The Impact of Agriculture Drainage Reconstruction on Ground Water Recession Close to the Subgrade

Good drainage is the most important design consideration for a road, both to miniaturize road maintenance costs and maximize the time the road is operational. The lack of good drainage led to the structural damages and costly repairs. Many of roads are built in intensively drained agricultural land. The effective way to drain subgrades is reconstruction of existing agricultural drainage. The impact of cross-subsurface drainage system on water level fluctuation was measured using Plane geofiltration mathematical model, one of 3D geofiltration modelling programs. The hydraulic permeability characteristics were determined in field of Pikeliai, close to local road in Kėdainiai district, Lithuania. This object is composed of clay and loamy soils. Subsurface cross drains trenches spacing of 20 m, 30 m and 40 m were simulated. The hydraulic permeability of cross drain trenches and lateral trenches modelled was from 0.006 m/a day to 6 m/a day. The simulation of cross drains trenches showed that the most effective distance between them are 20 m. The highest water depression occurs when the permeability of cross drain trenches and lateral trenches is ~ 6 m/day, at the distance of 20 m. The water recession is 20 cm lower compared to the drainage systems without cross drains trenches. By installing cross drains trenches every 30 m, water recession is 10 cm lower when the trench permeability is about 6 m/day. When increasing the distance between the cross drains up to 40 m their influence disappears.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3846/bjrbe.2015.29
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2015 Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) Press Technika.
• Authors:
  • Vaiciukynas, Vilimantas
  • Vaikasas, Saulius
  • Sivilevicius, Henrikas
  • Grinys, Audrius
• Publication Date: 2015

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 230-238
• Serial:
  • Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
  • ISSN: 1822-427X
  • EISSN: 1822-4288
  • Serial URL: https://bjrbe-journals.rtu.lv/index
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drainage; Highway design; Permeability; Road construction; Subgrade materials; Trenches
• Geographic Terms: Lithuania; Pikeliai (Lithuania)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Pavements; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01582202
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 25 2015 11:24AM