New home for Pells Consulting
Pells Consulting moved back to Sydney – new address at 12/6 Tilley Lane, Frenchs Forest. Come and say hello 🙂
Design of apron slabs
It is common to place a concrete slab (i.e. an ‘apron’) below a dam structure to protect against scour or to form a basin to control flows. Design of this apron has t
seep/w parameters
I’m always looking for this piece of paper, so I posted it here for easy access. seep/w is a groundwater flow model – its 2D (although can be axisymmetric and there is
Erosion of rock in spillways
I finished my PhD on “Erosion of Rock in Spillways” in 2016. UNSW posts a version of the PhD here: PhD – 200MB low -res – this one is lower resolution a
A history of the construction of the Pells Hut
I never met my grandfather Eddie, but the accounts I have gleaned paint a picture of a man full of adventure and enthusiasm. The story goes that he was impressed by the sport of
Slug test interpretation using Hvorslev
A “slug test” is a quick procedure you can do to open wells (“standpipes”) to get an estimate of the hydraulic conductivity of the ground. It involves app