Abstract:The earth-rockfill dam body can easily generate seepage when water level is below the dam. To study the influence of the dam body reinforcement on the seepage pressure, a finite element numerical simulation was conducted based on an actual reservoir, under three cases of an earth-rockfill dam before and after reinforcement. Seepage gradients, the discharge per unit width, and quasi drift were obtained. The research results show that the safety factors of upstream slope under the three cases after reinforcement significantly increased, and the discharge per unit width can reach 0.636 m3/d, which is far greater than the standard value.