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Numerical simulation of the land subsidence induced by groundwater mining

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Land subsidence has become a widespread engineering geological problem, which can quickly induce many derived disasters. Over-exploitation of groundwater is one of the main factors of urban land subsidence. There is severe land subsidence in Jining, mainly induced by groundwater over-extraction. Therefore, the numerical simulation method is used in this paper to analyze and predict the law of land subsidence in Jining. Combined with the engineering geological and hydrogeological conditions of Jining City, a three-dimensional fluid–solid coupling model of land subsidence was established by using COMSOL software. The numerical results were verified using site monitoring data. The article predicts the land subsidence in the study area in 2030. In 2030, the maximum land subsidence is 224 mm. And this paper analyzes the land subsidence pattern under different groundwater extraction amounts. The results show that the land subsidence in the study area is effectively alleviated under the condition of reducing water extraction by 30%. It provides a basis for preventing and controlling land subsidence in Jining city. It is proved that land subsidence caused by groundwater extraction positively correlates with the pumping time and amount of water pumped.

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The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are not publicly available due to urban land subsidence data confidentiality. Still, they are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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Acknowledgements

Research in this paper is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Numbers 41877239, 51379112, 51422904, 40902084, and 41772298), Fundamental Research Fund of Shandong University (Grant Number 2018JC044), and the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Grant Numbers JQ201513 and 2019GSF111028).

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Chen, H., Xue, Y. & Qiu, D. Numerical simulation of the land subsidence induced by groundwater mining. Cluster Comput 26, 3647–3656 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10586-022-03771-4

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