2-D steady seepage flow model to simulate the contaminates transportation through homogeneous earth dam using Geo–Studio software

Abstract

Geo-Studio program is used in this study with its sub-programs named SEEP/W and CTRAN/W 2012 to represent and analyse the phreatic line, the amount of seepage through the dam, the pressure head, the discharge, the total head and the amount of contaminants that transport through the body of the dam. The problem of transportation of contaminants through homogeneous earth dam due to seepage flow was studied and simulated using the computational fluid dynamic technique with the help of Geo–slope programs. The paper also studied the prediction of future contaminants’ levels in the specified dam. The study also discusses the effect of pool water level fluctuation from maximum to a minimum level on the seepage flow and the time of pollution transmission. From the Geo-studio software, it is deduced that when the water level is at the maximum height (20m), it needs 12 days, at normal height (15m) it needs 30 days, while at a minimum height (8 m) it needs 100 days to reach the drain zone.

Application of X-ray computed tomography in soil and plant -a review

“…Yet, these methods do not generate information on the distribution of pores greater than 300 μm in diameter and also these methods are limited to the applied matric potentials. Classical micromorphology can produce 2D true-scale images of the porosity of undisturbed soils but a recurrent dearth of synchronization of both sampling and analyses amongst the numerous experts working on the same site at different scales and conflicting results may be difficult to resolve and less progress has been made in image analysis techniques (Sadiq et al, 2020). Different methods are used to measure soil hydraulic conductivity (HC) (K-value) in the field and laboratory.…”