Assessment of the slope influence on the pressure collecting drainage pipelines characteris-tics

Abstract

A methodology for assessing the influence of the error value, which is included in the calculations of pressure drainage pipelines in the case of a groundwater surface slope, is proposed in the paper. It is based on the previously obtained solutions of the system of differential equations describing the liquid movement with variable flow rate in pressure drainage pipelines that operate at the horizontal level of the groundwater surface. The analysis is presented in dimensionless form. The influence of the groundwater level slope on the calculation results is estimated using the value of the relative flow variation in the end section of the collector and the generalized parameter of the collector drain A, which takes into account its design and filtration characteristics. The obtained calculation formulas are quite simple and easy to use. The proposed method allows to determine the limits within which simplified dependencies for the calculation of drainage pipelines can be used, which are recommended for use at the horizontal groundwater level on the land reclamation site. At the same time, the error introduced into the calculations as a result of the adopted simplification is immediately determined. Corresponding graphs are presented in the paper to illustrate the obtained dependencies.