University of Tehran Press Iranian Journal of Soil and Water Research 2008-479X 47 2 2016 07 22 Accuracy of SEEP/W model in predicting seepage line and flow rate through lengthy coarse ‎porous medium Accuracy of SEEP/W model in predicting seepage line and flow rate through lengthy coarse ‎porous medium 355 362 58340 10.22059/ijswr.2016.58340 FA Eshagh Ansari 0009-0000-6246-9080 Mohammad Sedghi Asl 0000-0002-9159-251X Mansour Parvizi Journal Article 2014 07 06 In this paper, subsurface water profiles through coarse porous medium are investigated ‎numerically and then are compared with experimental data. Numerical simulations have been ‎conducted using SEEP/W model which is based on the finite element method. Laboratory model of ‎the porous medium has 6.4m length, 0.8m width and 1m height. Crushed materials were used as ‎porous media. Modeling scenarios were conducted for different values of flow discharges and ‎three bed slopes of 0, 4 and 20.3 % and then flow profiles and discharges were computed and ‎compared with those provided form experimental. The results indicated that application of ‎SEEP/W model for simulating flow properties through coarse materials and rockfill structures do ‎not always present satisfactory outputs, wherein in most cases specifically in low slopes ‎underestimated subsurface water profiles ( seepage line) compared to observed profiles. Also ‎computed flow discharge give a different behavior depend on bed slope and kind of materials. The ‎results of numerical model showed a good agreement in steep slope comparing to low slopes. ‎ In this paper, subsurface water profiles through coarse porous medium are investigated ‎numerically and then are compared with experimental data. Numerical simulations have been ‎conducted using SEEP/W model which is based on the finite element method. Laboratory model of ‎the porous medium has 6.4m length, 0.8m width and 1m height. Crushed materials were used as ‎porous media. Modeling scenarios were conducted for different values of flow discharges and ‎three bed slopes of 0, 4 and 20.3 % and then flow profiles and discharges were computed and ‎compared with those provided form experimental. The results indicated that application of ‎SEEP/W model for simulating flow properties through coarse materials and rockfill structures do ‎not always present satisfactory outputs, wherein in most cases specifically in low slopes ‎underestimated subsurface water profiles ( seepage line) compared to observed profiles. Also ‎computed flow discharge give a different behavior depend on bed slope and kind of materials. The ‎results of numerical model showed a good agreement in steep slope comparing to low slopes. ‎ https://ijswr.ut.ac.ir/article_58340_304eca22d1d07b32f88c877ad055b1ad.pdf