Introduction

Many studies have shown that an understanding of pore-water pressure distributions within a landscape is required when conducting slope stability analyses. Generally, these analyses are conducted using simple two-dimensional, homogeneous and isotropic assumptions. Rulon and Freeze (1985) conducted a laboratory experiment of a layered sandbox with multiple seepage faces to gain a better understanding of the pore-water pressure distributions and their influence on slope stability analyses.

The objective of this example is to demonstrate the use of SEEP/W to simulate these layered slope systems in order to understand the pore-water pressure distributions, as observed in the laboratory and numerical analyses completed by Rulon and Freeze (1985).