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Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 2 (Q.No. 18)
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
18.
The critical exist gradient of seepage water in soils, is
directly proportional to the voids ratio
inversely proportional to the specific gravity
directly proportional to the specific gravity
inversely proportional to the voids ratio
none of these.
Answer: Option
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Danesh said:   1 decade ago
Directly proportional to Specific gravity also. Actually,

i = (G-1)/(1+e) where i is critical gradient.

G is spec. gr.
e is void ratio.
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