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- HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY PROBLEM 1: The results of a constant head permeability test for a fine sand and sample having a diameter of 150 mm and a length of 150 mm are as follows: Constant head difference = 40 cm Time of collection of water = 83 sec Weight of water collected = 392 g Find the hydraulic conductivity a. 0.094 cm/sec b. 0.01 cm/sec C. c. 0.005 cm/sec d. 0.86 cm/secFor a constant head permeability test in a sand, the following values are given:• L 350 mm• A 125 cm2• h 420 mm• Water collected in 3 min 580 cm3• Void ratio of sand 0.61Determine:a. Hydraulic conductivity, k (cm/sec)b. Seepage velocity(b) The results of a constant head permeability test for a fine sand having a diameter of 90 mm and a length of 160 mm are given as follow. Determine constant head difference water collected in 7 min void ratio of sand = 580 mm = 470 cm³ = 0.8 (i) Hydraulic conductivity in, k in (cm/sec). (ii) Seepage velocity.
- The results of a constant-head permeability test for a fine sand sample having a diameter of 70 mm and a length of 140 mm are as follows (refer to Figure 7.5):• Constant-head difference = 550 mm• Water collected in 7 min = 450 cm3• Void ratio of sand = 0.8Determine:a. Hydraulic conductivity, k (cm/sec)b. Seepage velocityThe results of a constant-head permeability test for a sand sample having a sectional area of 10000mm2 and a length of 200 mm are as follows: (1) Constant head difference 400mm (2) Time of collection of water = 30 seconds (3) Volume of water collected = 600 cm3. The hydraulic conductivity is: Oa. 1.0 mm/sec Ob. 1,7mm/sec c. 2.9 mm/sec O d. 0.5mm/sec1.) For a constant head laboratory permeability test on a fine sand. Thefollowing values are obtained:Length of Specimen, L = 10 inchesDiameter of Specimen = 2.5 inchesHead difference, h = 2.5 inchesWater collected in 2 mins = 0.044 in3 The void ratio of the specimen is 0.34.Compute the following:a) Hydraulic Conductivity of the soil in in/minb) Discharge Velocity in in/minc) Seepage Velocity in in/min 2.) A series of direct shear test was performed on a soil sample. Thedata for the experiments are tabulated as follows: Specimen No. Normal Stress (kPa) Shearing Stress (kPa) 1 200 450 2 400 520 3 600 590 4 1000 730 a) Compute the cohesion of the soil.b) Compute the angle of internal friction.
- The hydraulic conductivity of a sand at a void ratio of 0.750 is 0.047 cm/s. Estimate the coefficient of permeability at a void ratio of 0.450 1. Using Casagrande equation 2. Using Kozeny-Carman equationThe results of a constant-head permeability test for a fine sand sample having a diameter of 150 mm and a length of 300 mm are as follows • Constant-head difference = 500 mm • Water collected in 5 min = 350 cm3 • Void ratio of sand = 0.61 Determine: a. Hydraulic conductivity, k (cm/sec) b. Seepage velocity2. Situation 2 - For a constant laboratory permeability test on a fine sand, the following data are given: Length of specimen = 16 cm Diameter of specimen = 96 mm Constant Head Difference = 50 cm Volume of water collected in 4 min = 420 cc Void ratio of the soil specimen = 0.55 a. Determine the hydraulic conductivity of the soil in m/min. Round off to four decimal places. b. Determine the discharge velocity in m/min. Round off to four decimal places. c. Determine the seepage velocity in m/min. Round off to four decimal places.
- [Seepage] tank shown below. For the sand, the following properties are given: e = 0.40 , G.S = 2.67 . Calculate the effective stress at A. a. Consider the upward flow of water through a layer of sand in a 1.2m Overflow 0.7 m Sand z = 0.9m 2 m Inflow2. Estimate the hydraulic conductivity (in cm/sec) of a poorly graded sand with the following characteristics: d100 = 0.425mm, d50= 0.3mm, d30 = 0.25mm, d10= 0.2mm, and do = 0.1mm. Show your work and circle your answer.2.11 A sand has the following: D10 = 0.2 mm, Dø = 0.4 mm, and void ratio e = 0.6. a. Determine the hydraulic conductivity using Eq. (2.38). b. Determine the hydraulic conductivity using Eq. (2.40).