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Exam of 6 pages for the course Principles of Geotechnical Engineering 10th Editio at Florida A&M University – Florida State University College Of Engineering (Chapter 8 Seepage)

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Chapter 8

h1k1
8.1 Eq. (8.14): h2 =
⎛k k ⎞
H1 ⎜⎜ 1 + 2 ⎟⎟
⎝ H1 H 2 ⎠

(20 cm)(0.004 cm/sec)
8 cm =
(10 cm )⎛⎜ 0.004 cm/sec + k2 cm/sec ⎞⎟
⎝ 10 cm 15 cm ⎠

k2 = 0.009 cm/sec


8.2 The flow net is shown.
k = 4 × 10-4 cm/sec
H = H1 – H2
= 6.0 – 1.5 = 4.5 m.
So
⎛ 4 × 10−4 ⎞⎛ 4.5 × 4 ⎞
q=⎜ ⎟⎜ ⎟
⎝ 10 ⎠⎝ 8 ⎠
2



= 9 ×10−6 m3/m/sec

= 77.76× 10-6 m3 /m/day




8.3 The flow net is shown.


Nf = 3; Nd = 5

⎛Nf ⎞
q = kH ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟
⎝ Nd ⎠




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, ⎛ 4 × 10 −4 ⎞
m/sec ⎟(3 − 0.5)⎛⎜ ⎞⎟ = 6 × 10 −6 m 3 /m/sec = 0.518 m 3 /m/day
3
q=⎜
⎝ 10
2
⎠ ⎝ 5⎠


8.4 Based on the notations in Figure 8.10:

H = (4 – 1.5) m = 2.5 m; S = D = 3.6 m; T ' = D1 = 6 m; S/T ' = 3.6/6 = 0.6

q
From the figure, ≈ 0.44
kH

⎛ 4 × 10−4 ⎞
q = (0.44)( 2.5)⎜ 2
× 60 × 60 × 24 m/day ⎟ = 0.38 m3 /m/day
⎝ 10 ⎠



8.5 The flow net is shown.




⎛N ⎞
q = kH ⎜⎜ f ⎟⎟ = ⎛⎜ × 60 × 60 × 24 m/day ⎞⎟(10)⎛⎜ ⎞⎟ = 7.2 m 3 /m/day
0.002 5
2
⎝ N d ⎠ ⎝ 10 ⎠ ⎝ 12 ⎠



8.6 Refer to the flow net given in Problem 8.5 and the figure on the next page.

The flow net has 12 potential drops. Also, H = 10 m. So the head loss for each

drop = (10/12) m. Thus,




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