GROUNDWATER FLOW FIELDS IN INFINITE SLOPES

This Technical Note presents an analytical description of all posssible groundwater flow fields in infinite slopes. These flow fields may have any spatial orientation and may be affected by hydraulic anisotropy and heterogeneity, but they may produce pore pressures or seepage forces that vary only in the co-ordinate direction normal to the slope surface. An equation is presented that together with its specialized forms define hydraulic gradients and hence determine pore pressure distributions and seepage forces in infinite slopes. The practical ramifications of this equation are discussed.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Thomas Telford Limited

  London,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • Iverson, R M
• Publication Date: 1990-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 139-143
• Serial:
  • GEOTECHNIQUE
  • Volume: 40
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Thomas Telford Limited
  • ISSN: 0016-8505

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anisotropy (Physics); Equations; Flow; Groundwater; Heterogeneity; Hydraulic gradient; Pore pressure; Samples; Seepage; Slopes
• Old TRIS Terms: Anisotropy
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00494147
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1990 12:00AM