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A method recently proposed for the computational modeling of backward erosion piping is applied for the numerical back-analysis of some pioneering experimental tests on physical models of cofferdams performed by Marsland (1953).
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Research supported by GDRI GeoMech, GIS VOR 2012, LTDS 2012, PRIN 2010–2011 (2010BFXRHS\(_{-}\)004) and DiBT “Computational modeling of erosion” projects. The first author was supported by one PhD fellowship funded by University of Rome “Tor Vergata” and by a VINCI mobility program for PhD in co-tutorship (Université Franco-Italienne). The research also benefited from several invitations of C. Callari at École Centrale de Lyon - LTDS. G. Imperatrice and S. Gargano were actively involved in the preliminary phase of the research, during the preparation of their M.Sc. thesis at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”.
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Rotunno, A.F., Callari, C., Froiio, F. (2019). A Numerical Approach for the Analysis of Piping Erosion in Hydraulic Works. In: Bonelli, S., Jommi, C., Sterpi, D. (eds) Internal Erosion in Earthdams, Dikes and Levees. EWG-IE 2018. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering , vol 17. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99423-9_15
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