MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION OF HUMIDIFICATION OF EARTH ON A SLOPE AND CALCULATION OF ITS SAFETY FACTOR

This paper presents a mathematical model of the simultaneous processes of moisture, heat, and salt transfer in a porous medium, as well as a pattern of calculation of earth stability on a slope depending on the above factors and nonlinear dependences on them of the strength characteristics of the earth. The corresponding boundary-value problem has been solved by the method of radial basis functions. A comparison has been made between the results of numerical experiments showing the relationship between the change in the value of the safety factor and the position of the slip curve depending on the heat, salt, and moisture transfer
   
Author:  T. V. Kutya and P. N. Martynyuk
Keywords:  mathematical model, boundary-value problem, heat, moisture, and mass transfer, safety factor, slip surface, adhesion, angle of internal friction, method of radial basis functions
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