HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY, K m/s

Darcy's Law: qv = - Kh

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY, K m/s

K

= kg/?

= kg/ units of velocity

Proportionality constant in Darcy's Law

Property of both fluid and medium

see D&S, p. 62

HYDRAULIC POTENTIAL ():

= g h = gz + P/w

energy/unit mass

cf. h = energy/unit weight

Consider incompressible fluid element @ elevation zi= 0 pressure Pi i and velocity v = 0

Move to new position z, P, , v

Energy difference: lift mass + accelerate + compress (= VdP)

= mg(z- zi) + mv2/2 + m V/m) dP

latter term = m (1/)dP

Energy/unit mass = g z + v2/2 + (1/)dP

For incompressible fluid ( = const) & slow flow (v2/2 0), zi=0, Pi = 0

Energy/unit mass: = g z + P/ = g h

Force/unit mass = = g - P/

Force/unit weight = h = 1 - P/g

Rewrite Darcy's Law: Hubbert (1940, J. Geol. 48, p. 785-944)

qm = qv =

k

g

-

P

=

k

[force/unit

mass]

qm Fluid flux mass vector (g/cm2-sec)

k rock (matrix) permeability (cm2)

fluid density (g/cm3)

[.....] Force/unit mass acting on fluid element

1/

where Kinematic Viscosity

= ?/ cm2/sec

Rewrite Darcy's Law: Hubbert (1940; J. Geol. 48, p. 785-944)

qv

=

k [g - P]

= k [ force/unit vol]

q v Fluid volumetric flux vector (cm3/cm2-sec) = qm /

k rock (matrix) permeability (cm2)

[.....] Force/unit vol. acting on fluid element

1/

where Kinematic Viscosity

= ?/ cm2/sec

Rewrite Darcy's Law: Hubbert (1940; J. Geol. 48, p. 785-944)

qv

=

k [g - P]

= k [gh]

[force/unit vol]

= kg h

= Kh

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