Predicting internal erosion in dams using real-time coupled experiments

内部侵蚀导致全球近一半的堤坝破坏。该项目旨在发展一种基于力学的内部侵蚀的理解，以克服现有的经验方法的局限性，不捕捉潜在的物理。通过创新性地将计算和物理实验实时结合起来，该项目有望产生新的见解，确定导致内部侵蚀开始和持续的因素。该项目的预期成果是能够预测内部侵蚀过程的概率框架。这将大大加强侵蚀控制措施的设计并为之提供信息，并为堤坝提供全面的风险评估。

Internal erosion causes nearly half of embankment dam failures globally. This project aims to develop a mechanics-based understanding of internal erosion to overcome the limitations of existing empirical approaches that do not capture the underlying physics. By innovatively coupling computational and physical experiments in real-time, this project expects to generate new insights that identify the factors leading to the initiation and continuation of internal erosion. The expected outcome of this project is a probabilistic framework able to predict the internal erosion process. This should significantly enhance and inform the design of erosion control measures and provide a holistic risk assessment for embankment dams.