Seepage Through Earth Dam: January 2013
Seepage Through Earth Dam: January 2013
Seepage Through Earth Dam: January 2013
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Abstract: Seepage through homogeneous and non-homogeneous earth dams includes saturated and un-saturated
flow. Unsaturated flow usually is ignored in earth dam but It should be considered in order to compute the position
of the water table and seepage face that may develop either on the downstream slope of the homogeneous earth dam
or within the filter layer behind the core of a homogeneous earth. Different homogeneous earths with heights of 5,
10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 m have been analyzed numerically with a two-dimensional finite element code. A simplified
method is presented to estimate the seepage rate through homogeneous earth dam with vertical drainage and by
considering the saturated and unsaturated flow under steady-state conditions.
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product of height (∆h) and width. We compute ∆h/L conductivity pressure. The software itself has the
equation in order to obtain an equivalent average hydraulic conductivity pressure functions and
gradient. So it will be a function of ∆h2/L. According detention coefficient for the 24 soil cases. These
to figure (1) ∆h is the upstream water elevation, L is functions were obtained by lab experiments. Also
the measured horizontal distance between the nearest these functions can be changed or reformed. Figure 3
vertical drainage point and intersection point of represents the hydraulic coefficient functions which
upstream water elevation and upstream surface, Q is have been investigated. By providing the seepage
the discharge through the earth dam and K is the discharge 120 cases by seep/w software and having
hydraulic conductivity coefficient of the earth dam. the ksat, upstream water elevation (∆h), horizontal
distance of phreatic surface (L), we compute the ∆h 2
/L and Q/Ksat for each case. According to the figures
3 and 4 by allocating the X axis to ∆h2 /L and Y axis
to Q/Ksat, the graph for dams with different heights
can be gained.
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Corresponding Author:
Mr. Abolfazl Nazari Giglou
Department of Civil Engineering
Parsabad Moghan Branch, Islamic Azad University,
Parsabad Moghan, Iran
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