简介：Thecut-offnegativepressuremethodisoneofeffectiveapproachestosolvetheseepageflowwithfreesurface.Accordingtothecharacteristicsofthismethod,however,ithasbeenfoundoutthatthedeficiencyofthealgorithmsistoeasilycauseinaccuratesimulationinthevicinityoffreesurfaceowingtothepenaltyfunctionwithonlyonecontrollingpenaltyparameter.Therefore,animprovedcut-offpressuremethodwaspresentedbyconstructingpenaltyfunctionwithtwocontrollingpenaltyparameters.Theimprovedalgorithmswereillustratedtobeabletoimprovethesimulationaccuracyandraisetheconvergencespeedthroughconsideringtheeffectsofthepartiallysaturatedorunsaturatedelementsmorereasonablyandcalculatingthenodalexternalforcesmoreaccurately.Finally,theimprovedcut-offnegativepressuremethodwasappliedtothesimulationofunsteadyseepageflowwithfreesurface,andthecorrespondingprogramcodesweredevelopedwithvalidationofsomecases.