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Find the hydraulic conductivity.
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PART IV: PERMEABILIT Y
PROBLEM A
For a constant head laboratory test on a fine sand, the following are the given values :
• Length of the specimen
• Di ameter of the specimen
14.0 inches
3.25 inches
He ad difference
25.0 inches
Water collected in 2.50 mins
Void ratio
A. Compute for the hydraulic conductivity of the soil in in/sec.
B. Determine the discharge velocity through the soil in in/sec.
c. Determine the seepage velocity in in/sec.
0.065 cubic inches
0.45
2.11 A sand has the following: D10 = 0.2 mm, Dø = 0.4 mm, and void ratio e = 0.6.
a. Determine the hydraulic conductivity using Eq. (2.38).
b. Determine the hydraulic conductivity using Eq. (2.40).
2. Situation 2 - For a constant laboratory permeability test on a fine sand, the following data are given:
Length of specimen = 16 cm
Diameter of specimen = 96 mm
Constant Head Difference = 50 cm
Volume of water collected in 4 min = 420 cc
Void ratio of the soil specimen = 0.55
a. Determine the hydraulic conductivity of the soil in m/min. Round off to four decimal places.
b. Determine the discharge velocity in m/min. Round off to four decimal places.
c. Determine the seepage velocity in m/min. Round off to four decimal places.
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Principles of Foundation Engineering, SI Edition
Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.1PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.2PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.3PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.4PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.5PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.6PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.7PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.8PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.9PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.10P
Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.11PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.12PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.13PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.14PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.15PCh. 2 - For a normally consolidated soil, the following is...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.17PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.18PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.19PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.20PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.21PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.22PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.23PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.24PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.25PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.26PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.27P
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