Land Subsidence Prediction by Back Calculation Method and its Effects on Sewage Network

Document Type : Technical Note

Authors

1 Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, BahonarUniversity, Kerman

2 MSc. of Geotechnical Eng., Building and Housing Research Center of Iran

Abstract

Groundwater overdraft is one of the main reasons of land subsidence. Differential subsidence leads to earth fissures and damages to structures, roads, railroads, pipelines, irrigation canals, and sewage networks. In order to simulate land subsidence due to groundwater overdraft, a fully coupled finite element consolidation model was developed. Formulation of finite element was based on Biot three-dimensional consolidation theory. Land subsidence studies inRafsanjanCitywere conducted by collecting and analyzing data on geology, geophysics, hydrology, soil properties, and observed land subsidence. Due to lack of sufficient experimental data about different soil profiles, land subsidence monitoring and back calculation were used in several spots to obtain the necessary data for use in other places. A computer model was finally developed to predict the subsidence of the city and its effects on the sewage network were studied.

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Journal of Water and Wastewater; Ab va Fazilab ( in persian )
Volume 20, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
Serial number:69
March and April 2009
Pages 67-72

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