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: Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering Volume 40, Issue 4 Get full access to this article View all available purchase options and get full access to this article. Data Availability Statement Some or all data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

Get full access to this article View all available purchase options and get full access to this article. Data Availability Statement All data, models, and code generated or used during the study appear in the published article. Acknowledgments This research was funded by the KAUST endowment, with additional support by the Clough Endowed Chair at Georgia Tech. G. E. Abelskamp edited earlier versions of the manuscript. We are grateful to the anonymous reviewers for detailed and insightful comments.

Practical Applications This study develops a simplified analytical model to examine how water flow and wave action generate pore pressure and cause deformation in soft, saturated seabeds. Based on Biot’s poroelastic theory, the model demonstrates that asymmetric pore-pressure gradients form around localized bedforms, such as pits. Negative pore pressures tend to concentrate near the pit shoulders, while positive pressures appear near the pit center.