Hydraulic Consuctivity And Darcys Law

Question 1

Aquifer

Answer 1

An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing, permeable rock, rock fractures, or unconsolidated materials. Groundwater from aquifers can be extracted using a water well. Water from aquifers can be sustainably harvested through the use of qanats.

Question 2

Hydraulic conductivity

Answer 2

The ease of movement of a fluid through a porous material.

Question 3

Intrinsic permeability (K)

Answer 3

The rocks ability to to be porous

Unit - darcy

Question 4

Transmissibity

Answer 4

Rate at which water of a a given dens and visc is transmitted through a unit width of aquifer or aquitard under a unit hydraulic gradient.

Question 5

Aquitard

Answer 5

An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing, permeable rock, rock fractures, or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, or silt).

Question 6

Darcys experiment

Answer 6

Flow rate double - head loss double

Question 7

Darcys law

Answer 7

q=-iK

Question 8

Low Reynolds number
High “ “

Answer 8

Laminar flow (following smooth paths in layers)
Turbulent flow