<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article presents the results of numerical calculations of drainage of a large engineering construction - “Afrykarium” in Wrocław ZOO, Poland, based on a 2D numerical model for seepage flow. In the numerical simulations the real (natural) hydrogeological conditions, water-courses, surface reservoirs and time dependent seepage flow (during drainage) are taken into account. The aim of numerical calculations was to determine quantities (draining time, number of wells, spacing and arrangement of wells, flows for every well, and hydraulic head map) necessary to design an effective drainage system of construction site. The mathematical model adopted to illustrate and predict groundwater depression during pumping was the Boussinesq equation for unsteady 2D flow.</p></abstract>

This article presents the results of numerical calculations of drainage of a large engineering construction - “Afrykarium” in Wrocław ZOO, Poland, based on a 2D numerical model for seepage flow. In the numerical simulations the real (natural) hydrogeological conditions, water-courses, surface reservoirs and time dependent seepage flow (during drainage) are taken into account. The aim of numerical calculations was to determine quantities (draining time, number of wells, spacing and arrangement of wells, flows for every well, and hydraulic head map) necessary to design an effective drainage system of construction site. The mathematical model adopted to illustrate and predict groundwater depression during pumping was the Boussinesq equation for unsteady 2D flow.

NUMERICAL MODELING OF VERTICAL WELLS IN UNSTEADY GROUNDWATER FLOW CONDITIONS

Institute of Geotechnics and Hydrotechnics, Wrocław University of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

Institute of Geotechnics and Hydrotechnics, Wrocław University of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław

KGHM CUPRUM Ltd. Research and Development Centre, ul. Gen. Wł. Sikorskiego 2–8, 53-659 Wrocław, Poland

Studia Geotechnica et Mechanica

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This article presents the results of numerical calculations of drainage of a large engineering construction - “Afrykarium” in Wrocław ZOO, Poland, based on a...

NUMERICAL MODELING OF VERTICAL WELLS IN UNSTEADY GROUNDWATER FLOW CONDITIONS

Publié en ligne: 14 févr. 2014

Pages: 83 - 96

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sgem-2013-0025

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