Constant Head: For Water To Move
Constant Head: For Water To Move
constant head
0.4 m
0.21 m
FINE SAND K=0.01cm/s
0.63 m
6 cm
0.75 cm
fluid elevation is
higher
This car is
uphill
Etotal = P + gz +
1 2
v
2
Eunit mass
v2
= + gz +
2
P
Eunit mass
v2
= + gz + = const ant
2
P
Steady Flow?
Not changing with time
Laminar Flow?
Reynolds number reflects flow regime
R < 100 laminar
R > 1000 turbulent
Between 100 to 1000 transitional
R=
Frictionless Flow?
Real fluids are viscous (they require energy to overcome friction loss)
Incompressible Fluid?
Real fluids are compressible (their density changes with pressure)
v2
+ gz + = const ant
units
P
v2
+z+
= hydraulic head
g
2g
units of
length
M 2
T2
L
M
L3
L
M 2
T2
L
L M
T 2 L3
Weight
2
+ L L+ L
T2
T2
2
L L L
+ T2 + T2
L
L
2
T
T2
P
+ z = hydraulic head
g
hydraulic head =
P
+z
g
P = gh p
hp =
P
g
hydraulic
y
head = h p + z
a pipe
i that
th t
is open at
the ends
If the density
were 10%
greater at one
g
well, would hp
increase or
decrease to
reflect an
equivalent
hydraulic
head?
hp
Hydraulic
head h
head,
h, at
location
x,y,z is
z
0
h = hp + z
hp
hp hp
hp
z
z
0
datum
dry
hp hp
hp
z
z
z
0
datum
force potential = =
+ gz
and P = gh p
so
gh p
+ gz = gh p + gz = g(h p + z )
andd total
t t l hydraulic
h d li head
h d h = hp + z
so = gh
thus and h are related by a constant
10ft
0ft
Plan view Head map
7ft 8ft
9ft
It may be multi-dimensional
10,390
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
20,000 ft
~4 miles
10,000 ft thickness
horizontal gradient
i = 390ft/20000ft ~0.02
static conditions
Pressure head
21.2 inches
Total head
17 5 inches
17.5
Total head
10.8 inches
Pressure head
15.5 inches
Elevation
3.8 inches
d t
datum
Pressure head
15.8 inches
Elevation
2 inches
Elevation
-5 inches
h h1
VDarcy = K 2
constant of proportionality
(hydraulic conductivity if water)
= Ki
hydraulic gradient, i
in direction of flow
OTHER NAMES:
Darcy Velocity or Specific discharge LT-1
(i.e. discharge per unit area, although sometimes multiplied by
thickness to express as discharge per unit width as L2T-1 )
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VDarcy =
Q
A
VInterstitial =
Q
V
VD
= D =
A e e effective
ff i porosity
i
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Aquifer
permits appreciable amounts of groundwater to
pass under normal field conditions (passes
economic quantities of water)
Aquitard
Low hydraulic conductivity does not pass
significant
g
amounts of water but may
y store water
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MEASUREMENT OF K
FIELD TESTS - AQUIFER TESTS
LABORATORY - PERMEAMETERS
problems
not representative large rock mass
disturbed samples
orientation of sample
often knowing K to an order of magnitude is
satisfactory and may be all that is obtainable within
temporal and financial constraints
GAL
day
ft 2
1 GAL
1 ft 3
ft
cm
day
~ 0.13
~ 3.5 x10 5
2
ft
7.48GAL
sec
day
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GAL
day
ft
1ft
1ft
b(ft)
1 GAL
2
1 ft 3
ft 2
day
7 cm
~ 0.13
~ 1x10
ft 7.48GAL
sec
day
1ft
Very important
T = Kb
Transmissivity =
Hydraulic Conductivity * Aquifer Thickness
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K
hydraulic conductivity
applies to a material only for water passing
through it, and at that,
water
t off particular
ti l temp
t
& pressure (i.e.
i viscosity)
i
it )
-1
units of LT
e.g. cm sec-1
k
intrinsic permeability
p
y
a characteristic of the medium
independent of the fluid
units of L2
e.g. cm2
k
intrinsic permeability
L M
K T LT 2
:
:L
k=
M
L
g
L3 T 2
= dynamic viscosity :
= density :
M
LT
M
L3
g = acceleration of gravity :
L
T2
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k
intrinsic permeability
may be expressed in darcies
1 darcy is
the permeability that will lead to a specific discharge, q,
of 1cm/sec for a fluid with a viscosity of 1 centipoise
under a hydraulic gradient that makes the term:
g dh 1atm
=
dl cm
q=
k g dh
dl
q=
k g dh
dl
Recall Viscosity?
Viscosity - resistance of a fluid to flow
(i.e. resistance to: pouring, deforming under shear stress, layers moving past each other)
dynamic viscosity is the tangential force
f
per unit area required to move one horizontal plane
with respect to the other at unit velocity when maintained a unit distance apart by the fluid)
dynamic viscosity units: N s m-2 or Pa s or kgm-1s-1 note:1Pa-s=1N s m-2=1kg m s-1
or: gcm-1s-1 or dyne s cm-2 or poise note: 1poise = 1gcm-1s-1 = 1dyne s cm-2 = 0.1Pa-s
dynamic viscosity of water at 68.4oF (20.2oC) is 1centipoise
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q=
k g dh k intrinsic permeability
by definition :
1cm
1darcy 1atm
=
sec 1centipoise cm
1cm 1centipoise cm
= 1darcy
sec
1atm
0.01g
1centipoise =
cm sec
1.01325 x10 6 g
1atm =
cm sec 2
0.01g
cm
1cm cm sec
cm g cm cm sec 2
= 9.869 x10 9
= 1x10 8 cm 2
darcy =
6
2
1
.
01325
10
x
g
sec
cm sec g
cm sec 2
K=
kg
1g 980cm
cm3 sec 2
1.01x10 2 g
cm sec
9.869 x10 9 cm 2
= 9.6 x10 4 cm 2
g cm cm sec
cm
= 1x10 3
3
2
g
sec
cm sec
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VD = K
dh
dl
or
Q = KiA
REV
Sample size
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V = L1
dh
dT
dC
dV
L2
L3
L4
dl
dl
dl
dl
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