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25.
A flownet for an earth dam on impervious foundation consists of 4 flow channels and 15 equipotential drops. The full reservoir level is 15 m above the downstream horizontal filter. Given that horizontal permeability is 9 x 10-6 m/s and vertical permeability is 1 x 10-6 m/s, the quantity of seepage through the dam will be
36 ml/s/m
25 ml/s/m
20 ml/s/m
15 ml/s/m
Answer: Option
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Rahul verma said:   2 years ago
The right answer is 12.
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Apcivilian said:   3 years ago
Yes, it's 12. Agree @Harish.

Priyanka said:   4 years ago
Yes, I agree @Harish.

Harish said:   7 years ago
Equivalent permeability.

ke =sq root ( kx * ky) =3 * 10^6 m/s.

Seepage q= ke x H x Nf/Nd.
= 12 x 10-6m3/s/m.
=12ml/s/m.
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Umesh JIT said:   7 years ago
Q = KH (Nf/ND).
K= √(Ky /Kx).

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