Basic HTML Version
40
Geotechnical News • December 2012
www.geotechnicalnews.com
GROUNDWATER
• Lesser number of equations means
less time needed for calculation,
• Less time needed for calculation
means that employee productivity
is increased.
References
Akin, J.E. (2005). Finite Element
Analysis with Error Estimators -
An Introduction to the FEM and
Adaptive Error Analysis for Engi-
neering Students, Elsevier
Chapuis, R.P. (2012). Influence of
element size in numerical studies
of seepage: Small-scale details,
Geotechnical News, March 2012
Fredlund, M. D., (2012). SVFlux
User’s Manual, SoilVision
Systems Ltd., Saskatoon, SK.,
Canada.
Oberkampf, W.L., Blottner, F.G.,
Aeschliman, D.P. (1995). Meth-
odology for computational fluid
dynamics code verification/vali-
dation. Proceedings of the AIAA
Fluid Dynamics Conference, San
Diego, California, 19-22 June
1995, paper 95-2226.
Reddy, J.N. 2006. An Introduction
to the Finite Element Method,
McGraw-Hill
Roache P.J. 2009. Fundamentals of
verification and validation. Her-
mosa Publishers, Socorro, New
Mexico.
Zienkiewicz, O.C., Taylor, R.L., Zhu,
J.Z. (2005) The Finite Element
Method: Its Basis and Fundamen-
tals, Elsevier
Igor Petrovic
Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering,
University of Zagreb, Croatia
Murray Fredlund
SoilVision Systems Ltd.,
640 Broadway Avenue, Suite 202
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
T: 306-477-3324, F: 306-955-4575
E: murray@soilvision.com