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    CE 3A03 – Geotechnical Engineering I

    Assignments 4 Peijun Guo


    Permeability and Seepage
    Date Assigned: Nov. 5/2019
    Date Due: Friday. Nov. 15/2019 5:30 p.m.

    Part 1: Permeability and Seepage

    1. For each case in Figure 1, determine the pressure, elevation, total heads and head loss at
    points A through E.

    Case 1 Case 2
    Figure 1

    2. Given the soil cylinder and the test setup shown in Figure 2.

    Figure 2

    1
    (1) Determine the pressure, elevation, total heads and head loss at points A through E in
    centimeters of water, and plot these values versus elevation.
    (2) If the diameter of the soil cylinder is 6 cm and 42.5 cm3 water flows through the soil
    sample in 5 min, calculate the coefficient of permeability of the soil and the discharge
    velocity.
    (3) If the dry weight of the soil sample is 9.33 N, and the specific gravity of soil particles
    is 2.70, calculate the seepage velocity.

    3. A canal is dug parallel to a river as shown in Figure 3. A sandy-silt seam of average


    thickness 1.0 m cuts across the otherwise impermeable clay. The average hydraulic
    conductivity of the sandy-silt seam is 1.5 10-5 cm/sec. Assume 1 m length of the canal,
    determine the flow rate of water from the canal to the river.

    Figure 3

    4. A soil deposit consists of three horizontal layers of soil: an upper stratum A (1m thick), a
    middle stratum B (2m thick) and a lower stratum C (3 m thick). Permeability tests gave
    the following values: Soil A, k = 0.3 mm/sec; Soil B, k = 0.2 mm/sec; Soil C: k =0.1
    mm/sec.
    a) Determine the ratio of the average coefficients of permeability of the soil deposit (all
    three layers) in the horizontal and vertical direction.
    b) Beneath the deposit there is a gravel layer subjected to artesian pressure, the surface
    of the deposit coinciding with the ground water level. Standpipes show that the fall in
    head across soil A is 150 mm. Determine the value of the water pressure at the top of
    the gravel.

    Figure 4

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    5. Given the structure and the flow net detailed in Figure 5. The coefficient of permeability
    (i.e. the hydraulic conductivity) of the soil is 5.0  10-5 m/s.
    (1) Identify all of the boundary conditions.
    (2) Determine the quantity of seepage.
    (3) What is the uplift force on the base of the structure?
    (4) Determine the water pressure at Point A.

    Figure 5

    6. (Bonus question) In the experimental setup shown in Figure 6, water flows through soils
    1 and 2 upward under constant head. Assume c-c as the datum.

    (1) Find the total and pressure heads at c-c;


    (2) If the head loss after flowing through Soil 2 is 30% of the total head difference,
    determine the total and pressure heads at b-b;
    (3) Given the coefficient of permeability of Soil 2 as 0.05 cm/sec, determine the rate of
    discharge;
    (4) Calculate the coefficient of permeability of Soil 1.

    3
    Z=0

    Figure 6

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