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Environmental Earth Sciences
Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences 11/2020

01-06-2020 | Original Article

Solutions to estimate the excess PWP, settlement and volume of draining water after slurry deposition. Part II: pervious base

Authors: Jian Zheng, Li Li, Yu-Chao Li

Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences | Issue 11/2020

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Abstract

It is a critical concern to properly manage the risks associated with the stability of tailings and dredge sludge dams. This requires the knowledge of the pore water pressure (PWP) within a slurried material during and after the deposition. The evaluation of the PWP can also help to estimate the settlement, which is important for the water management and design of the storage facility. An analytical solution based on the Gibson model has been proposed by the authors to evaluate the excess PWP during the slurry deposition. However, there is no solution available to estimate the excess PWP and volume of draining water after the end of slurry deposition. In this paper, a new solution is proposed to evaluate the PWP, settlement, and volume of draining water after the slurry deposition on a pervious base. The proposed PWP solution is partly validated by numerical modeling with SIGMA/W and laboratory results. The influence of the consolidation coefficient and filling rate on the distribution and evolution of PWP is analyzed. The solution development for estimating the excess PWP, volume of draining water and settlement after slurry deposition on an impervious base has been presented in a companion paper (part I).
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Metadata
Title
Solutions to estimate the excess PWP, settlement and volume of draining water after slurry deposition. Part II: pervious base
Authors
Jian Zheng
Li Li
Yu-Chao Li
Publication date
01-06-2020
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Environmental Earth Sciences / Issue 11/2020
Print ISSN: 1866-6280
Electronic ISSN: 1866-6299
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-020-09014-2

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