BE-02 Open cut method Lesson: Utility Trench Construction

Groundwater

Groundwater Distribution in the Soil

The movement of free water through the soil, which can be caused by acting gravity forces or consolidation processes, for example, takes place in the existing pore space.

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Pore spaces in the soil [Hölti96] [Source: visaplan GmbH]

1 Pore cavity

 

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Distribution of water in the soil (according to Hölting, 1994) [Source: STEIN Ingenieure GmbH]

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