Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 4 (Q.No. 3)

Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

The phreatic line in an earth dam may be

circular

elliptical

parabolic

a straight line

all the above.

Answer: Option

Explanation:

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Discussion:

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Shahid said: 3 years ago

Yes. It is parabolic. Agree with the given answer.

Eddy said: 7 years ago

Thanks for the answer.

Piyush said: 8 years ago

Thanks @Narendra.

Engr Asad said: 8 years ago

Thanks for giving an overview @Narendra.

Narendra said: 9 years ago

*Phretic line in an earth dam is parabolic,

*Pressure On Phretic line is zero or atmospheric.

*Above line is negative and below is positive.

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