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vxdzdy
Rate of water flow into soil block in
z direction:
vzdxdy
Rate of water flow out of soil block
in x,z directions:
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v x
dx dzdy
vx
x
v z
dz dxdy
z
z
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v x
v z
dx dzdy v z
dz dxdy
v x
x
z
v x dzdy v z dxdy 0
Figure 5.11. Das FGE (2005).
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or
v x v z
0
x
z
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h
vx k xix k x
x
h
v z k z iz k z
z
kx
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2h
x
kz
2h
z
0
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FLOW NETS
FLOW AROUND
SHEET PILE WALL
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FLOW NETS
FLOW AROUND
SHEET PILE WALL
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FLOW NETS
FLOW UNDER AN
IMPERMEABLE
DAM
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q1 q 2 q3 ... q n
Using Darcys Law
(q=vA=kiA)
h3 h4
h1 h2
h2 h3
q k
l3 ...
l1 k
l2 k
l1
l2
l3
Figure 5.14. Das FGE (2005).
Potential Drop
h1 h2 h2 h3 h3 h4 ...
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H
Nd
Where:
H = Head Difference
Nd = Number of Potential Drops
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Equi.
Flow Line
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Equi.
Flow Line
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Equi.
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Wrong
Wrong
Correct!
Unconfined groundwater flow nets on a slope
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Contour map of the piezometric surface near Savannah, Georgia, 1957, showing closed contours
resulting from heavy local groundwater pumping (from Bedient, after USGS Water-Supply Paper 1611).
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FLOW NETS
FLOW AROUND SHEET PILE WALL EXAMPLE
Therefore, flow
through one channel
is:
H
q k
Nd
If Number of Flow
Channels = Nf, then
the total flow for all
channels per unit
length is:
qk
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HN f
Nd
Figure 5.12b. Das FGE (2005).
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FLOW NETS
FLOW AROUND SHEET PILE WALL EXAMPLE
GIVEN:
Flow Net in Figure 5.17.
Nf = 3
Nd = 6
kx=kz=5x10-3 cm/sec
DETERMINE:
a. How high water will
rise in piezometers at
points a, b, c, and d.
b. Rate of seepage
through flow channel
II.
c. Total rate of seepage.
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FLOW NETS
FLOW AROUND SHEET PILE WALL EXAMPLE
SOLUTION:
H
Potential Drop =
Nd
(5m 1.67 m)
0.56m
6
At Pt a:
Water in standpipe =
(5m 1x0.56m) = 4.44m
At Pt b:
Water in standpipe =
(5m 2x0.56m) = 3.88m
At Pts c and d:
Water in standpipe =
(5m 5x0.56m) = 2.20m
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FLOW NETS
FLOW AROUND SHEET PILE WALL EXAMPLE
SOLUTION:
H
q k
Nd
k = 5x10-3 cm/sec
k = 5x10-5 m/sec
q = (5x10-5 m/sec)(0.56m)
q = 2.8x10-5 m3/sec/m
qk
HN f
Nd
qN f
q = (2.8x10-5 m3/sec/m) * 3
q = 8.4x10-5 m3/sec/m
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