be used, you could
determine the length of time that it would take for mounding of the water table to
develop due to leakage from the containment facility. The student edition will not
support transient or time-dependent analyses but the steady-state results of this
simulation shows the long-term mounding potential that would eventually develop.
Required:
1. Conduct a steady-state simulation to determine the long-term
mounding of the regional water table that could develop due to
leakage from a containment pond through the unsaturated zone.
Given:
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Figure 3-8 Profile used to model leakage from a clay lined pond
Table 3-4 Material property information
Clay Liner
3.2.7
Soil #1
Pressure
(kPa)
K
(m/s)
Pressure
(kPa)
K
(m/s)
-10
-200
5.0E-08
-2
1.0E-06
1.0E-11
-70
1.0E-09
In recent years, SEEP/W has been used to make the design of lysimeters a physical
science instead of a game of chance. The design of a lysimeter is a perfect example
of how geotechnical finite element modelling can be used to train our thinking.
A lysimeter is a physical container (i.e., shallow pan or barrel) that is installed at
depth within a soil profile. The purpose of the lysimeter is to collect water and the
amount of water collected can be used to evaluate how much water is infiltrating
through a soil cover system. There are many different ways that the water collected
by a lysimeter can be removed, but one method in particular is to attach a pipe to
one end of the lysimeter and connect the pipe to a tipping bucket rain gauge. The
amount of water collected in the bucket over a given time frame is interpreted to be
the net infiltration rate through the cover system. The objective of this lesson is
two-fold; to experiment with different boundary conditions that would
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appropriately represent the PVC drain and to experiment with different lysimeter
designs (i.e., wall heights) until you can be ensured that the lysimeter will provide
reliable results.
Required:
1. Develop an appropriate finite element mesh to represent a
homogenous sandy soil which has been covered by a 0.5 m clay cap.
Incorporate into the mesh the presence of a pan lysimeter
(approximately 25 to 35 cm deep) about 2.5 m below the ground
surface.
2. Determine the most appropriate boundary condition to impose at the
bottom of the lysimeter. Compare both head boundaries (P=0) and
flux boundaries (Q=0, potential seepage face) by drawing flow paths
and evaluating the resulting velocity vectors. Which boundary
condition is most appropriate?
3. In subsequent simulations, gradually extend the sides of the
lysimeter upwards. What is the approximate height the lysimeter
walls need to be to ensure the lysimeter is working properly?
Given:
Surface flux of 3E-8 m/s should be applied across the top of the clay
cap.
Modeling Hint:
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Pressure
(kPa)
K
(m/s)
Pressure
(kPa)
K
(m/s)
-4
5.0E-08
-2
1.0E-06
-45
9.0E-09
-50
1.0E-09
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The objective of this lesson is to learn how to use finite element pore-water
pressures results in a stability analysis.
Required:
1. Set up and solve a steady-state finite element SEEP/W simulation.
In CONTOUR show the positive pressure heads that develop.
2. Set up a slope stability problem in SLOPE/W based on the SEEP/W
finite element mesh and computed pore-water pressures. Determine
the critical slip surface and the factor of safety using the SEEP/W
pore-water pressures. Graph the pore-water pressure and strength
along the slip surface.
3. Repeat the analysis, but do not use the SEEP/W total heads as the
pore-water pressures option. Instead, select piezometric line and
draw a horizontal piezometric surface that reflects the water table to
be at an elevation of 10 m. Determine the critical slip surface, factor
of safety and graph the pore-water pressure and strength along the
slip surface (Note how the negative pore-water pressures have been
ignored).
Given (for SEEP/W analysis):
Ksat Upper Soil = 1E-3 m/day, Ksat Lower Soil = 1E-5 m/day
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Figure 3-10 Finite element mesh for SEEP/W pore-water pressure analysis
Force the radius of the slip surface with a single tangent line and use a
grid as shown in Figure 3-11.
Table 3-6 SLOPE/W material properties
Basic Parameters
Layer
Soil Model
1
2
Unit Weight
Phi
Cohesion
Mohr-Coulomb
18
25
Mohr-Coulomb
20
30
10
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4.1
Introduction
The problem is to estimate the settlement of a circular, water-filled tank. The tank
is 10 m in diameter and 4 m high. It has a completely flexible base, and the applied
pressure on the ground when the tank is full is 40 kPa. The upper 5 m of soil has
an undrained modulus E of 3000 kPa, and the lower 20 m of soil has an E modulus
of 4000 kPa. Since the problem is symmetrical about the vertical center-line of the
tank, the required finite element grid extends out from the tank center-line (the
center-line is at the zero x-coordinate). Figure 4-1 shows a schematic diagram of
the problem, including the foundation region considered in the analysis.
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4. Click in the check box beside SIGMA/W and then select OK. You
are now in SIGMA/W DEFINE.
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It is assumed that you are readily familiar with the fundamentals of the Windows
environment. If you are not, then you will first need to learn how to navigate within the
Windows environment before learning how to use SIGMA/W. The SIGMA/W tutorial does
not provide instructions on the fundamentals of using Windows. You will have to get this
information from other documentation.
1. Click in the check box beside the Standard toolbar several times to
flash the standard toolbar on and off. Once you have located
where the Standard toolbar is located in the GeoStudio environment,
ensure the check box is selected, then move onto the next toolbar
option (i.e., Analysis) and repeat the procedure to learn the name
and location of each toolbar within GeoStudio.
Before exiting this dialogue box, ensure the Show ToolTips box has been selected as tool
tips are very helpful when you are learning a new GeoStudio program. The tool tips appear
when the cursor is held over a toolbar icon.
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1. Choose Page from the Set menu. The Set Page dialog box appears.
The Printer Page group box displays the name of the printer selected and the
printing space available on one printer page. This information is presented to help
you define a working area that will print properly.
2. Select mm in the Page Units group box.
3. Type 250 in the Working Area Width edit box. Press the TAB key to
move to the next edit box.
4. Type 200 in the Height edit box.
5. Select OK.
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1. Choose Scale from the Set pull-down menu. The Set Scale dialogue
box appears.
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Minimum y: -3
Maximum x: 40
Maximum y: 30
The Horz. 1: scale will change to 172 and the Vert. 1: scale to 165. Now you know
an approximate convenient scale. It is undesirable to work at an uneven scale. An
even scale of 1:175 in both directions appears acceptable for this problem.
5. Check the Lock Scales box to activate the scale fields and to lock
the maximum extents.
6. Type 175 in the Horz. 1: edit box, and type 175 in the Vert. 1: edit
box.
The Maximum x will change to 40.75 and the Maximum y will change to 32. This
means that at a scale of 1:175, the allowable problem extents are from -3 to
40.75 m in the x direction and from -3 to 32 m in the y direction for the previously
selected working area 250 mm wide and 200 mm high.
7. Select OK.
The Unit Weight of Water and the air pressure are not required, although the
default values of 9.807 kN/m3 and 101.33 kPa will be displayed when the units are
selected as meters.
Set the grid spacing
A background grid of points is required to assist in drawing the problem. These
points can be "snapped to" when creating the problem geometry in order to create
nodes and elements with exact coordinates. Suitable grid spacing in this example is
1 meter.
1. Choose Set Grid from the DEFINE menu. The Set Grid dialog box
will appear.
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1. Choose Save from the File menu. The following dialog box appears.
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Sketch axis
Sketching an axis facilitates sketching the problem as well as viewing and
interpreting the results. The Snap to Grid option should still be activated. Drawing
an axis with the Snap to Grid feature enabled will allow you to define an evenlyspaced region for the axis.
To sketch an axis:
1. Choose Axes from the Sketch menu. The following dialog box
appears:
2. Ensure the Left Axis, Bottom Axis and Axis Numbers check boxes
in the Display group box are selected. The Top Axis and Right Axis
check boxes should be unchecked.
3. Type an appropriate title for the bottom X-axis in the Bottom X edit
box.
4. Type an appropriate title for the left Y-axis in the left Y edit box.
5. Select OK. The cursor will change from an arrow to a cross-hair,
and Sketch axis will be added to the status bar, indicating the
mode in which you are operating.
6. Move the cursor near position (0,0). Hold the left mouse button
down, but do not release it. As you move the mouse, a rectangle
appears.
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7. Using the coordinates that appear in the status bar on the bottom
right corner of the GeoStudio window as a guide, Drag the mouse
near (38, 25) and release the left mouse button.
An axis is generated that represents 38 m in the x direction and 25 m in the y
direction. The View Preferences command allows you to change the font and the
size of the axis numbers. For more information about this command, see View
Preferences in the on-line help.
The number of increments along each axis is calculated by SEEP/W when the axis
is generated. Choose the Set Axes command and select OK to bring up the axis
edit menu if you wish to override these values.
Sketch the problem
In developing a finite element mesh, it is convenient to first prepare a sketch of the
problem. This sketch is a useful guide for drawing the finite element mesh and
defining the boundary conditions.
1. In the toolbar, click on the Zoom Page button with the left mouse
button.
The entire working area is displayed in the DEFINE window.
2. Choose Lines from the Sketch menu. A dialogue box will appear
which can be used to alter the appearance of a sketch line, creating a
thick or thin line with arrow heads. Notice the cursor has changed
from an arrow to a cross-hair, and the status bar indicates that
"Sketch Lines" is the current operating mode.
3. Leave the dialogue box untouched or move it out of the way if
necessary. Using the mouse, move the cursor near position (0,0), as
indicated in the Position window, and click the left mouse button.
The cursor snaps to the grid point at (0,0). As you move the mouse,
a line is drawn from (0,0) to the new cursor position.
4. Move the cursor up near (0,25) and click the left mouse button. The
cursor snaps to (0,25) and a line is drawn from (0,0) to (0,25).
5. Move the cursor to the right near (38,25) and click the left mouse
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If you sketch a line in the wrong position, use the Modify Objects command to move it. For
more information about this command, see the on-line help.
You should now know how to sketch a line. Sketch the tank in the same way you
sketched the foundation:
1. Choose Sketch Lines.
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2. Position the cursor and click the left mouse button at (0,25), (0,29),
(5,29), and (5,25).
3. Click the right mouse button or press ESC to finish sketching the
tank.
4. In the tool bar, click on the Zoom Objects tool with the left mouse
button.
The drawing is enlarged so that the lines you just sketched fill the DEFINE
window. If you are using a mouse with a scroll wheel, you can zoom in and out of
the drawing by moving the scroll wheel.
Sketch the stratigraphic boundary line in the same way:
1. Choose Sketch Lines.
2. Position the cursor and click the left mouse button at (0,20) and then
at (38,20).
3. Click the right mouse button or press ESC to finish sketching the
boundary line.
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3. To specify the size of the text, select the Font button. The following
dialog box appears:
4. Select 24 in the Size list box and select OK in the Font dialog box.
5. Select OK in the Sketch Text dialog box.
The cursor changes from an arrow to a cross-hair and the status bar indicates that
"Sketch Text" is the current operating mode.
6. Click the left mouse button at approximately (1,26).
Tank is displayed on the drawing at the cursor position.
7. Click the right mouse button or press ESC to finish defining the
label.
After you have completed the above steps, your screen should look like the
following:
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1. Choose Analysis Settings from the KeyIn pull down menu. The
following dialog box appears.
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2. Type in any appropriate text in the Title edit box and the Comments
edit box.
This information will be written to all data input and output files. Leave the
dialogue box open.
Specify the analysis type
Since the tank is a right circular cylinder, its geometry is axisymmetric about its
vertical axis. You can analyze this problem as an axisymmetric load/deformation
analysis.
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selected in the Type group box and the Adjust Fill to Design
Elevation option should be unchecked.
4. Select OK.
Define the soil properties
A linear-elastic, total stress analysis will be performed to solve this example
problem. Only the stiffness modulus E and Poisson's Ratio are required for this
type of analysis. The values of these parameters are given in Figure 4-1.
1. Choose Material Properties from the KeyIn pull down menu. The
following dialog box appears, containing one default material:
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2. To define the upper soil layer, click on Material #1 in the list box.
The values for Material #1 are copied into the edit boxes below the
list box.
3. Click the down arrow beside the Model edit box. A drop-down list
appears, containing the different soil models available. Select
Linear-Elastic from the list.
The E Modulus and Poissons Ratio edit boxes appear in the dialog box.
4. Type 4000 in the E Modulus edit box.
5. Type 0.45 in the Poissons Ratio edit box.
In the Parameter Type drop-down list box, leave it set to the default selection
(Total).
6. Select Copy .
The new parameter values for Material #1 are copied from the edit boxes into the
list box. A default colour (yellow) has been assigned to Material #1.
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7. Type 2 in the # edit box to indicate that you are now defining
Material 2 (the bottom soil layer).
8. Change the 4000 in the E Modulus edit box to 3000.
9. Leave 0.45 in the Poissons Ratio edit box.
Linear-Elastic and Total should already by selected as the soil model and drainage
type for Material 2.
10. Select Copy.
The values contained in the edit boxes are copied into the list box, creating a
second material. A default colour (green) has been assigned to Material #2. The
dialog box should look like the following:
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Draw regions
For this problem the finite element mesh will be generated in four regions. All
elements will be quadrilaterals. 8-noded elements will be used near the tank while
4-noded elements will be used in the remainder of the grid. The first two regions
will be defined as Material 1, and the last two regions will be defined as
Material 2. The problem could be defined in only 2 regions (Material #1 and
Material #2) if all the elements within each region were all going to have the same
number of nodes (i.e., all higher order elements). The number of nodes created in
the development of a finite element mesh is directly proportional to the time
required to solve the problem and the file size so it is prudent to use secondary
nodes only when necessary.
1. Choose Regions from the Draw menu. The cursor will change to a
crosshair and Draw regions will appear to the status bar,
indicating the mode in which you are operating.
2. Move the cursor near (0,0) and click the left mouse button.
SIGMA/W snaps to the grid and creates a region point (Point #1) at
this position. As you move the mouse, a red line is drawn from the
Point to the new cursor position.
3. Move the cursor near (0,20) and click.
4. Move the cursor near (10,20) and click.
5. Move the cursor near (10,0) and click.
6. Move the cursor back to (0,0) and click. The first region will be
created, the soil colour associated with Soil #1 will appear by default
and the following Region Properties dialogue box will appear:
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The default subdivisions associated with each edge of Region 1 appears. Edge 1,2
is already selected and the associated values for this edge appear in the edit boxes.
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Region #1 has now been created but note that the cursor is still a cross-hair and the
current operating mode in the status bar is Draw regions.
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5. Select the Elements Tab and ensure the secondary nodes box is
unchecked.
6. Select the Edges Tab. Edge 3,4 should have a Min subdivision value
of 5. Highlight Edge 4,5 and type 7 in the Min edit box. Select Copy
to write this information to the list box. Your screen should look like
the following:
7. Select Close.
Region #2 has now been created but note that the cursor is still a cross-hair and the
current operating mode in the status bar is Draw regions.
1. Define Region #3 by clicking on points (0,20), (0,25), (10,25), (10,
20) and (0,20). The Regions Properties dialogue box will reappear.
On the Material Tab, select 2 from the drop down menu beside
Material Type as shown below:
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2. Select the Elements Tab and select the secondary nodes check box.
3. Select the Edges Tab. Highlight Edge 2,7. Type 5 in the Min. edit
box.
4. Select Copy.
5. Select Close. The screen should look as follows:
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box appears:
The Preferences group box can be used to check or un-check any of the options
found in the Items to View group box. The Font size and type can be set for points,
regions, nodes, elements and axes using the Font Size group box options. Checking
the Convert All Sketch Text Fonts option and selecting a font will convert all of
the sketch text to the corresponding font.
2. In the Items To View group box under Mesh Information, check the
Node Numbers check box to display node numbers on the drawing
3. Type 4 in the Node # Font Size edit box.
4. Select OK.
You can also select and unselect the View Preferences by clicking on the icons in the View
Preferences toolbar. You can learn about each of the icons by placing the cursor over the
icon. A tool tip will appear for a few seconds and a description is displayed on the status
bar at the bottom of the window.
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Along the left vertical boundary, the soil cannot move in the x
direction but is free to move in the y-direction.
Along the exposed ground surface, the soil is free to move in both
the x and y directions.
1. Use the Zoom In button on the Zoom Toolbar to bring the area
under the tank into closer view so you can see the node numbers.
2. Choose Edge Boundary Conditions from the Draw menu. The cursor
changes from an arrow to a cross-hair and the status bar indicates
that Draw Edge Boundary Conditions is the current mode. The
following dialog box appears:
3. Select Normal/Tan Stress from the drop down menu in the Type
edit box. Both stresses are defaulted to 0.0.
4. Type 40 in the Normal edit box (a positive value indicates a
compressive stress). Since tangential stress is not applied, no action
is required for the Tangential edit box.
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5. Move the cursor near the top left corner of the mesh (-1, 26) and
hold the left mouse button down.
6. Drag the mouse along the top of the mesh so that a rectangle
encompasses all the edges along the bottom of the tank (Node
numbers 21,32, 53, 64, 85, 96, 117, 128, 149, 160 and 181). Then,
release the left mouse button.
Blue arrows are drawn pointing in a normal direction to the selected edges,
indicating that a normal force is applied at these edges. A thick, blue line is
displayed indicating that the pressure is being applied along the edge of the
elements.
7. Click the right mouse button (or select Done) to finish defining the
tank pressure boundary conditions.
8. Use the Zoom Objects button on the Zoom Toolbar to ensure all
defined objects appear within the view window.
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To specify the boundary conditions along the right vertical and bottom
horizontal boundaries:
1. Click the down arrow beside the Y-Boundary Type edit box, and
select (none) from the drop-down list. Use the remaining default
values in the dialog box:
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2. Select all nodes along the left vertical boundary, except for the top
and bottom nodes; that is, select Nodes 2 to 20 inclusive.
As each node is selected, a zero-displacement symbol pointing in the x direction is
drawn at the node.
3. Click the right mouse button (or select Done) to finish defining all
boundary conditions.
Since node numbers are no longer required, choose View Preferences and uncheck
the Node Numbers check box or click the View Nodes button on the View
Preferences Toolbar.
After you have defined the boundary conditions, your screen should look like the
following:
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2. To verify the problem, press the Verify button in the dialog box.
Messages appear in the dialog list box stating which verification step is being
performed. Error messages will also appear in the list box if necessary. The
following messages appear in the dialog box:
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Scroll up in the list box to see all the messages displayed by SIGMA/W during the
verify process.
3. Select Done to finish verifying the problem.
Finish DEFINE
The problem definition is now complete. Choose File Save to save the SIGMA
Tutorial.GSZ data file to disk.
A series of engineering books have been written as supporting documentation for each
GeoStudio product. These books are available in PDF format within GeoStudio and a link
can be found on the Start Page. At any time during development or analysis of a simulation
you can gain access to this important resource by clicking on the Show Start Page icon
which appears in the Analysis Toolbar on the left side of the screen in GeoStudio.
4.1.2
The second part of an analysis is to use the SIGMA/W SOLVE function within
GeoStudio to compute the total stress and deformation at each node.
Before starting the main processor SOLVE, you should go to the Tools Options
command and make sure the options to automatically start and close SOLVE are
unselected. In this tutorial the purpose is to learn about the software and you
should look at the SOLVE window and start the processing manually. Once you
are used to the system, you can elect to use the\ automatic start and close options
for SOLVE.
To start SOLVE and automatically load the SIGMA Tutorial.GSZ data file, click
on the SOLVE button in the Analysis toolbar that extends down the left side of
GeoStudio
The SOLVE window appears. SOLVE automatically opens the SIGMA
Tutorial.GSZ data file and displays the data file name in the SOLVE window.
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Start solving
To start solving the problem, click on the Start button in the SOLVE
window:
A green dot appears between the Start and Stop buttons; the dot flashes while the
computations are in progress.
Information about the computations is displayed in a list box in the SOLVE
window while the problem is being solved. The Deleting old output files portion
will only be displayed when you re-run the analysis.
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In this example, the Step # is 1, because only one time step is required. In addition,
only linear-elastic materials are used, consequently, only one iteration is required
to achieve a solution. Iterations are only required when non-linear elastic or
elastic-plastic materials are used.
The Displacement Norm, Unbalanced Load Norm and Stress Norm parameters
provide information on the convergence characteristics of an analysis. For a
detailed description of these parameters, refer to the Deformation Modeling with
SIGMA/W book which is available for viewing in PDF form on the start screen in
GeoStudio.
When iterations are necessary, computations will stop when the convergence
criterion is satisfied. For example, the displacement convergence criterion is
considered to be satisfied when the percentage change in the Displacement Norm
from one iteration to the next is less than a specified percentage tolerance. You can
specify the convergence criterion with the KeyIn Convergence command. During
an analysis, you can halt the computations manually by clicking the Stop button.
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Finishing SOLVE
You have now finished solving the problem. Click the Minimize button in the topright corner of the SOLVE window to reduce the window to an icon or choose the
File Exit command to exit from SOLVE. .
4.1.3
The SIGMA/W CONTOUR function allows you to view the results of the problem
analysis graphically by:
To start looking at the results, click on the CONTOUR button in the Analysis
toolbar. This is the same way in which SOLVE was launched previously.
Once you are in CONTOUR, a DEFINE button will appear in the Analysis toolbar.
To return to DEFINE, just click on this button
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The drawing displayed in the CONTOUR window will be drawn according to the
View Preference options selected at the time you launched SOLVE. You can view
different parts of the drawing by choosing Preferences from the View menu or
choosing items on the View Preference toolbar.
Since the nodes and elements do not need to be displayed, choose View
Preferences and uncheck the Nodes and Elements check boxes, and select OK.
Alternatively, uncheck these items on the View Preferences toolbar.
You can select and unselect the View Preferences by clicking on the icons in the View
Preferences toolbar. You can learn about each of the icons by placing the cursor over the
icon. A tool tip will appear for a few seconds and a description is displayed on the status
bar at the bottom of the window.
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The maximum displacement calculated by SOLVE is 0.076 meters (76 mm). All
displacements are magnified 23.021 times so that they are visible on the drawing.
The maximum displacement is represented by a distance of 10 mm on the drawing.
You can change this value or the magnification value in order to change the
amount of deformation on the drawing.
2. Type 35 in the Magnification edit box.
Moving the cursor out of the Magnification edit box (by pressing TAB or
SHIFT+TAB) will change the value in the Max. Length edit box to 15.204.
3. Select OK.
The displaced mesh is now displayed with the displacement magnified by 35 times
the actual deformation.
Draw the contours
The stress distribution beneath the tank can be examined by drawing stress
contours. It is very important to recognize that these are only the stress changes
that arise from the tank load. More consideration in the analysis is required if we
want to look at the initial insitu stresses plus the change in stresses. This tutorial
example computes only the changes in stress.
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1. Choose Contours from the Draw menu. The following dialog box
appears:
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values.
The contour lines are displayed along with the deformed mesh.
5. To view the contours with shading, choose View Preferences or use
the View Preferences toolbar to deselect the Nodes, Elements, and
Deformation options since these items do not need to be viewed
with the stress contours. You can also use the drop down menu
beside shading to select Contour Shading as shown in the
following View Preferences dialogue box appears:
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Each contour interval is shaded a different color. You can alter the shading with
the Contour Shading controls in the Draw Contours dialog box. You can try
various methods, and start and end colors to see the effect. After each new
selection, click Apply to see what you get. Finally, click on Cancel to return to the
default shading you created earlier.
Draw the contours values
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The contour value appears on the contour. If you wish to remove the contour label,
simply re-click on the label, and the label disappears. Click again, and the label
will re-appear.
3. Repeat Step 3 for as many contours as you wish.
4. Click the right mouse button or press ESC to finish labelling
contours. Your screen should look as follows:
The View Preferences command allows you to change the font and the size of the contour
values.
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representation of the magnitude and direction of the total stress, effective stress, or
strain state at any node or within any element Gauss region.
1. Choose Mohr Circles from the Draw menu. The cursor changes
from an arrow to a cross-hair and the status bar indicates that Draw
Mohr Circles is the current mode.
If the nodes are not turned on, they will automatically appear. You can turn on the
node numbers by clicking on the View Node Numbers icon on the View
Preferences Toolbar that extends down the right side of GeoStudio.
2. Move the cursor underneath the right edge of the tank at elevation
20 (e.g., Node 181) and click the left mouse button.
The cursor snaps to the nearest node, or, if the cursor is not near a node, to the
element Gauss region in which the cursor is contained. A Mohr Circle window
appears, showing the stresses at the selected node or element Gauss region.
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1. Choose Node Information from the View menu. The nodes are
displayed on the drawing, and the Node Information dialog box
appears.
2. Click on any node to see the results computed at the node. For
example, click on the node at the top-left corner of the mesh. The
node is selected on the drawing, and the following information is
displayed in the dialog box:
3. To see all the information that was computed at the node, scroll
through the list box. Alternatively, you can re-size the dialog box by
placing the cursor above the bottom edge of the window, holding the
left mouse button down and dragging down until all information is
displayed as follows:
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4. Repeat Steps 2 to 3 for all nodes at which you want to see the
computed results. Select the Copy button if you wish to copy the
information to the Windows Clipboard for importing into other
applications, or select the Print button if you wish to print the
information.
5. Select Done or press ESC when you are finished displaying
information at the nodes.
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The only parameters that SIGMA/W computes at the nodes are deformation and
boundary force. The remaining parameters, such as stress and strain, are computed
at the Gauss regions and projected to the nodes by CONTOUR for display
purposes.
The Element Information dialog box can be re-sized in the same way as the Node
Information dialog box.
3. Repeat Steps 2 to 3 for all elements at which you want to see the
computed results. Select the Copy button if you wish to copy the
information to the Windows Clipboard for importing into other
applications, or select the Print button if you wish to print the
information.
4. Select Done or press ESC when you are finished displaying the
element Gauss region information.
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You can use the View Edge Information command to verify that SOLVE applied
the proper pressure boundary conditions along the specified element edges. This is
useful when you have specified the pressure boundary conditions using a boundary
function.
1. Choose Edge Information from the View menu. The View Edge
Information dialog box is displayed.
2. Click on a pressure boundary edge, such as an element edge
underneath the tank at the top-left corner of the mesh. The edge is
selected on the drawing, and the following information is displayed
in the dialog box:
The Edge Information dialog box can be re-sized in the same way as the Node
Information dialog box.
3. Repeat Steps 2 to 3 for all edge at which you want to see the
specified boundary conditions. Select the Copy button if you wish to
copy the information to the Windows Clipboard for importing into
other applications, or select the Print button if you wish to print the
information.
4. Select Done or press ESC when you are finished displaying the edge
information.
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To plot a graph:
1. Choose Graph from the Draw menu. The cursor changes from a
white arrow to a black selection arrow and the status bar indicates
that Draw Graph is the current mode. The following dialog box
appears:
2. In the Graph Type group box, select X-Displacement from the first
drop-down list box. Select Y-Coordinate from the second dropdown list box.
Moving the mouse pointer outside of the dialog box will change the pointer to a
large black pointer indicating you are in a selection mode. This is used to select the
nodes from which to generate the graph,
3. If the snap-to-grid is currently displayed, turn it off by clicking on
the Snap Grid button in the Grid toolbar. (If the Grid toolbar is not
displayed, choose View Toolbars and click on the Grid check box).
4. Move the cursor near the node at the lower-right corner of the tank
and hold down the left mouse button. As you drag the cursor down,
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6. Select File Print from the Graph window menu if you wish to print
the graph on the default printer. Select Edit Copy from the Graph
window menu if you wish to copy the graph to the Windows
Clipboard for importing into other applications.
7. Select File Close in the Graph Window or click on the X in the
upper-right hand corner of the Graph Window to close the window.
8. Select Done from the Draw Graph dialog box to finish with the
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graphing.
See the Draw Graph command reference in the on-line help for a complete
discussion of the CONTOUR graphing capabilities, since there are other features
of the command that have not been discussed in this section.
You have reached the end of this introductory learning session. You have learned
sufficient concepts to give you a general understanding of the operation and
capability of SIGMA/W. Not all of the powerful features of SIGMA/W have been
used in this learning session, nor have all of the technical details been discussed
about the features that have been used. Details about each command are available
in the on-line help and in the supporting documentation for SIGMA/W.
4.2
Maximum of 2 materials
No infinite elements
The SIGMA/W Student Edition lessons are not intended to present the SIGMA/W
interface procedures and commands. In some instances, modeling tips and
guidelines have been included to help you achieve a satisfactory solution. Specific
details regarding the fundamental theory of stress and deformation analysis can be
found in the supporting documentation for SIGMA/W which is entitled Stress and
Deformation Modeling with SIGMA/W: An Engineering Methodology.
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Table 4-1.
Description of Lesson
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 6
Lesson 7
Consolidation
Lesson 8
2D Consolidation
4.2.1
One of the common topics in any introductory soil mechanics course is the
pressure distribution in the ground below a surface load such as a footing. The
pressure distribution is referred to as a Boussinesq pressure bulb. It is instructive to
compute such a pressure bulb and compare the results with charts presented in
most introductory soil mechanics text books.
The analysis here is very similar to the tutorial in Chapter 3 and two of the
verification examples in Chapter 9 in the on-line help. You can refer to these
examples for assistance with this lesson. This lesson has been changed somewhat
from these other examples so that it is necessary to do this particular lesson if you
are going to answer all the questions posed.
Required:
1. Create a contour plot of the vertical pressures below the footing.
Draw the contours starting at 10 kPa, in increments of 10 up to
90 kPa.
2. At what depth below the footing do the 10 and 30 kPa contours
intersect the left boundary (center of the footing)? Express these
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Footing
100 kPa
20
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4.2.2
Repeat the analysis for Lesson 1 but this time model a strip footing.
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Required:
1. Create a contour plot of the vertical pressures below the footing.
Draw the contours starting at 10 kPa, in increments of 10 up to
90 kPa.
2. At what depth below the footing do the 10 and 30 kPa contours
intersect the left boundary (center of the footing)? Express these
values in terms of the footing width B (remember B = 6 m).
3. Repeat the analysis with E = 3000 kPa and again with E = 10,000
kPa. How does the pressure bulb change with the soil stiffness?
Given:
Modeling Hints:
4.2.3
The objective in this lesson is to establish the stress condition in a 45-degree slope.
You will learn how to use a gravity or body load to compute insitu stresses.
Required:
1. Create a drawing with vertical stress contours.
2. Verify with hand calculations that the vertical stresses at the ends of
the problem at directly related to the overburden stress.
3. Why is the vertical stress near the slope surface not directly equal to
the overburden stress?
4. Draw other contour plots of interest to you such as, for example, the
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Use higher-order elements throughout the mesh and use less than 500
elements
4.2.4
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Constructing the fill in lifts and estimating the excess pore pressures in
the foundation due to the fill placement
Required:
1. Establish insitu ground conditions and verify with hand calculations
that you have obtained the correct vertical and horizontal, total and
effective stresses, and the correct pore pressure profile with depth in
the foundation.
2. Contour plot of excess pore-pressure in the foundation (start
contours at 5 kPa, increment by 10 up to 65 kPa). Draw contours
only in the foundation material.
3. A plot of change in pore pressure with time at mid-depth in the
foundation below the center of the embankment (left edge of
Given:
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Modeling Hint:
The fill material needs to be a null material for the insitu phase of the
analysis. The elements must be present but not included in the
analysis.
10 m
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700
600
500
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200
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4.2.5
This lesson involves making a vertical-sided excavation and placing a strut across
the excavation at an intermediate step during the excavating.
Required:
1. Maximum force in strut at end of excavation
2. Plot of displacement versus time at the ends of the strut
3. Plot of lateral displacement through entire section at vertical
excavation face.
Given:
Modeling Hint:
Make excavation in 5 steps, 2 m per lift and make the strut active in
step 3 as shown in Figure 4-7.
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0 0 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 0 0
0 0 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 0 0
0 0 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 0 0
0 0 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 0 0
0 0 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 0 0
0 0 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 0 0
0 0 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 0 0
0 0 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 0 0
0 0 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 0 0
0 0 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Figure 4-7 Excavation lifts and steps
4.2.6
The objective of this lesson is to learn how to use finite element computed stresses
in a stability analysis. You will also learn how to do a simple load deformation
SIGMA/W analysis.
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Required:
1. Set up and solve a finite element SIGMA/W simulation. In
CONTOUR show the total vertical stresses that develop.
2. Set up a slope stability problem in SLOPE/W based on the
SIGMA/W finite element mesh and computed stresses. Determine
the critical slip surface and the finite element stability factor
(assuming a dry slope).
3. Find the critical slip surface and factor of safety of the slope using
limit equilibrium (Use the Spencer method). Compare the computed
factor of safety with the finite element stability factor.
Given (for SIGMA/W analysis):
Use a single slip surface with grid center and radius as shown in
Figure 4-9.
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Figure 4-8 Finite element mesh for SIGMA/W load deformation analysis
Figure 4-9 Slip surface definition for SLOPE/W finite element method
4.2.7
Lesson 7 consolidation
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Required:
1. Create a plot of pore-water pressure changes with time during the
consolidation of a 1 meter high column of soil with drainage only at
the top.
2. Repeat the analysis with drainage at the top and bottom
Given (for SIGMA/W analysis):
Initial time step is 1 hour and the time step increment doubles with
each step.
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Run analysis for 11 steps such that total elapsed time is 2047 hours
(about 85 days)
Set the unit weight of water to 10 kN/m3 to make spot checking the
results more convenient.
Modeling Hints:
The applied load has to act only during time Step 1. If we use a pressure boundary
condition, the pressure will act during each time step. This is like applying the load
again and again each step. The situation could be correctly modeled with a
boundary function but boundary functions are not available in the Student Version.
Consequently, we need to use a trick in achieve the same result. We can apply the
pressure with a second soil layer that is 0.1 m thick and has a unit weight (body
load) of 1000 kN/m3. Lastly, the fictitious soil is considered as a fill layer that
becomes active during Step 1.
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4.2.8
This problem is very similar to the earlier problem where we computed excess
pore-pressures based on total stress changes. In this case we will look at the buildup and dissipation of pore pressures in soft ground due to the staged construction
of an embankment.
This problem can create many megabytes of data. Consequently, only the data definition is
included in the included files. When you run the problem you can also reduce the volume
of data by saving the results every other time step for example.
Required:
1. Create a plot of pore-water pressure versus time at a node 2 m below
the original ground surface directly below the embankment crest.
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5.1
Introduction
The primary objective here is to illustrate procedures and features. The problem is
not intended to necessarily be representative of an actual field case.
The problem is to look at the dynamic response of an embankment on a loose soil
deposit. The one objective is to look at the motion at the crest of the embankment
due to some earthquake excitation in the underlying bedrock. The second objective
is to estimate the excess pore-water pressures that may develop in the loose
foundation soils.
Figure 5-1 shows a schematic diagram of the problem. The embankment is 5 m
high with 2:1 side slopes and the crest width is 5 m. The loose soil deposit is 10 m
deep. Underneath the loose soil is a very competent material and for analysis
purposes will be considered to be bedrock. The water table is at the ground surface.
For this tutorial, we will take the soil to be liner-elastic with the same properties
for the foundation and for embankment, in order to keep the problem fairly simple.
The material has an E modulus of 10,000 kPa and a Poissons ratio of 0.334. This
Poissons ratio is equivalent to a Ko of 0.5.
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5m
10 m
10 m
24 m
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3. Once the dialogue box opens, click in the check box beside
QUAKE/W and then select OK. You are now in GeoStudio
(QUAKE/W DEFINE).
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It is assumed that you are readily familiar with the fundamentals of the Windows
environment such as using pull-down menus. If you are not, then you will first need to
learn how to navigate within the Windows environment before learning how to use
SLOPE/W. The SLOPE/W tutorial does not provide instructions on the fundamentals of
using Windows. You will have to get this information from other documentation.
1. Click in the check box beside the Standard toolbar several time to
flash the standard toolbar on and off. Once you have located
where the Standard toolbar is located in the GeoStudio environment,
ensure the check box is selected, then move onto the next toolbar
option (i.e., Analysis) and repeat the procedure to learn the name
and location of each toolbar within GeoStudio.
Before exiting this dialogue box, ensure the Show ToolTips box has been selected as tool
tips are very helpful when you are learning a new GeoStudio program. The tool tips appear
when the cursor is held over a toolbar icon.
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1. Choose Page from the Set menu. The Set Page dialog box appears.
The Printer Page group box displays the name of the printer selected and the
printing space available on one printer page. This information is presented to help
you define a working area that will print properly.
2. Select mm in the Page Units group box.
3. Type 260 in the Working Area Width edit box. Press the TAB key to
move to the next edit box.
4. Type 200 in the Height edit box.
5. Select OK.
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2. Select meters in the Engineering Units group box and uncheck the
Lock Scales option. The first objective is to get an idea of an
appropriate scale depending on the extents of the problem.
3. Type the following values in the Problem Extents edit boxes:
Minimum: x: -5 Minimum: y: -10
Maximum: x: 50 Maximum: y: 20
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The Horz. 1: scale will change to 211.54 and the Vert. 1: scale to 150. Since we
want to work at a uniform scale, a scale of 1:200 in both directions appears
acceptable for this problem. Now turn the Lock Scales option back on.
4. Type 200 in the Horz. 1: edit box, and type 200 in the Vert. 1: edit
box.
The Maximum x will change to 47 and the Maximum y will change to 30. This
means that at a scale of 1:200, the allowable problem extents are from -5 to 47 m
in the x direction and from -10 to 30 m in the y direction for the previously
selected working area 260 mm wide and 200 mm high.
5. Select OK.
The Unit Weight of Water is 9.807 kN/m3 and air pressure is 101.33 kPa, which is
the default value when the units are selected as meters.
Set the grid spacing
A background grid of points is required to assist in drawing the problem. These
points can be "snapped to" when creating the problem geometry in order to create
nodes and elements with exact coordinates. A suitable grid spacing in this example
is 1 meter.
1. Choose Set Grid from the DEFINE menu. The Set Grid dialog box
will appear.
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1. Choose Save from the File menu. The following dialog box appears.
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2. Type a file name in the File Name edit box. For example, type
QUAKE Tutorial Initial.
3. Select Save. The data will be saved to the file QUAKE Tutorial
Initial.GSZ. Once it is saved, the file name is displayed in the
DEFINE window title bar.
The file name may include a drive name and directory path. If you do not include a
path, the file will be saved in the directory name displayed in the Save In box.
All GeoStudio files have a GSZ file name extension. QUAKE/W will add the
extension to the file name if it is not specified. If you have several different
GeoStudio modules, it is likely wise to be descriptive in your file name, i.e., if you
had simply called this QUAKE/W tutorial example TUTORIAL.GSZ and then
completed a SLOPE/W tutorial example that you also called TUTORIAL.GSZ,
one file would replace the other if they were saved to the same directory.
The next time you choose File Save, the file will be saved without first bringing up
the Save File As dialog box. This is because a file name is already specified.
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Sketch Axes
Sketching an axis on the drawing facilitates sketching the problem as well as
viewing and interpreting the results. The Snap to Grid option should still be
activated. Drawing an axis with the Snap to Grid feature enabled will allow you to
define an evenly-spaced region for the axis.
To sketch an axis:
1. Choose Axes from the Sketch menu. The following dialog box
appears:
2. Check the Left Axis and Axis Numbers check boxes in the Display
group box. The Top Axis, Bottom Axis, and Right Axis check boxes
should be unchecked.
3. Type an appropriate title for the bottom x axis in the edit box (i.e.,
type Distance (meters)).
4. Type an appropriate title for the left Y-axis in the Left Y edit box
(for example, type Elevation (meters)).
5. Select OK. The cursor will change from an arrow to a cross-hair,
and "Sketch Axes" will be added to the status bar, indicating the
mode in which you are operating.
6. Move the cursor near position (0,0). Hold the left mouse button
down, but do not release it. As you move the mouse, a rectangle
appears.
7. "Drag" the mouse near (45,16), and release the left mouse button.
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An axis is generated within the region that represents 45 m in the x direction and
16 in the y direction. The View Preferences command allows you to change the
font and the size of the axis numbers. For more information about this command,
see View Preferences in the on-line help.
The number of increments along each axis is calculated by QUAKE/W when the
axis is generated. Choose the Set Axes command and select OK to bring up the
axis edit menu if you wish to override these values.
Sketch the problem
In developing a finite element mesh, it is convenient to first prepare a sketch of the
problem dimensions. This sketch is a useful guide for drawing the finite element
mesh and defining the boundary conditions.
1. In the toolbar, click on the Zoom Page button with the left mouse
button. Use the ToolTips to locate the Zoom page button. Hold the
cursor over a button and the purpose of the button will appear as a
ToolTip.
2. Choose Lines from the Sketch menu. A dialogue box will appear
which can be used to alter the appearance of a sketch line, creating a
thick or thin line with arrow heads. Notice the cursor has changed
from an arrow to a cross-hair, and the status bar indicates that
Sketch Lines is the current operating mode.
3. Leave the dialogue box untouched or move it out of the way if
necessary. Using the mouse, move the cursor near position (0,0), as
indicated in the status bar at the bottom of the window, and click the
left mouse button. The cursor snaps to the grid point at (0,0). As you
move the mouse, a line is drawn from (0,0) to the new cursor
position.
The cursor position (in engineering units) is always displayed in the status bar. It is
updated as you move the cursor with the mouse.
4. Move the cursor up near (0,10) and click the left mouse button. The
cursor snaps to (0,10) and a line is drawn from (0,0) to (0,10).
5. Move the cursor to the right near (44,10) and click the left mouse
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Move the cursor back to (0,0) and click the left mouse button. A line
is drawn from (44,0) to (0,0).
7. Click the right mouse button or press ESC to finish sketching a line.
The cursor will change from a cross-hair back to an arrow; you are
then back in Work Mode.
8. In the zoom toolbar, click on the Zoom Objects tool with the left
mouse button.
The drawing is enlarged so that the lines you just sketched fill the DEFINE
window.
After you have completed the above steps, your screen should look like the
following:
If you sketch a line in the wrong position, use the Modify Objects command to move it. For
more information about this command, see the on-line help.
You should now know how to sketch a line. Sketch the embankment in the same
way you sketched the foundation. If the sketch lines dialogue box is in the way
when it first appears, you can click on the status bar and drag it to one side.
1. Choose Sketch Lines.
2. Position the cursor and click the left mouse button at (10,10),
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The first step is to establish the initial static stress conditions. This is a separate
step from the dynamic analysis. You have to specifically specify an analysis type
to do this part of the problem.
Identify the problem
2. Type in any appropriate text in the Title edit box and the Comments
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edit box.
This information will be written to all data input and output files.
Specify insitu static analysis
1. The Analysis Settings dialogue box should still be open, if not open
it using KeyIn Analysis Settings from the DEFINE menu and select
the Type tab. The dialog box appears as follows:
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1. Choose KeyIn Body Load from the DEFINE menu. The following
dialog box will appear.
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1. Choose Regions from the Draw menu. The cursor will change to a
crosshair and Draw regions will appear to the status bar, indicating
the mode in which you are operating.
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2. Move the cursor near (0,0) and click the left mouse button.
QUAKE/W snaps to the grid and creates a region point (Point #1) at
this position. As you move the mouse, a red line is drawn from the
point to the new cursor position.
3. Move the cursor near (10,0) and click.
4. Move the cursor near and click on the following locations (10,10),
(20,10), (24,10),(34,10), (44,10), (44,0), (34,0), (24,0), (20,0), (10,0),
and then back to first point (0,0).
The first region will be created, the soil color associated with Material #1 will
appear along with a default mesh of structured quad elements. The material will
appear hatched indicating that a body load has been assigned to the soil and the
following dialogue box will appear:
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The default subdivisions associated with each edge of Region 1 appear. Edge 1,2 is
already selected and the associated values for this edge appear in the edit boxes.
8. Type 5 in the Min. edit box for Edge 1,2. Select Copy.
9. Highlight Edge 2,3 and type 5 in the Min. edit box. Select Copy.
10. Highlight Edge 3,4 and type 5 in the Min. edit box. Select Copy.
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11. Highlight Edge 5,6 and type 5 in the Min. edit box. Select Copy.
12. Highlight Edge 6,7 and type 5 in the Min. edit box. Select Copy.
Notice that the actual number of subdivisions on the remaining edges have
automatically adjusted such that the actual subdivisions are different than the Min.
value.
13. Select Close.
After you have completed the above steps, your screen should look like the
following:
The above procedure will now be repeated to generate the three remaining regions
that will define the embankment.
1. Your cursor should still be a crosshair and Draw regions should still be
in the status bar, indicating the mode in which you are operating. If not,
then select Regions from the Draw menu.
2. Move the cursor near (10,10) and click the left mouse button. Move the
cursor and click on (20,10),.(20,15) and back to (10,10).
The second region will be created, the soil color associated with Material #1 will
appear along with a default mesh of structured mixed indicating triangular
elements are used as well as quadrilateral elements. The following dialogue box
will appear:
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1. If you are not in Draw regions mode, select Draw under the Regions
menu.
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2. Move the cursor near (20,10) and click the left mouse button. Move
the cursor and click on (20,15),.(24,15), (24,10) and back to (20,10).
3. When the Regions Properties dialogue box appears, select Material
#2 from the drop down menu.
4. Click on the Elements Tab and select secondary nodes
5. Accept the mesh as generated and select Close.
Your screen should look like the following:
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After you have completed the above steps, your mesh should look like the
following:
1. Choose Preferences from the View menu. The following dialogue box
appears:
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The Preferences group box can be used to check or un-check any of the options
found in the Items to View group box. The Font size and type can be set for points,
regions, nodes, elements and axes using the Font Size group box options. Checking
the Convert All Sketch Text Fonts option and selecting a font will convert all of
the sketch text to the corresponding font.
2. In the Items To View group box under Mesh Information, check the
Node Numbers check box to display node numbers on the drawing.
3. Type 4 in the Node # Font Size edit box.
4. Select OK.
You can also select and un-select the View Preferences by clicking on the icons in the
View Preferences toolbar. You can learn about each of the icons by placing the cursor over
the icon. A ToolTip will appear for a few seconds and a description is displayed on the
status bar at the bottom of the window.
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1. Chose Draw Initial Water Table from the DEFINE menu. The
following dialog box will appear.
If Initial Water Table is greyed out and you are unable to select it, you must go
back on the Type Tab under KEY-IN: Analysis Settings, and ensure the radio
button beside PWP from Initial Water Table has been selected.
2. Type zero for the Max. Negative Pressure Head so that the porepressure above the water table will be set to zero.
3. Click OK
4. Mouse cursor turns to a plus sign.
5. Click on a point at an elevation of 10 on the left side and outside the
problem. A line is now attached to the cursor.
6. Move the cursor horizontally across the profile and click on a point
at elevation 10 on a grid point to the right and outside the problem.
7. Click the right mouse button to finish drawing the water table. The
water table is displayed as a blue dashed line as shown in the figure
below.
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Along the vertical boundaries, the soil cannot move in the x direction
but is free to move in the y-direction (have to simulate rollers)
Along the exposed ground surface, the soil is free to move in both the
x and y directions (no boundary condition needs to be specified.
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3. The X-Boundary Action edit box should be set to the default value
of 0. If not, Type 0.0 in the X-Boundary Action edit box
4. Select Y Disp. in the Y-Boundary Type drop-down list box.
5. The Y-Boundary Action edit box should be set to the default value
of 0.0. If not, Type 0.0 in the Y-Boundary Action edit box.
6. Select all nodes along the bottom horizontal boundary of the mesh.
While you can click on each node individually, the easiest way to
select the nodes is to drag a rectangle around all nodes along the
bottom of the mesh.
As each node is selected, two zero-displacement symbols are drawn at the node;
one symbol points in the positive x-direction, and one symbol points in the positive
y direction, indicating that the specified displacement is zero in both directions.
The Draw Node Boundary Conditions dialog box can be moved by clicking inside
the title bar and dragging the box to a new position. This is useful when the dialog
box blocks the display of the nodes.
Do not close the Draw Boundary Conditions dialog box, since it will be used to
define the remaining boundary conditions.
1. Click the down arrow beside the Y-Boundary Type edit box, and
select (none) from the drop-down list. Use the remaining default
values in the dialog box:
2. Select all nodes along the left vertical boundary except for the
bottom left corner node, which should already have a pinned
boundary condition applied to it.
As each node is selected, a zero-displacement symbol pointing in the positive x
direction is drawn at the node.
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3. Do the same for all the nodes along the right vertical boundary.
4. Click the right mouse button (or select Done) to finish defining all
boundary conditions.
After you have defined the boundary conditions, the mesh with the applied
boundary conditions should look like the following:
2. To verify the problem, press the Verify button in the dialog box.
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Messages appear in the dialog list box stating which verification step is being
performed. Error messages will also appear in the list box if necessary. The
following messages appear in the dialog box:
5.1.3
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The SOLVE window appears. SOLVE automatically opens the QUAKE Tutorial
Initial.GSZ data file and displays the data file name in the SOLVE window.
Start solving
To start solving the problem, click on the Start button in the SOLVE
window:
A green dot appears between the Start and Stop buttons; the dot flashes while the
computations are in progress.
Information about the computations is displayed in a list box in the SOLVE
window while the problem is being solved.
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In this example, the Step # is 1, since only one time step is required. In this
analysis, only linear-elastic materials are used; consequently, only one iteration is
required to achieve a solution. Iterations are only required when equivalent-linear
soil model are used.
The Displacement Norm and % Change provide information on the convergence
characteristics of an analysis. For a detailed description of these parameters, refer
to the Dynamic Modeling with QUAKE/W book that is available for viewing in
PDF form on the start screen in GeoStudio.
When iterations are necessary, computations will stop when the convergence
criterion is satisfied. For example, the displacement convergence criterion is
considered to be satisfied when the percentage change in the Displacement Norm
from one iteration to the next is less than a specified percentage tolerance. You can
specify the convergence criterion with the KeyIn Analysis Settings command.
During an analysis, you can halt the computations manually by clicking the Stop
button.
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Finishing SOLVE
You have now finished solving the problem. Click the Minimize button in the topright corner of the SOLVE window to reduce the window to an icon or choose the
File Exit command to exit from SOLVE.
5.1.4
The QUAKE/W CONTOUR function allows you to view the results of the
problem analysis graphically by:
To start looking at the results, click on the CONTOUR button in the Analysis
toolbar. This is the same way in which SOLVE was launched previously. The
CONTOUR results appear in GeoStudio as shown below.
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Once you are in CONTOUR, a DEFINE button will appear in the Analysis toolbar.
To return to DEFINE, just click on this button
The drawing displayed in the CONTOUR window will be drawn according to the
View Preference options selected at the time you exited from the DEFINE
function. You can view different parts of the drawing by choosing Preferences
from the View menu or choosing items on the View Preference toolbar.
Since the nodes, elements and body load cross-hatching do not need to be
displayed, choose View Preferences and uncheck the Nodes and Elements check
boxes and uncheck body load to remove the cross-hatching on the profile. Ensure
that the check boxes beside Contours and Shading (Contour Color) are checked.
Select OK.
You can select and unselect the View Preferences by clicking on the icons in the View
Preferences toolbar. You can learn about each of the icons by placing the cursor over the
icon. A tool tip will appear for a few seconds and a description is displayed on the status
bar at the bottom of the window.
1. Choose Contours from the Draw menu. The following dialog box
appears:
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Each contour interval is shaded a different color. You can alter the shading with
the Contour Shading controls in the Draw Contours dialog box. You can try
various Methods, and Start and End Colors to see the effect. After each new
selection, click Apply to see what you get. Finally, click on Cancel to return to the
default shading you created earlier.
Zoom in and out
Any part of the drawing can be magnified or reduced with the Zoom tools. If you
have a scroll wheel on your mouse, you can use it to zoom in or out of the drawing
as well.
Draw the contours values
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1. Choose Mohr Circles from the Draw menu. The cursor changes from
an arrow to a cross-hair and the status bar indicates that "Draw Mohr
Circles" is the current mode.
2. Click the left mouse button on a node or Gauss region within the
profile.
The cursor snaps to the nearest node, or, if the cursor is not near a node, to the
element Gauss region in which the cursor is contained. A Mohr Circle window
appears, showing the stresses at the selected node or element Gauss region.
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1. Choose Node Information from the View menu. The nodes are
displayed on the drawing, and the Node Information dialog box
appears.
2. Click on any node to see the results computed at the node. For
example, click on the node at the top-left corner of the mesh. The
node is selected on the drawing, and the following information is
displayed in the dialog box:
3. To see all the information that was computed at the node, scroll
through the list box. Alternatively, you can re-size the dialog box by
placing the cursor above the bottom edge of the window, holding the
left mouse button down and dragging down until all information is
displayed as follows:
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4. Repeat Steps 2 to 3 for all nodes at which you want to see the
computed results. Select the Copy button if you wish to copy the
information to the Windows Clipboard for importing into other
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The Element Information dialog box can be re-sized in the same way as the Node
Information dialog box.
3. Repeat Steps 2 to 3 for all elements at which you want to see the
computed results. Select the Copy button if you wish to copy the
information to the Windows Clipboard for importing into other
applications, or select the Print button if you wish to print the
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information.
4. Select Done or press ESC when you are finished displaying the
element Gauss region information.
You can use the View Edge Information command to verify that SOLVE applied
the proper pressure boundary conditions along the specified element edges. This is
useful when you have specified the pressure boundary conditions using a boundary
function.
Plot a graph of the results
A powerful feature of CONTOUR is the ability to generate x-y plots of the
computed results. For instance, in the example problem that you have just
analyzed, you may wish to plot of pore-water pressures along a vertical profile at
the center line of the dam
To plot a graph:
1. Choose Graph from the Draw menu. The cursor changes from a
white arrow to a black selection arrow and the status bar indicates
that "Draw Graph" is the current mode. The following dialog box
appears:
2. In the Graph Type group box, select Pore-water Pressure from the
first drop-down list box versus Y-Coordinate in the second drop-
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6. Select File Print from the Graph window menu if you wish to print
the graph on the default printer. Select Edit Copy from the Graph
window menu if you wish to copy the graph to the Windows
Clipboard for importing into other applications.
7. Select File Close in the Graph Window or click on the X in the
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Dynamic analysis
Up to this point we have computed the initial insitu static stress conditions and the
initial pore-water pressure conditions. These results will now become the initial
conditions for the dynamic part of the analysis.
Create a new problem
It is now necessary to set up a new problem. We want to keep much of the initial
condition problem, but we also need to delete some information, change some
information and add additional information. Rather than start from scratch, we can
save the initial conditions problem and modify it for the dynamic part of the
analysis. Features like the mesh must be the same and we do not want to repeat
building the mesh. The best is to save the initial conditions file as a new problem.
1. Choose File Save As from the DEFINE menu. A Save As dialog box
appears.
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4. Select the Use External File check box and then click the Browse
button. A browse window will open where you can find and select
the QUAKE Tutorial Initial.GSZ file that was previously solved.
The following information will appear
5. Click OK.
6. Select the PWP From radio button and click on the button. Select
the Use External File check box and then click the Browse button.
Browse and select the QUAKE Tutorial Initial.GSZ file.
7. Click OK to exit the Key-In Analysis Setting dialogue box.
The pore-water pressure and initial stress information from QUAKE Tutorial
Initial.GSZ will now be used as the initial conditions for this dynamic analysis.
Import earthquake record
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QUAKE/W has determined from the record that peak acceleration is 341.7
cm/sec/sec at 2.14 seconds into the record and the duration of the record is 10
seconds. The peak acceleration of 341.7 cm/sec/sec corresponds to 0.34842 g as
shown in the Modifier edit box.
In the problem description it was stated that desired peak acceleration is 0.065 g.
3. Type 0.065 in the Modified Peak Acc dialog box and then click
Apply. The entire earthquake record will be scaled so that the peak
now is 0.0.065 g.
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5. Click OK.
Material property functions
We now need to define some material property functions so we can make an
estimate of the excess pore-pressures that will be generated. To keep the tutorial
fairly simple, we are going to make use of the sample functions and estimation
techniques included with the software.
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1. Choose Cyclic Number under Stress Functions from the KeyIn pull
down menu.
2. Select Edit on the Cyclic Number list dialogue box. The following
dialogue box appears
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1. Choose Pore Pressure under Stress Functions from the KeyIn pull
down menu.
2. Select Edit on the Pore Pressure list dialogue box. The following
dialogue box appears
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1. Choose Analysis Settings from the KeyIn menu and select the Time
tab. The following dialog box appears.
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1. Choose History Nodes from the Draw menu. The cursor changes to
a cross-hair and the status bar gives instructions to select one or
more nodes for saving complete histories.
2. Click on the node at the center of the crest of the embankment. A
white square box is drawn at the node as shown below.
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To set the mesh end boundary conditions for the dynamic analysis:
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Before clicking on the SOLVE icon, select Options from the Tools menu and make
sure the option to automatically start solving the problem when SOLVE is
launched has been unselected. For this learning example it is useful to study the
SOLVE Window for a few moments and to start the processing manually.
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Once SOLVE finishes at the end of 500 time steps, minimize the SOLVE window,
and then click on the CONTOUR icon on the Analysis toolbar that extends down
the left side of the GeoStudio window. Initially, we want to look at the results for
all the saved time steps, not just a single time step.
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1. Select Time Increments from the View menu, the following dialog
box will appear:
2. Click the Add All button to select all the saved data files.
3. Click OK.
The CONTOUR window will appear. Find Preferences under the View menu and
remove body load hatching, node, element, region and point numbers, boundary
conditions and axis information. Since these features are not necessary at this
moment, turning them off in CONTOUR allows a clearer, unobstructed view of the
results.
When done, your screen should resemble the following:
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QUAKE/W displays the deformation as a deformed mesh for each saved time step.
A similar procedure can be used to view the displacement vectors. You can also
change the magnification by either changing the magnification factor or the length
of the Max. Length of the vectors. Click Stop at any time to halt the animation.
The animation can be ended completely by clicking Done.
View nodal motion history
Recall that a single node at the crest of the embankment was selected as a history
node. The complete motion history has been stored for this node.
2. Select X-Acceleration from the Graph Type drop down list box.
3. Click on the node on the crest with the white box or click on Node
308 in the Select Data box.
4. Click Graph and the following graph will appear.
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5. Click OK
The pore pressures of interest are in the foundation. Therefore the embankment
results can be removed from the view to make the foundation results clearer.
3. Click OK
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1. Choose Contours from the Draw menu. The following dialog box
will appear.
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The reddish areas indicate the highest excess pore-pressures. There is a zone of
high excess pore-pressures under the crest of the dam in the foundation. The high
excess pore pressure zones in the lower corners outside the embankment should
reflect a dynamic response under level ground conditions. There may be boundary
effects in a dynamic analysis. In a real case analysis the boundary conditions
should be further away. The results nonetheless show what can be done.
View liquefaction zones
QUAKE/W limits the pore-pressure that can be generated to the initial static
confining stress. The thinking is that the effective confining stress cannot be less
than zero. Furthermore, when the pore pressure reaches the effective confining
stress the soil will be close to or in a liquefied state. QUAKE/W allows you to
view zones where this condition has been reached.
1. Click the Liquefaction Zone icon in the View Preference tool bar.
Liquefaction Zone icon
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The yellow shaded zones are where the pore-pressure has reached the maximum
which is equal to the initial static effective confining stress '3.
There is liquefaction under the central portion of the dam in the foundation and
near the ground surface outside the embankment where the confining stresses are
very low.
There is almost an unlimited number of ways to view the results. Only a few have
been documented here to give you an introduction to the QUAKE/W extensive
visualization capabilities.
You have reached the end of this introductory learning session. You should have
learned sufficient concepts to give you a general understanding of the operation
and capability of QUAKE/W. Not all of the powerful features of QUAKE/W have
been used in this learning session, nor have all of the technical details been
discussed about the features that have been used. Details about each command are
available in the on-line help and in the supporting documentation for QUAKE/W.
5.2
Maximum of 2 materials
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The QUAKE/W Student Edition lessons are not intended to present the
QUAKE/W interface procedures and commands. In some instances, modeling tips
and guidelines have been included to help you achieve a satisfactory solution.
Specific details regarding the fundamental theory of dynamic analysis can be
found in the supporting documentation for QUAKE/W which is entitled Dynamic
Modeling with QUAKE/W: An Engineering Methodology.
The lessons contained in this section can be found in Table 5-1.
Table 5-1 List of QUAKE/W student lessons
Lesson #
Description of Lesson
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
5.2.1
The E modulus of the soil is 10000 kPa, the Poisson's ratio of the soil
is 0.40, the damping ratio of the soil is 0.02 and the unit weight or
vertical body force is 20 kN/m3.
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5.2.2
The objective of this lesson is to learn how to do a slope stability analysis based on
the finite element dynamic stresses computed from QUAKE/W. You will also
learn how to determine the factor of safety and permanent deformation of the slope
during the dynamic loading (e.g., an earthquake). This lesson assumes you are
familiar with the SLOPE/W program. If you have never used SLOPE/W before,
you should work through the SLOPE/W tutorial.
Required:
1. Develop a QUAKE/W dynamic analysis using the earthquake record
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Example.acc.
2. Conduct a dynamic slope stability problem using QUAKE/W
computed dynamic stresses. Determine the critical slip surface and
the finite element stability factor.
3. Examine how the factor of safety, and deformation of the slope
varies with time during the dynamic loading period.
Given (for QUAKE/W analysis):
For the dynamic analysis, 500 times steps with 0.02 increments, start
saving at time step 10 and save in multiples of 10.
Modeling Hints:
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6.1
Introduction
The relationship between the thermal conductivity and the temperature is described
as:
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Temperature (C)
-2.5
190
110
The relationship between the unfrozen water content and temperature is described
as:
Temperature (C)
-5.0
0.18
-4.0
0.20
-3.0
0.23
-2.0
0.27
-1.0
0.45
0.0
1.00
0.5
1.00
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3. Highlight the GeoStudio original settings and then select OK. The
following Analysis Selection dialogue box will appear.
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3. Click in the box beside TEMP/W and then select OK. You are now
in TEMP/W DEFINE. Notice on the Analysis Toolbar on the left
hand side, the TEMP/W icon has been highlighted.
It is assumed that you are readily familiar with the fundamentals of the Windows
environment such as using pull-down menus. If you are not, then you will first need to
learn how to navigate within the Windows environment before learning how to use
TEMP/W. The TEMP/W Users Guide does not provide instructions on the fundamentals
of using Windows. You will have to get this information from other documentation.
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2. Click in the check box beside the Standard toolbar several times to
flash the standard toolbar on and off. Once you have located
where the Standard toolbar is located in the GeoStudio environment,
ensure the check box is selected, then move onto the next toolbar
option (i.e., Analysis) and repeat the procedure to learn the name
and location of each toolbar within GeoStudio.
Before exiting this dialogue box, ensure the Show ToolTips box has been selected as tool
tips are very helpful when you are learning a new GeoStudio program. The tool tips appear
when the cursor is held over a toolbar icon.
1. Choose Page from the Set menu. The following dialog box appears.
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The Printer Page group box displays the name of the printer selected and the
printing space available on one printer page. This information is presented to help
you define a working area that will print properly.
2. Select mm in the Page Units group box if not already selected
3. Type 260 in the Working Area Width edit box. Press the TAB key to
move to the next edit box.
4. Type 200 in the Height edit box.
5. Select OK.
Set the scale
The geometry of the problem is defined in meters. As shown in Figure 6-1, the
problem is 7.2 m wide and about 6 m high. The lower-left corner of the problem
will be drawn at (0,0). The extents need to be larger than the size of the problem to
allow for a margin around the drawing. Let us estimate the extents in the xdirection from -2 to 8 m and from -1 to 7 m in the y direction. Once the extents of
the problem have been set, DEFINE computes an approximate scale. The scale can
then be adjusted to an even value. The maximum x and y extents will then be
automatically adjusted to reflect the scale you have selected.
1. Choose Scale from the Set menu. The following dialog box appears:
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The Horz. 1: scale will change to 38.462 and the Vert. 1: scale to 40. We do not
want to work at such an odd scale. An even scale of 1:40 in both directions appears
acceptable for this problem.
5. Re-select the Lock Scales check box. The horizontal and vertical
scale field will once again become active.
6. Type 40 in the Horz. 1: edit box.
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The Maximum x will change to 8.4. This means that at a scale of 1:40, the
allowable problem extents are from -2 to 8.4 m in the x direction and from -1 to
7 m in the y direction for the previously selected working area 260 mm wide and
200 mm high.
7. Select OK.
Since the problem is defined in terms of meters and kilojoules (kJ), the latent heat
of water must be 3.34 x 105 kJ/m3, which is the default value when the engineering
dimensions are defined in meters. The phase change temperature is defined as 0C,
which is also the default value.
Set the grid spacing
A background grid of points is required to assist in drawing the problem. These
points can be "snapped to" when creating the problem geometry in order to create
nodes and elements with exact coordinates. Suitable grid spacing in this example is
0.2 meters.
1. Choose Grid from the Set menu. The following dialog box appears:
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1. Choose Save from the File menu. The following dialog box appears:
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To sketch an axis:
1. Choose Axes from the Sketch menu. The following dialog box
appears:
3. Ensure the Left Axis, Bottom Axis, and Axis Numbers check boxes
have been selected in the Display group box. The Top Axis and
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11. Type in 0.8 in the X-Axis Increment Size edit box and increase the
number of increments to 9.
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12. Type in 0.4 in the Y-Axis Increment Size edit box and increase the
number of increments to 10.
Sketch the problem
In developing a finite element mesh, it is convenient to first prepare a sketch of the
problem dimensions. This sketch is a useful guide for drawing the finite element
mesh and defining the boundary conditions.
1. In the Zoom toolbar, click on the Zoom Page button with the left
mouse button.
The entire working area is displayed in the DEFINE window.
2. Choose Lines from the Sketch menu. The cursor will change from
an arrow to a cross-hair, and the status bar will indicate that Sketch
Lines is the current operating mode. The following Sketch Line
Properties dialog box will appear
Since we dont want to change the line thickness or add arrowheads to the line, you
can ignore the box completely or dismiss it by hitting Done.
3. Using the mouse, move the cursor near position (0,0), as indicated in
the status bar at the bottom of the window, and click the left mouse
button. The cursor snaps to the grid point at (0,0). As you move the
mouse, a line is drawn from (0,0) to the new cursor position.
The cursor position (in engineering units) is always displayed in the status bar. It is
updated as you move the cursor with the mouse.
4. Move the cursor near (7.2,0) and click the left mouse button. The
cursor snaps to (7.2,0) and a line is drawn from (0,0) to (7.2,0).
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5. Move the cursor near (7.2,4) and click the left mouse button. A line
is drawn from (7.2,0) to (7.2,4).
6. Move the cursor near (0,4) and click the left mouse button. A line is
drawn from (7.2,4) to (0,4).
7. Move the cursor near (0,0) and click the left mouse button. A line is
drawn from (0,4) to (0,0).
8. Click the right mouse button to finish sketching a line. The cursor
will change from a cross-hair back to an arrow; you are then back in
Work Mode.
If you sketch a line in the wrong position, use the Modify Objects command to move it. For
more information about this command, see the on-line help.
Now that you know how to sketch a line, sketch a vertical wall at the edge of the
ice surface:
9. Choose Lines from the Sketch menu.
10. Position the cursor and click the left mouse button at (5,4), (5,5),
(4.8,5), and (4.8,4).
11. Click the right mouse button to finish sketching the vertical wall.
And finish with the bleachers:
12. Choose Lines from the Sketch menu.
13. Position the cursor and click the left mouse button at (7.2,6), (7.2,4),
(5.6,4), (5.6,4.6), (6.4,4.6), (6.4,5.2), and (7.2,5.2).
14. Click the right mouse button to finish sketching the bleachers.
15. In the Zoom toolbar, click on the Zoom Objects button with the left
mouse button.
The drawing is enlarged so that the lines you just sketched fill the DEFINE
window.
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After you have completed the above steps, your screen should look like the
following:
1. Choose the Project ID tab from the KeyIn Analysis Settings dialog
box. The following dialog box appears:
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2. Type in any appropriate text in the Title edit box and the Comments
edit box.
This information will be written to all data input and output files.
Specify the analysis settings
This problem is a transient two-dimensional analysis.
1. Keep the Analysis Settings dialogue box open from the previous
step.
2. Select the Type tab and ensure that the Transient radio button is
selected.
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3. Select the Control tab and ensure that the 2-Dimensional radio
button is set.
Specify the convergence
Appropriate convergence criteria for this problem are a maximum of 50 iterations,
a convergence tolerance of 0.01 percent, and a rate of 9 Gauss regions per iteration
for the development of the phase change region.
1. Keep the Analysis Settings dialogue box open from the previous
step, or if you have closed the dialogue box, reopen it by selecting
Analysis Settings under the Key-In menu.
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1. Select the Time tab from the Analysis Settings dialogue box and the
following dialog box appears:
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The value in the Starting Time edit box is already set to the desired value of 0.
3. Type 1 in the Initial Increment Size edit box.
4. Type 2 in the Expansion Factor edit box.
5. Check (turn on) the Max Inc. Size option, and type 100 in the Max
Inc. Size edit box.
6. Type 2 in the Start Saving at Step edit box.
7. Type 2 in the Save Multiples of edit box.
8. Select Generate.
Eight time increments are generated in the list box. The total elapsed time (Time
Step 8) is 227 days.
9. Select OK.
Define a thermal conductivity function
The relationship between thermal conductivity and temperature is specified in
TEMP/W by defining a function of conductivity vs. temperature.
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3. Type 1 in the Function Number edit box and select Edit. The
following dialog box appears to let you enter the data points in
Function 1:
4. Type 1 in the # edit box, -2.5 in the Temperature edit box, and 190
in the Conductivity edit box.
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5. Select Copy. The values you typed in the edit boxes will be copied
into the list box, creating the first function point.
6. Type 2 in the # edit box, 0 in the Temperature edit box, and 110 in
the Conductivity edit box.
7. Select Copy to create the second function point.
8. Select View to display a graph of the conductivity function.
The graph window toolbar contains commands for moving points, adding more
points, copying the graph to the Windows clipboard, and printing the graph. For
more information about these commands, refer to the on-line help. To close the
graph, click on the X in the top right hand corner.
9. Type an appropriate name for the function in the Description edit
box. The function name is helpful when later choosing a function to
edit or import into another analysis.
10. Click OK to close the dialogue box
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11. Select Done in the KeyIn Conductivity Functions dialog box from
Step 2.
There are many more features of the KeyIn Functions Conductivity command that
are not discussed in this section including estimating the thermal conductivity
function. Refer to the on-line help and supporting documention for more
information on this and other features.
A series of engineering books have been written as supporting documentation for each
GeoStudio product. These books are available in PDF format within GeoStudio and a link
can be found on the Start Page. At any time during development or analysis of a simulation
you can gain access to this important resource by clicking on the Show Start Page icon
which appears in the Analysis Toolbar on the left side of the screen in GeoStudio.
2. Type 1 in the Function Number edit box and select Edit. The
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following dialog box appears to let you enter the data points in
Function 1:
The function used in this example is defined by the data points in the above dialog
box. Steps 3 to 6 define the extremities of the function first, allowing you to later
use the Graph window to visually define the remaining function points. If you
would prefer to type the point coordinates manually (as you did for the
conductivity function), type in each coordinate shown in the above dialog box and
select Copy, and then go to Step 11. Otherwise, proceed to Step 3.
3. Enter the minimum x- and y-coordinates of the function by typing 1
in the # edit box, -5.0 in the Temperature edit box, and 0.18 (the
minimum unfrozen water content value) in the Unfrozen W.C. edit
box.
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4. Select Copy. The values in the edit boxes are copied into the list
box.
5. Enter the maximum x- and y-coordinates by typing 2 in the # edit
box, 0.5 in the Temperature edit box, and 1 in the Unfrozen W.C.
edit box.
6. Select Copy to create the second function point.
7. Select View to display a graph of the unfrozen water content
function.
When the View button is pressed, TEMP/W computes a graph scale that
encompasses the function extremities.
The Graph window can be resized by clicking on the border of the window and
dragging. To view the graph at maximum size, click on the Maximize button in the
top-right corner of the window; click again to return the window to its previous
size and position.
Steps 8 to10 define the remaining points in the unfrozen water content function.
8. Click on the Add button in the Graph toolbar.
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The cursor changes to a cross-hair, indicating that points will be added to the
function as you click the mouse.
9. Move the cursor near (-4, 0.2) on the Graph window and click the
left mouse button.
A new point is added to the function. This point is displayed in the Graph window
and is also added to the listbox in the KeyIn Functions dialog box. The Graph
window looks like the following:
If you need to move the point that you just added, click on the Select button in the
Graph toolbar. Move the point by clicking on the point and holding the left mouse
button down, dragging the point to a new position, and then releasing the left
mouse button. The point can be deleted by clicking on the point and pressing the
DELETE key.
10. In the Graph window, click the left mouse button near the following
coordinates: (-3.0, 0.23), (-2.0,0.27), (-1.0,0.45), (0.0,1.00), and
(0.2,1.00).
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The function is redrawn after you define each point, and should look similar to the
following:
If the function you just defined does not look like the one above, click on the
Select button in the Graph toolbar and move the points on the graph.
Since the function points were defined by clicking on the graph, the coordinates
will not be exactly as given in the problem definition. You can make the
coordinates the same by selecting a point in the KeyIn Functions list box, typing
the exact values, and selecting Copy (as in Steps 3 to 6).
11. Click on the X in the upper-right corner of the graph window. This
closes the graph window.
12. Type an appropriate name for the function in the Description edit
box. The function name is helpful when later choosing a function to
edit or import.
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For this example, only one material type is used. The properties of Material 1 are:
Conductivity Function 1.
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2. Type 1 in the # edit box to indicate that you are defining Material 1.
3. Click the down arrow beside the K-Fn # edit box. A drop-down list
appears, containing the numbers of all defined conductivity
functions. Select 1 from the list.
4. Click the down arrow beside the W.C.Fn edit box. A drop-down list
appears, containing the numbers of all defined unfrozen water
content functions. Select 1 from the list.
5. Type 1.9e+3 in the Frozen Volumetric Heat Capacity edit box.
6. Type 2.3e+3 in the Unfrozen Volumetric Heat Capacity edit box.
7. Type 0.5 in the Volumetric Water Content edit box.
8. Select Copy. The values contained in the edit boxes will be copied
into the list box, creating the material.
9. Select OK to save the material properties.
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1. Choose Regions from the Draw menu. The cursor changes into a
cross-hair and the status bar will indicate that Draw regions is the
current operating mode.
2. Click the left mouse button near (0,0). TEMP/W snaps to the grid
and creates a region point (Point #1) at this position. As you move
the mouse, a red line is drawn from the node to the new cursor
position.
3. Move the cursor near (7.2,0) and click the left mouse button.
TEMP/W snaps to the grid, creates a region point (Point #2) at this
position, and draws a line from Point 1 to Point 2. As you move the
mouse, a red line is drawn from Node 2 to the new cursor position.
4. Move the cursor near (7.2,2) and click.
5. Move the cursor near (0,2) and click.
6. Move the cursor back to (0,0) and click. The following dialog box
appears:
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2. Highlight Edge 1,2. Type 9 in the Min. edit box and click Copy.
3. Highlight Edge 2,3. Type 5 in the Min. edit box and click Copy.
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The mesh will now consist of 45 elements with 9 elements along the horizontal
edge and 5 along the vertical edge. Notice that while the Min. number for the
remaining two sides do not reflect the new discretization, the Actual number of
subdivisions have changed accordingly.
4. Click on the Elements Tab. The following information is displayed:
The Element Properties should be the Quad. Integration Order. (4 nodes) option.
Leave the Secondary Nodes check box unchecked. The Element Thickness should
be 1. This value is appropriate for a two-dimensional analysis such as this problem.
5. Click Close to accept the mesh generation when you are satisfied
that the mesh is correct.
After you have completed the above steps, your screen should look like the
following:
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The region point numbers and the element numbers are shown on the mesh. Node
numbers will appear once the Draw regions mode is exited. Currently, Draw
regions is still the active mode and the cursor still appears as a cross hair. This
way, a second region can be generated immediately.
The above procedure will now be repeated to generate elements in the last region.
1. Assuming the current mode is still Draw regions, move the cursor
and click near (0,2), (7.2, 2), (7.2, 4), (0,4) and then back to (0,2).
2. When the Region Properties dialog box appears, click on the Edges
tab and select vertical Edge 3,5 either by clicking the edge on the
screen or selecting it from the list in the box. Type 5 in the Min. edit
box and click Copy.
3. Without closing the Region Properties dialogue box, select the
Elements Tab.
4. The Secondary Nodes box should be checked.
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5. Select 9 from the drop down box beside the Quad Integration order.
The Element Thickness should be 1 (the default parameter).
6. Select Close to accept the mesh generation. Forty five additional
elements are generated.
7. Right-click the mouse to exit the Draw regions Mode. The cursor
will change from a cross-hair back to an arrow.
After you have completed the above steps, your screen should look like the
following:
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information so it is not confused with the node numbers. This is achieved under
View Preferences.
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3. In the Node # Font Size drop-down list box, select 10. This will
display the node numbers at 10 points.
4. Select OK. The problem will be re-drawn with the node numbers
displayed at 10 points and the region numbers turned off.
You can also select and unselect the View Preference by clicking on the icons in the View
Preferences toolbar. You can learn about each of the icons by placing the cursor over the
icon. A tool tip will appear for a few seconds and a description is displayed on the status
bar at the bottom of the window.
Total flux is zero along the floor outside of the ice surface.
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If you wish to experiment with zooming your drawing, you may select any of the
zoom buttons from the toolbar. For more information about zooming, see Zoom
Toolbar in the on-line help.
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Please note that when a boundary condition is not specified at a boundary node, a
zero flux default is assumed. In other words, the nodes located under the bleachers
and along the left and right boundaries are set to a no flow boundary by default.
Verify the problem
The problem definition should now be verified by TEMP/W to ensure that the data
has been defined correctly.
To verify the validity of the data and sort the node and element numbers:
1. Choose Verify from the Tools menu or click on the Verify button in
the Analysis toolbar:
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8. To specify the initial conditions below the ice surface, the Boundary
Type should be T and 3.0 should be entered in the Action edit box.
9. Drag a rectangle around all nodes along the top of the mesh (i.e.,
Nodes 16, 22, 38, 44, 60, 66, 82, 88, 104, 110, 126, 132, 148, 154,
170, 176, 192, 198, and 214). All of these nodes are redrawn as red
circles, indicating each node is a temperature boundary. Turn on the
node numbers if necessary to make sure you are applying the
boundary conditions at the correct location.
10. Save the problem again by choosing File Save.
11. Verify the problem by selecting Verify from the Tools Menu.
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To start SOLVE
The name of the file, and information about the file are summarized within the
SOLVE window.
Solve the initial conditions
1. Click on the Start button in the SOLVE window to begin the
analysis.
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A green dot appears between the Start and Stop buttons; the dot flashes while the
computations are in progress. Information about the computations is displayed in a
list box in the SOLVE window while the problem is being solved.
The vector norm is determined for two iterations. The vector norm is the normal of
the computed temperature vector. As the percentage change between the vector
norm for both iterations is less than the defined convergence tolerance (which was
0.1%), the SOLVE function writes out the necessary data files into the TEMP
Tutorial Initial.GSZ file and stops.
2. Click on the X in the right-hand corner to close the SOLVE window.
The initial conditions have now been established for use in the transient analysis.
Define initial conditions within the transient analysis
1. From the File Menu, look under the most recent files listed at the
bottom of the pull-down menu and select the TEMP Tutorial.GSZ
problem. Alternatively, click OPEN and then browse to find the
TEMP Tutorial.GSZ file.
2. You may be prompted to save the most recent changes to the TEMP
Tutorial Initial.GSZ file.
3. Choose Analysis Settings from the KeyIn menu and select the Type
Tab. The following dialogue appears:
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5. .Check the Use External File box which will enable the Browse
button. Click the Browse button and locate the steady-state TEMP
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Tutorial Initial.GSZ file and click Open. The selected file will be
displayed in the dialogue box.
6. Click OK to accept the selected file.
7. Click OK to close the Analysis Settings dialogue which should look
as follows:
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The second part of an analysis is to use the TEMP/W SOLVE function to compute
the temperature at each node and the flux within each element.
To start SOLVE and automatically load the TEMP Tutorial.GSZ data file.
Start solving
Click on the Start button in the SOLVE window to begin the analysis.
A green dot appears between the Start and Stop buttons; the dot flashes while the
computations are in progress. Information about the computations is displayed in a
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list box in the SOLVE window while the problem is being solved. Once the
computations have finished, the green light will stop flashing and Done will appear
at the bottom of the window.
Use the scroll bar within the SOLVE window to review the solve process. A
certain number of iterations was required to establish the phase change region for
the first time step. Then at least one more iteration (11) was required to achieve the
specified convergence tolerance. A similar procedure followed for all 8 time steps.
When the analysis is finished, the SOLVE window will look like the following:
Finish SOLVE
You have now finished solving the problem. Click the Minimize button in the topright corner of the SOLVE window to reduce the window to an icon, or choose
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between clicking on the X in the corner or the File Exit command to exit from
SOLVE.
6.1.4
The TEMP/W CONTOUR function allows you to view the results of the problem
analysis graphically by:
To start CONTOUR, click on the CONTOUR button in the Analysis toolbar. This
button is located just below the button used to launch SOLVE previously.
Once you are in CONTOUR, a DEFINE button will appear in the Analysis toolbar.
To return to DEFINE, just click on this button
TEMP/W CONTOUR reads the last increment (time step # 8) number and the
window shows the resulting positions of the freeze-thaw line together with the unit
flux vectors at this time step.
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Alternatively, you can start CONTOUR by selecting CONTOUR from the Tools
menu. The drawing displayed in the CONTOUR window will be drawn according
to the View Preference options selected at the time you exited from the DEFINE
function. You can view different parts of the drawing by choosing View
Preferences from the CONTOUR menu or choosing items on the View Preferences
Toolbar.
You can select and unselect the View Preferences by clicking on the icons in the View
Preferences toolbar. You can learn about each of the icons by placing the cursor over the
icon. A tool tip will appear for a few seconds and a description is displayed on the status
bar at the bottom of the window.
1. Choose Time Increments from the View menu. The following dialog
box appears:
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3. Select OK.
CONTOUR reads the results from all available Time Increments and displays the
freeze-thaw line of all time steps.
Draw Contours
To draw the temperature contours for the last (8th) time increment:
1. Open the View Increments dialogue box. Hold the Shift key down
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3. Click OK
4. Select Contours from the Draw menu. The following dialog box
appears:
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Each contour interval is shaded a different color. You can alter the shading with
the Contour Shading controls in the Draw Contours dialog box. Try various
Methods and Start and End Colors to see the effect. After each new selection, click
Apply to see what you get. Finally, click on Cancel to return to the default shading
you created earlier.
Draw the contours values
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The contour value appears on the contour. If you wish to remove the contour label,
simply re-click on the label, and the label disappears. Click again, and the label
will re-appear.
3. Repeat Step 2 for as many contours as you wish.
4. Press ESC or click the right mouse button to finish drawing contour
labels.
After you have completed the above steps, your screen should look similar to the
following:
The View Preferences command allows you to change the font and the size of the contour
values.
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1. Choose Node Information from the View menu. The nodes are
displayed on the drawing, and the following dialog box appears:
2. Click on any node to see the results computed at the node. For
example, click on the node underneath the right edge of the ice
surface. The node is selected on the drawing, and the following
information is displayed in the dialog box:
3. To see all the information that was computed at the node, scroll
through the list box or re-size the dialog box by dragging the bottom
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4. Repeat Steps 2 to 3 for all nodes at which you want to see the
computed results. Select the Copy button if you wish to copy the
information to the Windows Clipboard for importing into other
applications, or select the Print button if you wish to print the
information.
5. Select Done when you are finished displaying information at the
nodes.
The parameters that TEMP/W computes at the nodes are temperature and
boundary flux. The remaining parameters, such as thermal conductivity and unit
flux, are computed at the Gauss regions and projected to the nodes by CONTOUR
for display purposes.
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Gauss region underneath the right edge of the ice surface. The
element Gauss region is selected on the drawing, and the following
information is displayed in the dialog box:
3. To see all the information that was computed at the element Gauss
region, scroll through the list box.
4. Repeat Steps 2 to 3 for all elements at which you want to see the
computed results. Select the Copy button if you wish to copy the
information to the Windows Clipboard for importing into other
applications, or select the Print button if you wish to print the
information.
5. Select Done when you are finished displaying the element Gauss
region information.
Plot a graph of the results
A powerful feature of CONTOUR is the ability to generate x-y plots of the
computed results. For instance, in the example problem that you have just
analyzed, you may wish to plot a graph of the computed temperature along a
vertical section underneath the ice surface.
1. Choose Graph from the Draw menu. The following dialog box
appears:
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2. In the Graph Type group box, select Temperature from the first
drop-down list box, and select Y Coordinate from the second dropdown list box.
Moving the mouse pointer outside of the dialog box will change the pointer to a
large black pointer indicating you are in a selection mode. This is used to select the
nodes from which to generate the graph,
3. If the snap-to-grid is currently displayed, turn it off by clicking on
the Snap Grid button in the Grid toolbar.
4. Move the cursor near the node underneath the right edge of the ice
surface (4.8, 4.0) and hold down the left mouse button. As you drag
the cursor down along a vertical section of nodes, a rectangle is
drawn around the nodes to graph. Release the left mouse button
when the column of nodes is completely contained within the
rectangle.
5. Click on the Graph button in the Draw Graph dialog box. The
following graph will be displayed.
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6. Select File Print from the Graph window menu if you wish to print
the graph. Select Edit Copy from the Graph window menu if you
wish to copy the graph to the Windows Clipboard for importing into
other applications.
7. Select File Close in the Graph Window or click on the X in the
upper-right hand corner of the Graph Window to close the window.
8. Select Done from the Draw Graph dialog box to finish with the
graphing.
You have reached the end of this introductory learning session. You have learned
sufficient concepts to give you a general understanding of the operation and
capability of TEMP/W. Not all of the powerful features of TEMP/W have been
used in this learning session, nor have all of the technical details been discussed
about the features that have been used. Details about each command are available
in the on-line help and in the supporting documentation for TEMP/W.
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Maximum of 2 materials
The TEMP/W Student Edition lessons are not intended to present the TEMP/W
interface procedures and commands. In some instances, modeling tips and
guidelines have been included to help you achieve a satisfactory solution. Specific
details regarding the fundamental theory of thermal analysis can be found in the
supporting documentation for TEMP/W which is entitled Thermal Modeling with
TEMP/W: An Engineering Methodology.
The lessons contained in this section can be found in Table 6-1.
Table 6-1 List of TEMP/W student lessons
Lesson #
6.2.1
Description of Lesson
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
The objective of this lesson is to set up a finite element mesh and establish the
thermal impact a hot oil tank has when sitting on a sandy clay till for a long period
of time. The tank sits on an insulated pad.
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Required:
1. Conduct a steady-state 2D simulation to obtain the temperature
profile beneath the tank.
2. Find the depth of influence of the hot oil tank.
3. Repeat the analysis as an Axisymmetric analysis assuming the tank
is round (Lesson 1b). Compare solutions with the 2D analysis.
Given:
Modeling Hints:
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Figure 6-2 Location of the hot tank and finite element mesh for a 2D analysis
Table 6-2 Thermal conductivity functions
Sandy Clay Tilll
Insulation
Temperature
(C)
K
(kJ/(day m C))
Temperature
(C)
K
(kJ/(day m C)))
-5
0
200
10
155
10
10
Insulation
Unfrozen
Unfrozen
water content
Temperature
(C)
water content
-6
-5
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Frozen
Unfrozen
Volumetric Water
Content
2.1E03
2.5E03
0.45
Insulation
4.3E01
4.3E01
Use conductivity function from Lesson 1 for the Sandy Clay Till.
Modeling Hints:
Neglect the fact that temperatures far away from the actual freeze
pipes do not change with time. In other words, you should use infinite
elements but they are disabled in the Student Edition.
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Unfrozen
water content
-5
Frozen
Unfrozen
Volumetric Water
Content
2.1E03
2.5E03
0.45
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7.1
Introduction
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Seepage analysis
The first step in a CTRAN/W analysis is to establish the groundwater flow regime
using SEEP/W. The associated SEEP/W file for this tutorial is included with the
GeoStudio software and is called CTRAN Tutorial Seep Results.GSZ. You can
view this file using the SEEP/W module within GeoStudio if you wish to
familiarize yourself with the seepage analysis portion of the problem. Figure 7-2
shows the finite element mesh together with the flow vectors and piezometric line.
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7.1.2
1. Select GeoStudio2004 from the Start Programs menu under the GEO-
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1. Click on Select Analysis from under the File pull down menu. The
Analysis Selection box will appear as shown below:
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The mesh and profile settings that were originally defined in SEEP/W will be
common to CTRAN/W. The pull-down menus will have changed to those required
for a CTRAN/W analysis and the boundary conditions that were only applicable to
the SEEP/W analysis have been removed from the mesh as shown in the picture
below.
The SEEP/W specific properties and boundary conditions will still be present if
you flip back to the SEEP/W module.
As mentioned earlier, the GeoStudio environment can be thought of as having
three components; DEFINE, SOLVE and CONTOUR. A simple means of
analyzing the contaminant migration is to track "particles" as they are carried along
by the flowing water. The particles in this example problem will be specified in the
CTRAN/W DEFINE component and then moved within the flow system by the
SOLVE component. The paths along which the particles traveled then will be
viewed with the CONTOUR component.
Identify the toolbars
To familiarize yourself with the various toolbars that are available in GeoStudio,
choose Toolbars from under the View menu. The following dialogue box appears:
2. Click in the check box beside the Standard toolbar several time to
flash the standard toolbar on and off. Once you have located
where the Standard toolbar is located in the GeoStudio environment,
ensure the check box is selected, then move onto the next toolbar
option (i.e., Analysis) and repeat the procedure to learn the name
and location of each toolbar within GeoStudio.
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Before exiting this dialogue box, ensure the Show ToolTips box has been selected as tool
tips are very helpful when you are learning a new GeoStudio program. The tool tips appear
when the cursor is held over a toolbar icon.
1. Choose the Analysis Settings command from the KeyIn menu and
select the Type tab. The following dialog box appears:
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3. Select OK.
Saving the problem
The problem definition data must be saved in a file. This allows the SOLVE and
CONTOUR functions to obtain the problem definition for solving the problem and
viewing the results.
The data may be saved at any time during a problem definition session. It is good
practice to save the data frequently.
1. Choose Save As from the File menu. The following dialog box will
appear:
The default file name is CTRAN Tutorial Seep Results.GSZ, which is the same
name as the SEEP/W file you originally opened.
2. To keep the integrity of the SEEP/W results file, change the name in
the File Name edit box to CTRAN Tutorial Tracking.GSZ. It is
also a good idea to save your file to a new directory. Saving your
tutorial file to a location other than C:\Program Files\GEOSLOPE\GeoStudio2004\Tutorials will ensure that the completed
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3. Select Save. The data will be saved to the file and the file name is
displayed in the DEFINE window title bar.
The file name may include a drive name and directory path. If you do not include a
path, the file will be saved in the directory name displayed in the Save in box.
Now that the CTRAN/W file has been saved, you can later open the file in
GeoStudio by choosing the File Open command and selecting the file name; you
no longer need to import the SEEP/W file first.
Draw the particles
The next step is to define the particles along the base of the pit.
To define particles:
1. Turn on the background grid by selecting Grid from the Set pull
down menu. The following dialogue box appears:
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A grid point is displayed every 0.25 m on the drawing. This spacing value was
initially defined in SEEP/W; it was read into CTRAN/W when the SEEP/W data
file was imported.
4. Choose Particles from the Draw menu. The cursor changes from an
arrow to a cross-hair and the status bar indicates that Draw
Particles is the current operating mode.
5. Move the cursor near (0,10) and click the left mouse button.
CTRAN/W snaps to the grid and displays a particle at this position. Zoom in the
drawing if the particle is too small to see clearly.
6. Click the left mouse button at (0.5,10), (1.0,10), (1.5,10), (2,10), and
(2.25,10.25) to define particles along the base of the pit.
7. To finish drawing particles, click the right mouse button.
Another way of defining particles is to use the KeyIn Particles command and enter
the exact particle coordinates. For more information on entering particle
coordinates, see the KeyIn Particles command in the on-line help.
After completing the above steps to draw particles, the starting positions of the
particles should be displayed on the mesh as follows:
11
2
10
9
Define the analysis settings
To define the incremental time sequence for the particle tracking analysis:
1. Choose Analysis Settings from the KeyIn menu. Select the Time tab
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for every fifth time step will be saved to the data files.
9. Select OK to save the time sequence.
Please note that the time step size used in particle tracking is automatically
determined by SOLVE. Therefore, the time step size specified here will not affect
the solution. A time step with the save flag specified as Yes means that the particle
tracking solution will be stored and you may then use CONTOUR to view the
solution at that time step.
1. Choose Analysis Settings from the KeyIn menu. Select the Type tab.
The following dialogue box appears:
2. Click on the button beside the Seepage Results From: edit box.
The following box will appear.
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3. Select SEEP/W from the drop down Analysis menu. Click OK.
4. Click OK to close the Analysis Settings dialogue box.
Finishing DEFINE
You have now finished defining the particle tracking problem. Save the problem
definition before proceeding. In the next section, DEFINE will be used to start the
SOLVE function and automatically load the example problem.
A series of engineering books have been written as supporting documentation for each
GeoStudio product. These books are available in PDF format within GeoStudio and a link
can be found on the Start Page. At any time during development or analysis of a simulation
you can gain access to this important resource by clicking on the Show Start Page icon
which appears in the Analysis Toolbar on the left side of the screen in GeoStudio.
7.1.3
CTRAN/W SOLVE is used to track the particles through the finite element mesh.
SOLVE uses the SEEP/W computed velocities and water contents and the
CTRAN/W problem definition file to perform the tracking. In this example,
SOLVE will get all the required information from the file you created
(i.e.,CTRAN Tutorial Tracking.GSZ) as the SEEP/W analysis information and
the CTRAN/W information are both contained in the single GeoStudio file.
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SOLVE automatically opens your tutorial data file and displays the SEEP/W and
CTRAN/W data file names in the SOLVE window, along with the starting time
step number.
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The last two digits ?? of the file name extension are replaced by the number of the
time step. In this example (where every 5th time step was saved), the file name
CTRAN Tutorial Tracking.P05 would identify the particle file for Step Number
5.
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The files created by SOLVE are in text format and compressed into one archive
file, the *.GSZ file. Once extracted using a program like WinZip, these files can be
viewed with Windows Notepad, WordPad, or any other text editor. CONTOUR
reads these files, however, and allows you to view the information graphically.
Viewing the particle information
The CTRAN/W CONTOUR function allows you to graphically view the results of
the particle tracking analysis by:
Displaying the time, speed, and distance traveled at any point along
the particle path
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The Windows Title Bar indicates you are within CONTOUR. The drawing
displayed in the CONTOUR window will be drawn according to the View
Preference options selected at the time you exited from the DEFINE function. You
can view other time step results and adjust features of the CONTOUR window by
choosing View Preferences from the CONTOUR menu in the same way you chose
View Preferences from the DEFINE menu.
If you want to view other time steps, select the View Time Increments dialog box
to display other available data.
Since concentration files were not created for this problem, the Particle Type is
selected by default and the Concentration Type is disabled. The time increments
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for which results are available are listed in the Increments Available list box. The
last time step, #55 is automatically loaded into the Increments to View window. To
view results from Time Step 30:
2. Select 55 (the last time increment) in the Increments to View list
box.
3. Click Remove to move the file name to the Increments Available
list box.
4. Now select 30 from the Increments Available list box
5. Click Add to move the file name to the Increments to View list box
6. Click OK.
The particle migration paths are displayed as blue lines. The blue circles at each
end of the lines represent particle positions at the initial time and at the time step
selected in the View Time Increments dialog box (Time 30). The water table is
displayed as a blue dashed line.
Shade the contaminated region
For presentation purposes, it is useful to shade the region of the mesh that is
contaminated by particles. CONTOUR allows you to specify the region between
any two particle migration paths that you wish to shade.
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3. Move the cursor near the left-most particle line and click the left
mouse button.
4. Move the cursor to the right near the adjacent particle line and click
the left mouse button.
The region between the two particle lines is shaded yellow. Your screen should
appear as follows:
5. Click on each of the four remaining particle lines in order from left
to right. If you click on the wrong particle line and wish to begin
again, select Remove All in the dialog box to remove all particle
shading and go back to Step 3.
6. To finish shading particle regions, click the right mouse button or
select Done.
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Elapsed Time The amount of time for the particle to travel to the selected
point.
X-Coordinate The x-coordinate of the selected point on the particle path.
Y-Coordinate The y-coordinate of the selected point on the particle path.
Total Distance Travelled The length of the particle path up to the
selected point.
Average Speed The average speed of the particle as it traveled up to the
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selected point.
3. Repeat Step 2 for every point on the particle path that you wish to
view.
4. Click the right mouse button or select Done to finish viewing
particle information.
You have now completed a typical example of a particle tracking analysis. There
are other CONTOUR features not covered in this section that apply to a particle
tracking analysis. Head, Pressure, Courant numbers, and other parameters can be
contoured, plotted, or viewed at nodes and element Gauss regions. See the on-line
help for complete coverage of the Draw Contour options.
7.1.4
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To create a new CTRAN/W problem that will still contain the results from
previously solved SEEP/W analysis:
1. Choose Save As from the File menu. The following dialog box will
appear:
The default file name will be the name you named the tutorial earlier i.e., CTRAN
Tutorial Tracking.GSZ
2. Type the desired file name in the File Name edit box.
To differentiate from the particle tracking problem, assign a different file name,
such as CTRAN Tutorial Advection.GSZ.
3. Select Save. The data will be saved to the file, and the new file name
is displayed in the DEFINE window title bar.
Set the transport type to advection-dispersion
To solve for concentrations within the problem domain, the transport analysis type
must be set to advection dispersion.
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1. Choose Analysis Settings from the KeyIn menu and select the Type
tab. The following dialog box appears:
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Only Material 1 is listed, since it is the only material defined for the seepage
analysis.
2. Click on the Material 1 line in the list box. The properties of
Material 1 are copied into the edit boxes.
3. Type 2.0 in the Longitudinal Dispersivity edit box.
4. Type 1.0 in the Transverse Dispersivity edit box.
Since molecular diffusion, decay, and adsorption are not considered in this
example, leave D-Fn #, S-Fn #, Decay Half-Life, and Dry Density set at the default
values of 0.
5. Select Copy. The values contained in the edit boxes are copied into
the list box.
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1. Choose Preferences from the View menu. Check the Node Numbers
check box to display the node numbers and uncheck the Particles
check box to hide the particles. If particles are displayed you will
not be able to see the boundary condition symbols. (Alternatively,
you can delete the particles with the KeyIn Particles command, since
particles are ignored in advection-dispersion analysis).
2. Choose Boundary Conditions from the Draw menu. The cursor
changes from an arrow to a cross-hair, and the status bar indicates that
Draw Boundary Conditions is the current operating mode. The
following dialog box appears:
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These boundary nodes will be defined by dragging a rectangle around the group of
nodes.
5. Move the cursor below and to the left of Node 11. Hold the left
mouse button down, but do not release it. Move the mouse to the
right, and a rectangle appears. "Drag" the mouse up until the
rectangle encompasses Nodes 11, 22, 33, and 44. Release the left
mouse button, and all of these nodes are redrawn as red circles,
indicating each node is a concentration boundary.
6. To specify the free exit boundary condition along the valley floor,
select Qm as the boundary type with an Action of zero, and an Exit
Review type Qd>0.
7. The process described in Step 5 is used to define the free exit
boundary nodes. Near the right boundary of the problem, drag a
rectangle around Nodes 363, 374, 385 and 396. These nodes are
redrawn as hollow blue triangles, indicating that each node is a Qm
boundary specified with an Exit Review type.
Node boundary conditions can also be defined by clicking on each node
individually.
8. Click the right mouse button (or select Done) to finish defining
boundary conditions.
9. Choose View Preferences and uncheck the Node Numbers check
box in order to not display the node numbers. Alternatively, click on
the View Node Numbers icon that exists on the View Preferences
Toolbar extending down the right side of the screen.
After defining the boundary conditions, your screen should look as follows:
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1.
Choose Analysis Settings from the KeyIn menu. Select the Time tab:
2.
3. Click OK.
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1. Choose Flux Sections from the Draw menu. The following dialog box
appears:
2. Use the default value in the Section Number box. It should be set to
1.
3. Select OK. The cursor will change from an arrow to a cross-hair,
and the status bar will indicate that "Draw Flux Sections" is the
current operating mode.
4. Using the mouse, move the cursor near position (8.5,-0.5), below the
bottom boundary of the finite element mesh. Click the left mouse
button. As you move the mouse, a dashed black line is drawn from
(8.5,-0.5) to the new cursor position.
5. Move the cursor near (8.5,11.5), just above the top boundary of the
mesh, and click the left mouse button. A blue dashed line is drawn,
indicating a flux section along this area.
6. Click the right mouse button to finish defining this flux section.
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Flux sections must be drawn such that they cut through an element but do not
intersect any nodes. As a result, it is sometimes necessary to turn off the snap to
grid feature if the nearby nodes happen to line up with the grid points
Finish DEFINE
You have now finished defining the problem. Save the problem definition before
verifying and solving the problem.
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3. Click Verify and the program will check to make sure all the
required input parameters, flux sections and boundary conditions
have been defined.
4. There should be no errors found. Click Done. If there are errors, go
back through this document and ensure you have properly defined
the problem.
7.1.5
Within the GeoStudio environment for any given module, there are three active
components (i.e., DEFINE, SOLVE and CONTOUR). CTRAN/W SOLVE uses
the computed velocities and water contents from the SEEP/W module and the
CTRAN/W problem definition file to perform the analysis. In this example, both
the SEEP/W results and the CTRAN/W problem definition are contained in the
single file you are working on, which for this lesson we have called CTRAN
Tutorial Advection.GSZ.
To start SOLVE:
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The ?? of the file name extension are replaced by the number of the time step. In
this example (where every 10th time step was saved), the file name CTRAN
Tutorial Advection.C10 would identify the concentration file for Step Number
10.
The files created by SOLVE are in text format and compressed into one archive
file designated with a *.GSZ ending, i.e., CTRAN Tutorial Advection.GSZ.
Once extracted using a Windows program like WinZip, these files can be viewed
with Windows Notepad, WordPad, or any other text editor. CONTOUR reads
these files, however, and allows you to view the information graphically.
7.1.6
The CTRAN/W CONTOUR function allows you to graphically view the results of
the advection-dispersion analysis by:
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The Concentration type is selected by default and the Particle type is disabled,
since no particle files were created for this problem. The time increments for which
results are available are listed in the Increments Available list box and Step #55 is
already in the increments to view list box.
3. Select OK.
After you have completed the above steps, your screen should appear as follows:
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The velocity vectors and location of the phreatic surface as determined by SEEP/W
appear on the profile by default. These results can be turned off under View
Preferences.
Draw the contours
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6. Select OK.
CTRAN/W produces the following contour plot:
Each contour region is filled with different shades of color. All elements with
computed concentration values greater than or equal to the highest contour value
(in this case, 10.0) are shaded with red. All elements with computed concentration
values less than the lowest contour value (0.0) are shaded with blue. The remaining
elements are shaded with intermediate colors between blue and red proportional to
their computed concentration values. Choose View Preferences and uncheck the
Contour Shading check box if you do not wish to see the contour shading.
Draw the contour labels
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1. Choose Preferences from the View menu. The following dialog box
appears:
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2. Click on the right arrow of the Flux Sections drop-down list box to
display the mass flux types, and select Advective Flux, Dispersive
Flux, Stored Flux, or Decayed Flux.
3. If you wish to change the font size of the mass flux label, select or
type a new font size value in the Font Size Flux drop-down list box.
4. Select OK.
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The flux section that is labeled now displays the selected mass flux value (i.e.,
advective, dispersive, stored, or decayed) across the section, rather than the total
mass flux. Choose Draw Flux Labels if you wish to remove the mass flux value
label.
The only way of knowing which type of mass flux values are currently displayed on the
drawing is to observe which mass flux type is selected in the View Preferences dialog box.
After you have completed the above steps, your screen should look similar to the
following:
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3. To see all the information at the node, scroll through the list box.
Alternatively, resize the dialog box by pointing the mouse to any
edge of the dialog box and drag the edge of the box to change the
size.
4. Repeat Steps 2 to 3 for all nodes at which you want to see the
computed results. Select the Copy button if you wish to copy the
information to the Windows Clipboard for importing into other
applications, or select the Print button if you wish to print the
information.
5. Select Done when you are finished displaying information at the
nodes.
The parameters that CTRAN/W SOLVE computes at the nodes are concentration,
boundary mass flux, sum of boundary mass flux, fluid mass, solid mass, dispersive
coefficients, Peclet and Courant numbers. For completeness, other parameters
computed by SEEP/W SOLVE such as total head, water flux and velocities are
also included in the list box.
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1. Choose Element Information from the View menu. The View Element
Information dialog box is displayed.
2. Click within any element Gauss region to see the results computed at
the element Gauss point. For example, click inside the element Gauss
region at the top-left corner of the mesh. The element Gauss region is
selected on the drawing, and the following information is displayed in
the dialog box after it has been resized as described above:
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SEEP/W SOLVE such as volumetric water content and velocities are also included
in the list box.
Display mass accumulation
The View Mass Accumulation command allows you to select any group of
elements and see the amount of mass that has accumulated in these elements.
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1. Choose Graph from the Draw menu. The following dialog box
appears:
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The cursor changes from an arrow to a black arrow and the status bar indicates that
Draw Graph is the current operating mode.
2. In the Graph Type group box, leave Concentration selected in the
first drop-down list box, and select Y-Coordinate from the second
drop-down list box.
3. Click the All button under Select Time Steps to highlight Time Step
#55.
4. If the grid is currently displayed, turn it off by choosing the Set Grid
command and unchecking the Snap to Grid check box in the Grid
dialog box. Alternatively, press the Snap Grid button in the Grid
toolbar to disable the grid.
5. Move the cursor near the flux section arrow-head at the top of the
mesh and hold down the left mouse button. As you drag the cursor
down the middle of the mesh, a rectangle is drawn around the nodes
to graph. Release the left mouse button when a single column of
nodes is completely contained within the rectangle.
The nodes are displayed on the drawing in reverse video to indicate that they have
been selected:
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6. Select the Graph button to display the graph. The following Graph
window is displayed:
In this instance, it is not especially intuitive to have the y-coordinate values exist
on the horizontal axis. It is also beneficial to define axis titles for the graph
7. Select Options under the Set menu. The following dialogue box
appears:
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8. Under Graph Display, click in the check box beside Rotate 90.
This will redraw the graph such that the concentration will exist on
the x-axis and the y-coordinate will be on the y-axis.
9. Under Horz. Axis, type Concentration
10. Under Vert. Axis, type Y-Coordinate.
11. Unselect the check box beside Use Auto Scale. The edit boxes under
the Vert. axis will become active. For the Vert. Axis (i.e., ycoordinate), type a Max. value of 12 and increment of 2.
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1. Choose Time Increments from the View menu. The following dialog
box appears where you can select the Time Increments you want to
view.
The number in the Increments To View list box is 55, since we are currently
viewing the results at the 55th time increment.
2. Select Add All. All of the available time increment numbers are
added to the Increments To View list box, and the Value to Contour
edit box is now enabled.
3. Type 1.0 in the Value to Contour edit box.
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You have reached the end of this introductory learning session. You have learned
sufficient concepts to give you a general understanding of the operation and
capability of CTRAN/W. Not all of the powerful features of CTRAN/W have been
used in this learning session, nor have all of the technical details been discussed
about the features that have been used. Details about each command are available
in the on-line help and in the supporting documentation for CTRAN/W.
7.2
No density-dependent flow
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Maximum of 2 materials
No boundary functions
The CTRAN/W Student Edition lessons are not intended to present the CTRAN/W
interface procedures and commands. In some instances, modeling tips and
guidelines have been included to help you achieve a satisfactory solution. Specific
details regarding the fundamental theory of stress and deformation analysis can be
found in the supporting documentation for CTRAN/W which is entitled
Contaminant Modeling with CTRAN/W: An Engineering Methodology.
The lessons contained in this section can be found in Table 7-1.
Table 7-1 List of CTRAN/W student lessons
Lesson #
Description of Lesson
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
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Lesson #
Upstream Boundary
Condition
Type
Action
Type
Action
Review Option
Lesson 1A
1.0
Qm
dC/dx =0
Lesson 1B
Qm=Cs*Qw
1.0
Qm
dC/dx=0
Lesson 1C
Qm=Cs*Qw
1.0
Qm
dC/dx>0
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When setting time steps remember the linear groundwater velocity will
be equal to: v = U/ or 0.1 m/s. Therefore for the advective front to
travel 40 meters will require 400s
7.2.2
One of the most basic methods of measuring the diffusion coefficient in soil is the
single reservoir diffusion test. In this test a reservoir of water is placed overtop of a
saturated soil sample inside a closed cell. The water reservoir is initially spiked
with a chemical of concern to some initial concentration, Co. The concentration
within the reservoir decreases with time as diffusion occurs into the soil sample.
After some time, t, the test is stopped and the concentration profile within the soil
sample is measured, C(z). A back analysis can then be performed to match the
measured concentration with time in the reservoir (CR(t)), and concentration with
depth, C(z), at the end of the test to a simulated result.
An example of this type of test is provided in the following paper:
Rowe, K.R., Caers, C.J., and Barone, F. 1988. Laboratory determination of
diffusion and distribution coefficients of contaminants using undisturbed clayey
soil. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 25, pp. 108-118.
Required:
1. Develop a SEEP/W and CTRAN/W model for the single reservoir
diffusion test shown below.
2. Use Draw Graph to plot up the reservoir concentration with time
and the concentration profile within the sample after 4 days.
3. Compare these simulated results to the measured data shown below.
Given:
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Pickens, J.F. and Lennox, W.C. 1976. Numerical simulation of waste movement in
steady groundwater flow systems. Water Resources Research, 12(2), pp. 171-180.
In this paper the authors produced a sensitivity analyses on the parameter
dispersivity, illustrating how the magnitude of dispersivity in the longitudinal and
transverse directions influences the shape of a contaminant plume.
Required:
1. Develop the SEEPW and CTRANW models of the case presented
by Pickens and Lennox (1976).
2. Use Draw Contours to form the concentration contours for the
following cases:
L = T = 5, 10 or 100 m
L 10 m , T = 0.5 m and L 100 m , T = 5 m
L / L = 20, 5 or 1 with L = always 10 m
Given (for SEEP/W analysis):
Bottom, left and right boundary are zero flux boundaries and top
boundary is a water table boundary (P=0)
Kx=Ky=0.5 m/day
Modeling Hint:
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Figure 7-5 Flow system discretization from Pickens and Lennox (1976) model
Figure 7-6 Head contours from Pickens and Lennox (1976) model
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8.1
Introduction
The figure below presents a schematic diagram of a typical problem where a cover
is placed over a waste material. The cover is comprised of a loose growth medium
material over a compacted material. The objective is to examine the total
infiltration through the bottom of the compacted layer as well as to observe that the
compacted layer degree of saturation remains above 85% in order to mitigate any
diffusion of oxygen through to the waste where it may react with water in the
waste to produce acidic discharge (in the case of mine waste rock).
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The left end boundary is a constant head value equal to 3 meters, which assumes
that there is a water source (such as a lake) to the left of the figure that can provide
unlimited water (if necessary) to maintain this head at the left end of the figure.
The right edge of the figure is assumed to be a zero flow boundary in this case
which may be true if the right end of the waste pile was situated next to a vertical
wall of an excavated open pit mine.
8.1.1
1. Select GeoStudio2004 from the Start Programs menu under the GEOSLOPE folder. If you do not have a full-license mode to select, then
use the viewer mode. The viewer mode will allow you to set up a
problem, but it will not allow you to save or solve the problem.
2. Once GeoStudio has been opened, choose New from the FILE pull
down menu. The following dialogue box will appear:
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3. Highlight the GeoStudio original settings and then select OK. The
following Analysis Selection dialogue box will appear.
4. Once the dialogue box opens, click on the box beside VADOSE/W
and then select OK. You are now in VADOSE/W DEFINE.
It is assumed that you are readily familiar with the fundamentals of the Windows
environment such as using pull-down menus. If you are not, then you will first need to
learn how to navigate within the Windows environment before learning how to use
VADOSE/W. The VADOSE/W tutorial does not provide instructions on the fundamentals
of using Windows. You will have to get this information from other documentation.
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1. Click in the check box beside the Standard toolbar several times to
flash the standard toolbar on and off. Once you have located where
the Standard toolbar is located in the GeoStudio environment, ensure
the check box is selected, then move onto the next toolbar option (i.e.,
Analysis) and repeat the procedure to learn the name and location of
each toolbar within GeoStudio.
Before exiting this dialogue box, ensure the Show ToolTips box has been selected as tool
tips are very helpful when you are learning a new GeoStudio program. The tool tips appear
when the cursor is held over a toolbar icon.
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1. Choose Page from the Set menu. The Set Page dialog box appears.
The Printer Page group box displays the name of the printer selected and the
printing space available on one printer page. This information is presented to help
you define a working area that will print properly.
2. Select mm in the Page Units group box.
3. Type 260 in the Working Area Width edit box. Press the TAB key to
move to the next edit box.
4. Type 200 in the Height edit box.
5. Select OK.
Set the scale
The geometry of the problem is defined in meters. As shown in Figure 8-1, the
physical problem geometry is about 35 m wide and about 18 m high. The lowerleft corner of the problem will be drawn at (0,0). The drawing page extents need to
be larger than the size of the physical problem to allow for a margin around the
drawing, so you set the problem extents to start at x=-10, y=-10 and you set the
scale to be 1:200. With these values entered, the available actual extents of the
page in the x-direction are from -10 to 42 m, and from -10 to 30 m in the y
direction as shown in the figure below.
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1. Choose Scale from the Set menu. The following dialog box appears:
2. Select the kJ, day, meters, degree Celsius units in the Engineering
Units group box.
3. Type the following values in the Problem Extents edit boxes:
Minimum: x: -10 Minimum: y: -10
4. Type 200 in the Horz. 1: edit box, and type 200 in the Vert. 1: edit
box.
5. Select OK.
Since the problem is defined in terms of meters and kN, the unit weight of water
must be 9.807 kN/m3, which is the default value when the engineering dimensions
are defined in meters.
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Since the problem heat units are kJ and the time units days, the latent heat of water
for the phase change from liquid to ice is set as 3.34e+005 kJ/m3 and the phase
change temperature is defaulted to zero Celsius.
Set the grid spacing
A background grid of points is required to assist in drawing the problem. These
points can be "snapped to" when creating the problem geometry in order to create
nodes and elements with exact coordinates. A suitable grid spacing in this example
is 1 meter.
1. Choose Grid from the Set menu. The Set Grid dialog box will appear.
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The grid is displayed in the DEFINE window. As you move the cursor in the
window, the coordinates of the nearest grid point (in engineering units) are
displayed in the status bar.
Save the problem
The problem definition data must be saved in a file. This allows the SOLVE and
CONTOUR functions to obtain the problem definition for solving the problem and
viewing the results.
The data may be saved at any time during a problem definition session. It is good
practice to save the data frequently.
1. Choose Save from the File menu. The following dialog box will
appear.
2. Type a file name in the File Name edit box. For example, type
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3. Select Save. The data will be saved to the file VADOSE Tutorial.gsz.
Once it is saved, the file name is displayed in the DEFINE window
title bar.
The file name may include a drive name and directory path. If you do not include a
path, the file will be saved in the directory name displayed in the Save In box.
All GeoStudio files have a GSZ file name extension. VADOSE/W will add the
extension to the file name if it is not specified. If you have several different
GeoStudio modules, it is likely wise to be descriptive in your file name, i.e., if you
had simply called this VADOSE/W tutorial example TUTORIAL.GSZ and then
completed a SLOPE/W tutorial example, which you also called TUTORIAL.GSZ,
one file would replace the other if they were saved to the same directory.
The next time you choose File Save, the file will be saved without first bringing up
the Save File As dialog box. This is because a file name is already specified.
Sketch axes
Sketching an axis on the drawing facilitates viewing the drawing and interpreting
the drawing after it is printed.
To sketch an axis:
1. Turn on the background grid by choosing Set Grid and checking the
Snap to Grid option or by clicking on the Snap Grid button on the Grid
toolbar. This will re-display the background grid and allow you to
define an evenly-spaced region for the axis.
2. Click on the Zoom Page button in the Zoom toolbar. (If the Zoom
toolbar is not displayed, choose View Toolbars and click on the Zoom
check box). The entire working area is displayed in the DEFINE
window.
3. Choose Axes from the Sketch menu. The following dialog box
appears:
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4. Check the Left Axis, Bottom Axis, and Axis Numbers check boxes in
the Display group box. The Top Axis and Right Axis check boxes
should be unchecked.
This will cause an X-axis to be sketched along the bottom side of the specified
region and a Y axis to be sketched along the left side of the specified region.
5. Type an appropriate title for the bottom X-axis in the Bottom X edit
box.
6. Type an appropriate title for the left Y-axis in the Left Y edit box.
7. Select OK. The cursor will change from an arrow to a cross-hair, and
"Sketch Axes" will be added to the status bar, indicating the mode in
which you are operating.
8. Move the cursor near position (0,0). Hold the left mouse button down,
but do not release it. As you move the mouse, a rectangle appears.
9. "Drag" the mouse near (36,19), and release the left mouse button.
An axis is generated within the region.
After you click on the Zoom Objects button in the Zoom toolbar, your screen
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The View Preferences command allows you to change the font and the size of the
axis numbers. For more information about this command, see View Preferences in
the on line help.
The number of increments along each axis is calculated by VADOSE/W when the
axis is generated. Choose the Set Axes command if you wish to override these
values.
Sketch the problem
In developing a finite element mesh, it is convenient to first prepare a sketch of the
problem dimensions. This sketch is a useful guide for drawing the finite element
mesh and defining the boundary conditions.
1. In the Zoom toolbar, click on the Zoom Page button with the left
mouse button.
The entire working area is displayed in the DEFINE window.
2. Choose Lines from the Sketch menu. The cursor will change from an
arrow to a cross-hair, and the status bar will indicate that "Sketch
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Lines" is the current operating mode. You will be given the option to
draw arrows, thick, or thin lines. Make your selection and theN move
the selection box out of the way so you can sketch your problem
geometry.
3. Using the mouse, move the cursor near position (0,0), as indicated in
the status bar at the bottom of the window, and click the left mouse
button. The cursor snaps to the grid point at (0,). As you move the
mouse, a line is drawn from (0,0) to the new cursor position.
The cursor position (in engineering units) is always displayed in the status bar. It is
updated as you move the cursor with the mouse.
4. Move the cursor near (0,5) and click the left mouse button. The cursor
snaps to (0,5) and a line is drawn from (0,0) to (0,5).
5. Move the cursor near (5,5) and click the left mouse button. A line is
drawn from (0,5) to (5,5).
6. Move the cursor near (29,17) and click the left mouse button. A line is
drawn from (5,5) to (29,17).
7. Move the cursor near (35,17) and click the left mouse button. A line is
drawn from (29,17 to (35,17). Draw another line from (35,17) to
(35,0) and then back to (0,0).
8. Click the right mouse button to finish sketching a line. The cursor will
change from a cross-hair back to an arrow; you are then back in Work
Mode. This is now the outline of the main mesh you will draw over the
region of the waste material. The cover will be meshed separately.
9. In the Zoom Toolbar, click on the Zoom Objects button with the left
mouse button.
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The drawing is enlarged so that the lines you just sketched fill the DEFINE
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If you sketch a line in the wrong position, use the Modify Objects command to move it. For
more information about this command, see the on-line help.
1. Choose Analysis Settings from the KeyIn menu. The following dialog
box appears.
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2. Type in any appropriate text in the Title edit box and the Comments
edit box.
3. Select OK.
This information will be written to all data input and output files.
Specify the analysis settings
This problem is a transient analysis.
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1. Choose Analysis Settings from the KeyIn menu and select the Type
property sheet tab. The following dialog box will appear:
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1. Choose Analysis Settings from the KeyIn menu and select the Control
property sheet tab. The following dialog box will appear:
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You will also use adaptive time stepping in order for the solver to apply less than 1
day steps if necessary.
8. Check the Use Adaptive time step box
9. Enter a maximum % change in Head value of 2.5 and a minimum
applied increment size of 0.04167 days (or 1 hour).
10. Select Calculate from Iteration Count. This will reduce time steps if
convergence takes more iterations and increase time steps if the
solution converges quickly.
11. Select OK when done.
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You will be creating three functions so initially, ensure the function number "1" is
visible.
2. Click the Import... button.
A file open dialogue box will appear and you will have to browse to locate the
folder where the example files shipped with the software or downloaded from the
internet have been stored. In the examples folder will exist a file called GeoStudio
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4. Hold the control key down and select soils number 1, 8 and 18. This
will insert these soils as soils 1, 2 and 3 respectively in your project.
After the soils are imported into your project, the import dialogue will disappear
and you can edit the three imported. You can add a description and also edit any of
the parameters to adjust them to your specific site.
5. To edit the data for soil 1, ensure that soil function 1 is visible in the
following dialogue.
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As you have imported a complete function, you do not have to adjust any curve fit
parameters or saturated water content values. You will have to enter the
description of the material as you would like it to be for your project.
7. Put the cursor in the Description edit box and type Waste Material.
At this point you can view the function in logarithmic mode or arithmetic mode by
selecting the check box at the bottom of the dialogue. It is recommended for all
evaporative flux analysis to view both water content and hydraulic conductivity
functions in Log Suction mode as your functions must be defined over the full
range of possible pressures (as small as minus 1 million kPa or equivalent PSF).
8. Select OK.
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You can now edit the descriptions associated with Soils 2 and 3 in the same
manner
Soil 2: compacted layer
Soil 3: loose surface layer
Hydraulic conductivity functions
In the same way that the above water content functions were imported, you will
now import the hydraulic conductivity functions. You will create a fourth
conductivity function in this example such that the fourth function is identical to
the third function (loose surface layer) but is modified to not have the conductivity
values drop to extreme low values at high negative pressures. This has the effect of
simulating the top couple inches of soil as a loose, cracked, rough surface that can
trap water during infiltration events.
Click Import.
Browse and open the same database file as above and import the hydraulic
conductivity functions for soils 1, 8 and 18 respectively.
You will also have to change the value of the saturated hydraulic conductivity.
This is necessary because the time units of your analysis are "days" but the
saturated conductivity value in the database is in units of "seconds".
3. Select 1 from the pull down function number menu.
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Click Edit.
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All the values in the function will be automatically updated to reflect the new Ksat
value. The correct Ksat in units of meters/day are listed in the Ksat box below for
all soils.
7. Select OK
8. Select 2 from the pull down function number menu. Change the Ksat
of Function #2 to be 1.296E-3 m/day. Select OK.
9. Select 3 from the pull down function number menu. Change the Ksat
of Function #3 to be 8.64 m/day. Select OK.
Now we need to import one last function which will represent the dry, cracked
surface soil. The very top surface soil is the same as the soil below but it has a
different shaped function to reflect the fact there is loose material and cracking
right near the surface.
To create the top layer of the Loose Cover Material
10. Type 4 in the pull down function number menu to create a 4th function.
11. Select Import and import function #18 from the data base file. Once
the function exists in VADOSE. ,modify the Ksat of Function #4 to be
8.64 m/day. Press the TAB key to update the function without closing
the dialogue box.
You will modify the function by deleting data points at the high suction (negative
pressure) range. You will then enter a couple points to smooth out the function as
suctions get higher.
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To remove points, you can either delete them from the list box table by
highlighting them and then clicking Delete or by using the mouse, dragging a
box around the points you want to delete in the graph window and hitting the
Delete key on your keyboard. Delete all points at suctions above 100 and then
manually enter new points (# 11 15) as shown above in the figure. You can enter
the new points in the table or select the node button in the graph view and just
click the location of the new point. The new points are:
This manual creation of the surface 4 inches is somewhat arbitrary. There is a
discussion relating to why this is done in VADOSE/W engineering book.
Defining thermal property functions
VADOSE/W requires that you specify two thermal functions, the volumetric
specific heat function and the thermal conductivity function. These functions can
be user specified or imported and modified from a previous file you have set up
and saved.
In this example problem, the thermal functions will be estimated based on the
hydraulic volumetric water content functions you previously imported from the
database.
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You will create three functions, one for each soil type.
2. Type in 1 for the function number (if not already present).
3. Click Edit. Press the Estimate button in the top right corner of the
dialogue box to access the estimation routine for this function. The
following dialogue appears.
4. Select 1 from the pull down menu beside Vol. W.C. Fn #. This ensures
the volumetric specific function will be estimated using the volumetric
water content function #1.
5. Type in 0.71 in the Mass. Specific Heat edit field.
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The mass specific heat value can be found in the VADOSE/W on-line help by
clicking on the ? in the top right hand corner of the dialogue box. Remember to
select a value that has the same time and heat units as your problem geometry. In
this case, kJ and days.
6. Accept the default water content values. Click OK.
The function points will be displayed. To view the graph, click View.
7. Type Waste Material in the description field.
8. Select OK.
Now enter the volumetric specific heat functions for the compacted and loose
cover materials using water content functions 2 and 3 respectively. You can use
soil mineral specific heat values of 0.8 for the compacted layer and 1.674 for the
loose cover layer in the respective estimation routines.
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2. Enter 1 in the list box and select Edit. The following dialogue appears.
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and the loose cover.
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1. Select Climate Data under the KeyIn menu. The following dialogue
box appears
2. Select New to create an empty data set. The climate data dialogue box
will appear.
3. Click the Import button. Browse to locate the data base file used
earlier to import soil properties. A list of available sites will appear.
4. Scroll through the list to locate Spokane Washington
5. Select OK. All data will enter into the climate dialogue.
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1. Select Vegetation Leaf Area Index from the KeyIn Climate Functions
pull down menu.
2. Choose function # 1 and press the Edit... box.
3. Type Poor Quality Grass in the description field and then press the
Estimate button.
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climate data, the first simulation day was May 1 so the function below shows a
growing season of about 5 months, or mid May to October.
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1. Select Root Depth from the KeyIn Climate Functions pull down menu.
2. Enter 1 in the Function # field
3. Click Edit.
4. Enter the 5 data points as shown in the figure below. Remember to hit
copy after entering in each row of data to write the information up to
the table list.
Once you have a couple of points in the table, you can view the function and graphically
add or edit points with the mouse.
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2. Type 1 in the # edit box to indicate that you are defining Material 1.
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3. Click the down arrow beside the HK-Fn # edit box. A drop-down list
appears, containing the numbers of all defined conductivity functions.
Select 1 from the list.
4. In a similar manner, assign W.C. Fn #1, TK-Fn and S.H. Fn. #1 to the
first material as well.
The K-Ratio is 1.0, and the K-Direction is 0.0. Leave these values unchanged,
since these are the values you will use for this material.
5. Select Copy. The values contained in the edit boxes will be copied
into the list box, creating the material.
6. Repeat the steps for all soils. You will notice that soil number 4 uses
the hydraulic conductivity function 4 which was modified from soil 3.
It also uses the same water content and thermal functions as soil 3.
This is because it is the same soil as soil 3. The only difference is how
the soil behaves in the top few inches as high negative pressures.
7. Select OK to save the material properties.
Generate finite element regions
For this problem, it is adequate to use the transfinite element region option
comprised of four-noded quadrilateral elements in the geometry. You will define
the main soil region to be that of the waste and then use the special Draw Surface
Region Mesh command to put on the soil cover system.
The objective here will be to rough in a region and then add some extra region
points near breaks in the slope so that the sharp corners can be rounded to make a
more natural look. Because we have sketched the problem already, we can
generate the main soil region using the sketch lines as a guide.
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1. Ensure that the Zoom toolbar is displayed. If the Zoom toolbar is not
displayed, choose View Toolbars and click on the Zoom check box.
2. In the Zoom toolbar, click on the Zoom In button with the left mouse
button.
The cursor changes to a magnifying glass with a plus sign and the Zoom In button
appears pushed-in to indicate that you are in a Zooming In mode.
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1. Set the grid spacing to 0.25 instead of 1. This can be done by clicking
the arrows in the Grid toolbar
2. Select Objects from the Modify menu. The modify objects dialogue
box will appear. Move it aside if necessary, but do not close it
3. Zoom in on the area around Region Point #4 at the toe of the slope.
4. Click on region point #4 and holding the mouse button down, drag
region point #4 upwards slightly i.e., one grid space, and release the
mouse.
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5. Click on region point #7 and move it down one grid spacing to round
the crest of the embankment.
The end result should be a mesh like in the following figure. In this figure, the soil
material for the waste material is shaded yellow using the View Preferences
command and selecting Show Element Shading. Region point numbers have also
been turned off.
You can also select and unselect the View Preferences by clicking on the icons in the View
Preferences toolbar. You can learn about each of the icons by placing the cursor over the
icon. A tool tip will appear for a few seconds and a description is displayed on the status
bar at the bottom of the window.
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in geometry.
Generate cover layer elements
Cover layer regions are generated automatically based on the cover geometry
entered by the user in the Draw Surface Regions dialogue.
1. Select Surface Regions from the Draw menu. The mouse cursor will
turn to cross hairs. Draw Surface Regions appears in the status bar at
the bottom of the screen indicating the mode in which you are
currently working.
2. Click the left mouse button on the top left most node in your existing
mesh and then click the right node. A red line will be drawn on the
element edges where a cover will be applied and a cover dialogue box
will appear.
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3. Enter each soil layer number, material number, element divisions, and
layer depth for the surface region as shown in the figure above. After
you enter each row, COPY the data to the list box.
4. When finished select Apply to see what the new cover region will look
like, then OK to exit the dialogue box.
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The cover layers are drawn on to the mesh as shown above. In the above figure, the
element lines and region points and lines have been turned off using the view
preferences options or toolbar buttons. You can also turn off the nodes in the
surface region cover layers you created if it looks cluttered by de-selecting the
View Surface Mesh details button or using the similar command in the View
Preferences dialogue box. It is often more clear if you do not view all the surface
region nodes because they often appear to lie on top of one another. If you choose
to not view surface region nodes, only the nodes that are at the interface between
surface regions will be visible. Any nodes within a surface region will be made not
visible.
Boundary conditions
You will need to specify initial conditions as well as boundary conditions that are
applied as part of the climate transient analysis. Initial conditions are necessary so
the program knows temperature, head and oxygen concentration at every point
prior to marching forward in time.
Initial conditions
Water table
In this example, the initial hydraulic conditions will be specified by drawing a
water table position. The position of the water table allows all nodes below and
above to have a known head condition based on certain assumptions that are
discussed in the VADOSE/W engineering book.
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1. Select Initial Water Table from the Draw menu. A dialogue box will
appear.
2. Type 10 as the maximum negative pressure head. This will apply
negative pressures hydrostatically above the water table to the
maximum negative value of 10 m.
3. Select OK. The dialogue box will disappear and the cursor will change
to a crosshair.
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the mouse to the right to a location near (36,3) and click the mouse
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The initial temperature profile throughout the entire mesh will be 10 C.
1. Select Initial Conditions from the Draw menu. The following dialogue
box appears
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You can choose not to view the initial condition symbol or the initial water table
line using the View Preferences menu or toolbar buttons.
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Gas concentrations
Oxygen gas concentrations can also be specified using the Draw Initial Conditions
command. In this case, you want to assume the concentration is zero throughout
the mesh. Since this is the default value, you do not have to specify it directly.
Boundary conditions
Hydraulic (non climate)
In this model you are assuming there is a source of water at the left side of the
mesh that can maintain a water table elevation at 3m. This means you must apply a
head boundary condition of 3m along part of the left side. You will apply H=3 at
the nodes on the mesh that are equal or less than the water table position. This will
assume there is no lateral flow out of the mesh above the water table at this point,
but it will let water flow out of or into the mesh in the saturated zone below the
water table.
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4. Using the mouse, click and drag a box to encompass all the nodes at or
below an elevation of 3 m on the left vertical side of the mesh.
Alternately, click each node you want to apply the boundary condition
to. You should end up with a mesh that looks like the following figure.
1. Select 1 Spokane WA from the Climate Boundary data set pull down
menu and specify the LAI, RD and PML functions as 1. These are the
three vegetation functions you defined earlier. Note the hydraulic
boundary condition has changed to a unit flux boundary.
2. Ensure you can see the entire profile by using the zoom features in
VADOSE/W or by rolling the scroll ball on your mouse.
3. Click the left mouse button and drag a rectangle to encompass the
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entire profile.
The cover boundary will only be applied to the surface so you do not need to worry
about only selecting surface nodes. This is done automatically. A pink line with
pink triangles will be drawn on the cover nodes that have climate data applied to
them.
When you are finished drawing the boundary conditions, press Done.
Draw flux sections
Two flux sections must be defined for this problem to compute the total liquid and
vapor flow down slope within the cover near the toe and beneath the cover on the
flat portion of the profile.
1. Turn off the grid by choosing Set Grid and un-checking the Snap to
Grid option or by clicking on the Snap Grid button on the Grid toolbar.
(The flux section you draw will not be snapped to a grid point). Use
the ZOOM option to zoom into the toe section of the slope.
2. Display flux sections on the drawing by choosing View Preferences
and checking the Flux Sections check box.
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Choose Flux Sections from the Draw menu. The following dialog box
appears:
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4. Use the default value in the Section Number box. It should be set to 1.
5. Select OK. The cursor will change from an arrow to a cross-hair and
the status bar will indicate that "Draw Flux Sections" is the current
operating mode.
6. Using the mouse, move the cursor near position (-1, 5), and click the
left mouse button. Move the mouse to a position at about (6,5) and
click, then move it up the slope beneath the cover and click again.
While two arrow sections are displayed, this is only a single flux
section (which does not have to be on a straight line as illustrated).
7. Click the right mouse button to finish defining this flux section.
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grid is an important step when defining a flux section.
8. Choose Draw Flux Sections and type 2 in the section number edit box.
9. Draw a second flux section as a vertical section from near the right end
of the first flux section and extending up through the cover.
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Flux data will report instantaneous flux rates and the cumulative flux volume
across this section during the analysis.
Verify the problem
The problem definition should now be verified by VADOSE/W to ensure that the
data has been defined correctly. VADOSE/W will automatically verify your
problem when you press the Solve button but it will not generate a report in this
instance. To manually verify and view and reported warnings or errors you must
do the following:
To manually verify the validity of the data and sort the node and element
numbers:
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Finish DEFINE
The problem definition is now complete. Choose File Save to save VADOSE
Tutorial.GSZ to disk.
A series of engineering books have been written as supporting documentation for each
GeoStudio product. These books are available in PDF format within GeoStudio and a link
can be found on the Start Page. At any time during development or analysis of a simulation
you can gain access to this important resource by clicking on the Show Start Page icon
which appears in the Analysis Toolbar on the left side of the screen in GeoStudio.
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Start solving
To start solving the problem, click on the Start button in the SOLVE window.
A green dot appears between the Start and Stop buttons; the dot flashes while the
computations are in progress. In addition, the when the green dot flashes on, data
in the solve window list box will be updated.
Information about the computations is displayed in a list box in the SOLVE
window while the problem is being solved.
When the problem is started, the above window is modified to include adaptive
time stepping information if adaptive time stepping has been activated as shown
below.
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Information about the Review #, Iteration # and Residual values can be found in
the chapter on Numerical Issues in the VADOSE/W Engineering book.
The Cumulative Volumetric Water Balance is an indication of how well the solve
is proceeding from a water balance perspective. The values are in units of volume
and must be interpreted relative to the entire volume of water applied or removed
through boundary conditions. For example, in the above figure the volume of water
in error is -0.013 meters cubed. This is about 13,000 cubic mm of water,
HOWEVER, at this point in the analysis, over 20 meters cubed or 20,000,000
cubic mm of water has been applied as precipitation to the entire problem. This is
much less than a 1% water balance error relative to precipitation.
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The computations come to a halt when the percentage change in the Residual from
one elevation to the next is less than the specified percentage tolerance. You can
halt the computations manually by clicking the Stop button.
Finish SOLVE
You have now finished solving the problem. Click the Minimize button in the topright corner of the SOLVE window to reduce the window to an icon or choose the
File Exit command to exit from SOLVE.
Graph convergence history
After SOLVE has finished and before you close the solve window, you have a
chance to view the convergence information to check for periods during the
analysis where the maximum number of iterations or seepage review cycles was
obtained. Simply press the Graph button and select the categories you would like
to review.
You have the option of viewing individual time step data or all time steps previous
to the selected time step. In the figure below, all time steps have been selected and
the total number of iterations used by the solver on each time step are displayed. In
the figure, there are several time steps where the maximum of 25 iterations were
reached, however, these would also be the point where the adaptive time step
routine would minimize the time step and repeat it.
The figure below shows what the final solved Residual values were for each time
step. In this figure, only 2 time steps out of hundreds have questionable final
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residual values clearly outside of the allowable tolerance. At this point, the water
balance should be reviewed in CONTOUR to see how significant any error may be
by having these two time steps not properly converged.
More information about using the solve Graph feature is given in the VADOSE/W
engineering book.
8.1.3
The VADOSE/W CONTOUR function allows you to view the results of the
problem analysis graphically by:
To start CONTOUR and automatically load the data file, click on the CONTOUR
button in the Standard toolbar. The CONTOUR window appears.
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Once you are in CONTOUR, a DEFINE button will appear in the Analysis toolbar.
To return to DEFINE, just click on this button
Elevation (m)
CONTOUR automatically opens the data file with data from the last saved time
step. You can choose your own time step by pressing the watch icon and importing
data from one or all time steps.
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The drawing displayed in the CONTOUR window will be drawn according to the
View Preference options selected at the time you exited from the DEFINE
function. You can view different parts of the drawing by choosing Preferences
from the View menu or choosing items on the View Preference toolbar.
Since the nodes and elements do not need to be displayed, choose View
Preferences and uncheck the Nodes and Elements check boxes, and select OK.
Alternatively, uncheck these items on the View Preferences toolbar.
You can select and unselect the View Preferences by clicking on the icons in the View
Preferences toolbar. You can learn about each of the icons by placing the cursor over the
icon. A tool tip will appear for a few seconds and a description is displayed on the status
bar at the bottom of the window.
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In the above figure, additional sketch text items have been drawn to label the
various soil layers. Additionally, the soil properties list has been automatically
added to the view. This list can be added by selecting the Sketch Text option and
pressing the Soil List button. This will populate the list box with the dynamic
sketch text code to make the soil list. You can edit the code manually or use the
defaulted list. Once the list is made, click on the screen at the point you want to
insert the text.
Draw contours
1. Select Contours from the Draw menu. The following dialog box
appears:
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Each contour interval is shaded a different color. You can alter the shading with
the Contour Shading controls in the Draw Contours dialog box. You can try
various Methods, and Start and End Colors to see the effect. After each new
selection, click Apply to see what you get. Finally, click on Cancel to return to the
default shading you created earlier.
Draw the contours values
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Once the data is loaded, press the View Vectors button or go to the Draw Velocity
Vectors menu.
1. Choose Vectors from the Draw menu. The following dialog box
appears:
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VADOSE/W draws a vector in each element, with the end point of the vector at the
center point of the element. The vector represents the average velocity within the
element. The element with the highest velocity has a vector length of 10 mm. All
other vector lengths are directly proportional to this length as a ratio of the average
velocity to the maximum velocity. In the above figure there is an upward flow
though the cover system and then in the near surface layer, a strong uphill flow AT
THIS TIME STEP.
Draw the flux value
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re-click on the label, and the label disappears. If you wish to place the label
elsewhere on the section, click again on a different part of the flux section.
3. Click the right mouse button to finish labeling flux sections.
2.9950e-005 / 2.0375e+000
1.5993e-002 / 1.7724e+000
After you have completed the above steps, your screen should look similar to the
following:
1. Ensure that the portion of the drawing you want printed is displayed in
the window before printing. To display the entire drawing in the
window click on the Zoom Objects button in the Zoom toolbar. (If the
Zoom toolbar is not displayed, choose View Toolbars and click on the
Zoom check box). You can also choose to select a portion of the
drawing for printing by selecting the Print Selection option.
2. Click on the Print button and the following dialog box appears:
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1. Choose Node Information from the View menu. The nodes are
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2. Click on any node to see the results computed at the node. For
example, click on the node at the top-left corner of the mesh. The node
is selected on the drawing, and the information is displayed in the
dialog box:
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3. To see all the information that was computed at the node, scroll
through the list box or drag its size larger to show all information at
the same time.
4. Repeat Steps 2 to 3 for all nodes at which you want to see the
computed results. Select the Copy button if you wish to copy the
information to the Windows Clipboard for importing into other
applications, or select the Print button if you wish to print the
information.
5. Select Done when you are finished displaying information at the
nodes.
The parameters that VADOSE/W computes at the nodes are total head, pressure,
and pressure head. The remaining parameters, such as conductivity and velocity,
are computed at the Gauss regions and projected to the nodes by CONTOUR for
display purposes.
1. Choose Element Information from the View menu. The View Element
Information dialog box is displayed.
2. Click within any element Gauss region to see the results computed at
the element Gauss point. For example, click inside the element Gauss
region at the top-left corner of the mesh. The element Gauss region is
selected on the drawing, and the following information is displayed in
the dialog box:
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3. To see all the information that was computed at the element Gauss
region, scroll through the list box.
4. Repeat Steps 2 to 3 for all elements at which you want to see the
computed results. Select the Copy button if you wish to copy the
information to the Windows Clipboard for importing into other
applications, or select the Print button if you wish to print the
information.
5. Select Done when you are finished displaying the element Gauss
region information.
Plot a graph of the results
A powerful feature of CONTOUR is the ability to generate x-y plots of the
computed results. For instance, in the example problem that you have just
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analyzed, you may wish to plot a graph of the actual transpiration at a position
down slope and a different position up slope.
Prior to graphing, use the View Time Increments menu to import data for all time
step.
1. Choose Graph from the Draw menu. The following dialog box
appears:
2. In the Graph Categories group box, select Surface Nodes from the first
drop-down list box. Next, select Node Cumulative Act. Transpiration
from the "y" type list and select X-Coordinate from the "x" type dropdown list box.
Moving the mouse pointer outside of the dialog box will change the pointer to a
large black pointer indicating you are in a selection mode. This is used to select the
nodes from which to generate the graph
3. You can select individual or multiple nodes to graph data at, or, in the
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case of Surface Nodes, you can drag box around the entire problem to
select all surface nodes. Select all the surface nodes.
4. Click on the Graph button in the Draw Graph dialog box. The
following graph will be displayed.
The actual transpiration near the toe of the slope is more negative than the value
higher on the slope. This is due to the different availability of water at both
locations. You can look at the numerical values at each node with the View Node
Information command.
5. Select File Print from the Graph window menu if you wish to print the
graph on the default printer. Select Edit Copy from the Graph window
menu if you wish to copy the graph to the Windows Clipboard for
importing into other applications.
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6. Select File Close in the Graph Window or click on the X in the upperright hand corner of the Graph Window to close the window.
7. Select Done from the Draw Graph dialog box to finish with the
graphing.
The previous figure shows the computed volumetric water content versus time in
the middle of the compacted layer at the top of the slope (which is where you
would anticipate the most dry conditions). It is clear that the water content drops
to about 20% just prior to winter and this value is about half (or 50%) of the
porosity value which means the 85% saturation requirement is not achieved.
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This figure shows the cumulative total nodal fluxes across the base of the cover as
a function of position at the end of the simulation. It is clear there is a large
negative (downward) flux at the toe of the slope while not as much infiltration up
the slope and at the top of the slope.
The final figure, below, shows the cumulative total flux volumes across all surface
layers over time. The ground surface has a positive value (inflow) while the
negative values at all other layer interfaces indicates a downward flow. The total
flow across the bottom of the compacted layer (layer 3) is about four cubic meters.
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See the Visualization of Results chapter in the Engineering book for a more
complete discussion of the CONTOUR graphing capabilities, since there are other
features of the command that have not been discussed in this section. Information
is also available in the on line help.
You have reached the end of this introductory learning session. You have learned
sufficient concepts to give you a general understanding of the operation and
capability of VADOSE/W. Not all of the powerful features of VADOSE/W have
been used in this learning session, nor have all of the technical details been
discussed about the features that have been used. Details about each command can
be found in the on-line help and in the supporting documentation for VADOSE/W.
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