Volumes horaires
- CM 20.0
- Projet -
- TD 10.0
- Stage -
- TP 24.0
Crédits ECTS
Crédits ECTS 5.0
Objectif(s)
- acquire an understanding of the elements involved in water transfers into the soils and into the porous media, with particular focus on groundwater
- design wells and pumping tests
- assess groundwater flow risks associated with geotechnical works
- understand the concepts involved in slope stability and the role of soil characteristics and groundwater flow on slope stability
Responsable(s)
Louise CROCHEMORE
Contenu(s)
Introduction, definitions and measurement techniques
- Porous media
- Ponderal and volumetric water content
- Particle size in porous media
- Pressure head
- Retention curve
Bases of Groundwater Hydraulics
- Confined and unconfined aquifers
- Groundwater localisation
- Boussinesq equations
Transfers in porous media
- Hydraulic conductivity
- Darcy's law in unsaturated soils
- Saturated transfers in heterogeneous layered soils
- Boundary-value problems
- Continuity equation
- Flow nets
Groundwater in the hydrologic cycle
- Recharge and discharge
- Influence of topography and geology
Wells and pumping tests
- Well types
- Storage coefficient and transmissivity
- Pumping tests
- Steady radial flow
- Unsteady radial flow
Slope stability
- Definitions and mechanical concepts
- Infinite slope – impact of ground water flow
- Stability of a vertical slope
- Analytical method Taylor approach
- Slice method – Bishop approach
- FEM calculation
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Contrôle des connaissances
1st session
Continuous assessment (CC) : 3 lab works
Final exam (CT) : 2 hours written exam
2nd session
Another written exam will replace the first one (CT). No retake for CC.
EN 50% + ER 50%
L'examen existe uniquement en anglais 
Calendrier
Le cours est programmé dans ces filières :
- Cursus ingénieur - Master inter HCE - Semestre 8 (ce cours est donné uniquement en anglais
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Informations complémentaires
Code de l'enseignement : WEU2GHH6
Langue(s) d'enseignement :
Vous pouvez retrouver ce cours dans la liste de tous les cours.
Bibliographie
Course material on groundwater by Ghislain de Marsily (Université Paris VI)
Geotechnics by Desodt and Relffsteck (Ed. Dunod)
Groundwater by Freeze and Cherry, 1979. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs (N. J.)
Course material on hydrogeology from Humboldt State University, Department of Geology
Groundwater Hydraulics by Sato and Iwasa: Sato, Kuniaki., Iwasa, Yoshiaki., 2000. Groundwater Hydraulics, 1st ed. 2000. ed. Springer Japan, Tokyo.