Lowland Technology International
Vol 9 No 2, Dec (2007)

ANALYSIS ON GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL AND LAND SUBSIDENCE IN SHANGHAI

Y.-S. Xu (Unknown)
S.-L. Shen (Unknown)
S. Hayashi (Unknown)
Z.-Y. Cai (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Dec 2007

Abstract

Large-scaled land subsidence due to withdrawal of groundwater in Shanghai was observed. A method based on 3D-groundwater flow model is presented at first to calculate land subsidence in this paper. The model considers the aquitard-aquifer condition of Shanghai soft ground. Based on the proposed groundwater flow model combined with the compressibility of soil layer, subsidence is calculated through unifying in a one model condition. The anisotropic characteristics of soil layer are also considered in the model. The land subsidence, groundwater flow vector, and groundwater drawdown were analyzed using the proposed method. Through comparing between the measured value and calculated value, it indicates that the model simulated the measurement value well. Groundwater flow from west to east at the beginning stage and it flows from east to west after the long-term groundwater withdrawal. Groundwater level is depressed along with groundwater withdrawal.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ialt_lti

Publisher

Subject

Civil Engineering, Building, Construction & Architecture Engineering Transportation

Description

The Lowland Technology International Journal presents activity and research developments in Geotechnical Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Structural Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Urban Planning, Coastal Engineering, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation ...