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Lecture 13
Lecture 13
Lecture 13
Well points
Army TM 5-818-5
Single Stage Well Point System
Caltrans
Typical Well Point System
Johnson (1975)
Applicability of Dewatering Systems
Army TM 5-818-5
Permanent Groundwater Control
System
Army TM 5-818-5
Buoyancy Effects on Underground
Structure
Army TM 5-818-5
Settlement of Adjacent Structures
H 'vo
C c log
1 e0 'vo
h w
Army TM 5-818-5
Sand Drains for Dewatering A Slope
Army TM 5-818-5
Design Input Parameters
Q
Original GWL
Phreatic level s
Phreatic level
before pumping hs after pumping
H
y
hw h0
Impermeable layer
Q
k H 2 h 2w 1.366k
H 2 h 2w y h
2 2Q lnr / r0
lnR / r0 logR / r0 k
w
Height of Free Discharge Surface
CH h 0
hs
H
Sichardt (1928)
L C ' H hw k
Well 1
Forchheimer (1930)
Point P
k H 2 y 2 Well 2 x1
Q
ln L (1 / n) ln x1 x2 ...xn x2 x3
Well 3
k H 2 y 2 Eq.1
Q a
ln L ln a
Spacing of Deep Wells
Carson (1961)
Head vs. Discharge for Pump
Carson (1961)
Bottom Stability of Excavation
k H 2 y 2
Q
ln L ln a
Here H= 12m, y=10m, L =189.73 and a= 7.8m
k 12 2 10 2
Q = 0.0433 m3/s
ln189.73 ln 7.8
Expression for yield from a single well is given by
Now n=5,
x1=10m, x2=10m, x3=10m, x4=10m and x5 =10m
= 0.058m3/s .
Hence five number of pumps will be able to cater to the
discharge with adequate margin of safety.
Concluding remarks