Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 2 (Q.No. 23)
23.
For a homogeneous earth dam 50 m high having 2 m free broad, a flow net was constructed and the results were : Number of potential drops = 2.4 Number of flow channels = 0.4. If coefficiency of permeability of the dam mateiral is 3 x 10-3 cm3/sec, the discharge per metre length of dam, is
Discussion:
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Rosh said:
10 years ago
K is in cm2/sec not in cm3/sec typing error.
Srinivas said:
1 decade ago
q = kh(Nf/Nd).
= 3*10^-3*48*(0.4/2.4).
= 24*10^-5.
= 3*10^-3*48*(0.4/2.4).
= 24*10^-5.
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