Nf : 5Nd=1625 mQuestion 4Seepage take place beneath a concrete dam as shown in Figure 2. The soil beneath the dam is afine silty sand with hydraulic conductivity of 4.2 x 10“cm/s and saturated unit weight of 19.5kN/m³.6 m1.75 m:1) Find the rate of seepage beneath the dam in m³/day/m2) If a standpipe piezometer is installed at the tip of the sheet pile, how high will the waterrise?Impervious stratum

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1) Find the rate of seepage beneath the dam in m/day/m 2) If a standpipe piezometer is installed at the tip of the sheet pile, how high will the water rise?

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In hydrology, when water flows down in a pore or crack of unsaturated soil due to gravity, the deep layer of soil is called seepage. It is the slow movement of water in the soil layer. Seepage is mainly found near hydraulic structures and is responsible for the stability of earthen-type hydraulic structures.

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