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Bligh'S Creep Theory

Bligh's creep theory assumes that seeping water through soil below a weir follows the contact of the base with the underlying soil. The creep length is the distance along the downstream end of the impervious apron. Bligh also assumed the loss of head is proportional to the length of travel, whether horizontal or vertical. The total creep length L can be calculated based on the length of vertical cut-offs provided below the apron. Bligh's theory is used to design weirs by considering safety against undermining or piping, and safety against uplift pressure.

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Bligh'S Creep Theory

Bligh's creep theory assumes that seeping water through soil below a weir follows the contact of the base with the underlying soil. The creep length is the distance along the downstream end of the impervious apron. Bligh also assumed the loss of head is proportional to the length of travel, whether horizontal or vertical. The total creep length L can be calculated based on the length of vertical cut-offs provided below the apron. Bligh's theory is used to design weirs by considering safety against undermining or piping, and safety against uplift pressure.

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BLIGH’S CREEP THEORY

This theory is base on the assumption that seeping water through the soil below
the weir
Follows the path along with the contact of the base, with the underlying sub-soil.
Apron to the point at the D/S end of the impervious apron is know creep length.
Bligh also assumed that loss of head of the seeping water is proportional to the
length of its travel irrespective of whether.The length of travel is in the horizontal
or vertical direction.
According to Bligh’s theory L = l where L is the total creep length.
If vertical cut-offs are provide below the impervious apron.
L=1+2d1+2d2
The Length of vertical cut-off taken double because vertical cut-off provides the
creep length equivalent.
To twice the length of the cut-off, as seeping water once goes down and then
comes up along the cut-off.
If H is the total head causing seepage or total loss of head, and L the total creep
length, the loss of head per unit length of creep © is given by
C=HL=H1+2d1+2d2
Loss of head per unit length of creep © is know percolation coefficient.
The reciprocal of percolation coefficient is know the coefficient of creep ©.
Safe values of coefficient of creep for different soils are given below.
Coefficient of Creep

Weir design by Bligh’s theory.

According to Bligh’s theory, two design criteria are to be consider.


(i) Safety against undermining or piping.

To safeguard the weirs against failure by piping, the creep length should be provid
according to the following formula:
L = CH, where C is coefficient of creep.

Such a length would provide safe hydraulic gradient and seeping water emitting
from D/S end of the impervious apron.
Will not be having sufficient uplift pressure to dislodge the soil particles.
This will avoid boiling action of soil at the D/S end of the apron.
(ii) Safety against uplift pressure.

To counter balance the force of uplift, sufficient floor thickness should be provid,
specially on the D/S side of the weir.
Let at distance L1 creep length from U/S end of the impervious apron h is the
resultant uplift head, the net uplift pressure wh can be comput follows

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