ABSTRACT

Richards & Reddy (2007) have indicated that the computational methods for evaluation of piping potential are currently limited. As mentioned above, piping is a phenomenon deeply related with internal erosion. However, soil mechanics, at present, cannot deal with the internal erosion of soils and the transport of eroded soil particles. The objective of this study is to propose the numerical method for analyzing the internal erosion and the transport of eroded soil particles and to verify the applicability of the method in light of the previous experimental studies.