|A flow net for flow around a single row of sheet piles in a permeable soil layer is shown in the following figure. The water level rose to 5.4 m above the ground surface in the peizometer installed at point a. Given that k= k = k= 4.5 x 103 cm/sec, determine i) Depth of upstream water level, H1 ii) How high (above the ground surface) the water will rise if piezometers are placed at points b and c iii) The total rate of seepage through the permeable layer per unit length iv) The approximate average hydraulic gradient at c Water level H1 Water table 1.9 Ground surface Flow channel 1 = 1 Flow channel 2 = 1 1 Flow channel 3 0.38 Scale

|A flow net for flow around a single row of sheet piles in a permeable soil layer is shown in the following figure. The water level rose to 5.4 m above the ground surface in the peizometer installed at point a. Given that k= k = k= 4.5 x 103 cm/sec, determine i) Depth of upstream water level, H1 ii) How high (above the ground surface) the water will rise if piezometers are placed at points b and c iii) The total rate of seepage through the permeable layer per unit length iv) The approximate average hydraulic gradient at c Water level H1 Water table 1.9 Ground surface Flow channel 1 = 1 Flow channel 2 = 1 1 Flow channel 3 0.38 Scale

Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering (MindTap Course List)

5th Edition

ISBN:9781305635180

Author:Braja M. Das, Nagaratnam Sivakugan

Publisher:Braja M. Das, Nagaratnam Sivakugan

Chapter7: Seepage

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