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Discussion Forum : Water Resources Engineering - Section 2 (Q.No. 36)
36.
If the grain size of soil increases
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AKASHPROTEC said:
6 years ago
1. Surface area decreases as size increases.
2. Specific retention is the amount of water retained against gravity, as grain size increases voids also increases,
Hence more water will be lost by gravity.
3. Specific yield is water yielded by gravity as void increase yield also increase.
2. Specific retention is the amount of water retained against gravity, as grain size increases voids also increases,
Hence more water will be lost by gravity.
3. Specific yield is water yielded by gravity as void increase yield also increase.
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Tesfaye Tsdesse said:
3 years ago
Thanks for explaining @AKASH.
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