2019 Volume 75 Issue 2 Pages I_229-I_234
A simple method to deal with unsaturated soil for the volume-of-fluid (VOF) method was proposed and incorporated into a VOF-based numerical model, FS3M. Furthermore, the FS3M was improved to compute unsaturated seepage flow more accurately. From comparison with experimental data, the predictive capability of the improved FS3M was demonstrated for unsaturated seepage in a dike and overflow-induced erosion of an unsaturated dike. This suggested the usefulness of the improved FS3M in assessing such phenomena related to unsaturated soil.
