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Draw the flow net and calculate the seepage loss per meter length of the sheet pile.
Answer to Problem 8.1P
The seepage loss per meter length of the sheet pile is
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The hydraulic conductivity of the permeable soil layer k is
The height of the water level
The height of the water level
The depth of permeable layer up to the end of sheet pile D is 3 m.
The depth of permeable layer
Calculation:
Draw the free body diagram of the flow net for the given values as in Figure (1).
Refer Figure 1.
Determine the head difference between the upstream and downstream using the relation.
Substitute 6 m for
Determine the seepage loss per meter length of the sheet pile using the relation.
Here,
Substitute
Therefore, the seepage loss per meter length of the sheet pile is
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