...Jinfeng Bi; Hong Jiang Underwater tunnels are often subject to groundwater infiltration, which can pose risks both to the tunnel's safety and the groundwater environment. Analytical solutions are commonly used to estimate the rate of water infiltration in tunnels. However, there is a lack...

..., provided the original work is properly cited. capillary properties environmental engineering geotechnical engineering groundwater landslides numerical methods partial saturation slopes suction Shallow landslides pose a serious hazard to human lives and infrastructures, not only...

... settlement. Based on the numerical simulations of D-wall deformation and groundwater change, in this case, the ground settlement within the area extending two times the depth of unloading (two times the depth of dewatering, 2H_d) from the excavation was found to be caused by both...

... wall designs through trade-offs among various parameters such as target diameter, column spacing and number of rows. 07 10 2017 15 06 2018 © 2018 Thomas Telford Ltd 2018 cut-off walls and barriers groundwater grouting seepage statistical analysis Cut-off walls...

...) , the total form factor for the system given by case 1 can easily be back-figured using its fundamental definition given by 17 08 2017 13 03 2018 © 2018 Thomas Telford Ltd 2018 embankments finite-element modelling groundwater seepage The analysis of seepage beneath water...

...; τ, shear stress; γ, shear strain; PT is the phase transformation surface) (after Elgamal et al., 2003) 01 05 2015 08 10 2015 © 2016 Thomas Telford Ltd 2016 dynamics groundwater numerical modelling permeability seepage Given that there are small...

... values constitutive relations groundwater partial saturation pore pressures seepage suction Understanding water retention in soils is essential for many applications in agriculture and engineering, from irrigation to groundwater pumping, from the design of superficial foundations...

... of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada. 3 9 2014 19 12 2014 © 2015 Thomas Telford Ltd 2015 groundwater laboratory tests numerical modelling permeability Measurement of permeability characteristics of low-permeability materials...

... κ, derived by Muskat (1937), is shown in equation (2) related to Darcy's coefficient of permeability k by the following expression k = κ γ μ = κ ρ g μ ( 2 ) centrifuge modelling clays groundwater landfills permeability Low-permeability soil...

...). In the present research, the main goal is to compute the passive earth pressure behind a sheet-pile wall, supporting a granular soil, in presence of a groundwater flow. The procedure is based on the general solution of plasticity problems in soil mechanics under body forces resulting from the soil weight...

... for each DP borehole. The probe can be coupled with a conventional boring rod with a 40·5 mm nominal diameter (Japanese Industrial Standard). A vacuum pump at ground level was used to pump groundwater through the intake screen. The flow rate was measured using an electrical flow meter, also placed...

..., where γ_w is the unit weight of water and h_w is the height of the groundwater level with respect to the failure surface); and u(t) indicates the changes in pore pressure with time occurring at the failure surface owing to changes in the hydraulic...

..., suivies d'une liquéfaction. La communication décrit en premier lieu la formulation et le système numérique, et présente ensuite des simulations bidimensionnelles pour la validation du système. groundwater liquefaction numerical modelling pore pressures The discrete-element method (DEM...

...J.J. NADER The present analysis takes into account the acceleration term in the differential equation of motion to obtain exact dynamic solutions concerning the groundwater flow towards a well in a confined aquifer. The results show that the error contained in the traditional quasi-static solution...

... la force axiale, le moment de flexion et les déplacements de puits, pour des puits supportés et non supportés. constitutive relations deformation groundwater permeability sands shear strength stress analysis water flow Methane hydrate, which is one form of gas hydrate...

...M.A. BEVAN; W. POWRIE; T.O.L. ROBERTS Large-scale anisotropy and inhomogeneities resulting from the presence of fissures, fractures and high-permeability zones can have a major impact on local groundwater flows, and affect significantly the performance of a construction dewatering system...

... pressions d'eau interstitielles sur les tunnels existants. Il s'agit de méthodes indirectes et non destructives, représentant une pratique à la fois pratique et simple d'évaluer la pression interstitielle résiduelle sur le revêtement. groundwater numerical modelling pore pressure tunnels...

...J. S. Dickinson; N. Buik; M. C. Matthews; A. Snijders Aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) systems provide a method of improving the performance of more commonly installed mono-direction groundwater heating and cooling systems. Rather than using the prevailing temperature of the abstracted...

...M. Preene; W. Powrie Ground energy systems use the ground and groundwater beneath a site as a heat source or sink to reduce energy costs and improve the environmental performance of buildings. The design and performance of the ground element of these systems (boreholes and ground loops...

...R. Praveen Kumar; G. R. Dodagoudar contaminated material environmental engineering groundwater numerical modelling Numerical modelling of contaminant transport through saturated and unsaturated porous media is widely accepted by geoenvironmental engineers. Many numerical techniques...