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Consolidation Coefficient
If the theory of consolidation, presented in the previous chapters, were a perfect description of…
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Flow Towards Wells
For the theoretical analysis of groundwater flow several computational methods are available, analytical or numerical.…
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Flow under a structure
As an example the flow under a structure will be considered, see Figure10.2. In this…
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Flow Net
Potential and stream function Two dimensional groundwater flow through a homogeneous soil can often be…
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Floatation of a pipe
The second example is concerned with a pipeline in the bottom of the sea (or…
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A concrete floor under water
As a first example a concrete floor of an excavation is considered. Such structures are…
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Floatation
In the previous chapter it has been seen that under certain conditions the effective stresses…
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Permeability
Permeability test In the previous chapter Darcy’s law for the flow of a fluid through…
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Groundwater flow
The hydrostatic distribution of pore pressures is valid when the groundwater is at rest. When…
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Darcy’s Law
Hydrostatics As already mentioned in earlier chapters, the stress distribution in groundwater at rest follows…