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Permeability Assignment

This document is an assignment from a Geotech 2 (Foundation Engineering) class at the Marinduque State College School of Engineering in the Philippines. It contains 7 questions regarding permeability, hydraulic conductivity, seepage, and flow through soil layers. Students are asked to calculate rates of flow, hydraulic gradients, equivalent permeability, and hydraulic conductivity values using given soil properties and layered system configurations.

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Permeability Assignment

This document is an assignment from a Geotech 2 (Foundation Engineering) class at the Marinduque State College School of Engineering in the Philippines. It contains 7 questions regarding permeability, hydraulic conductivity, seepage, and flow through soil layers. Students are asked to calculate rates of flow, hydraulic gradients, equivalent permeability, and hydraulic conductivity values using given soil properties and layered system configurations.

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Republic of the Philippines

MARINDUQUE STATE COLLEGE


School of Engineering
Tanza, Boac, Marinduque

ISO 9001:2015
Reg. No. 011001634763
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Qualified for Level III Accreditation – AACCUP, Inc.

Name: ________________________ Date: ______________


Yr & Section: __________________ Score: _____________

ASSIGNMENT
Geotech 2 (Foundation Engineering)

1. A permeable soil layer is underlain by an impervious layer as shown in the Figure a. Knowing that k =
4.8 x 103 cm/sec for the permeable layer, calculate the rate of seepage through this layer in m3/hr/m width.
Given: H = 4.2 m and α = 6°.

Figure a

2. Find the rate of flow in m3/sec/m (at right angles to the cross section shown in Figure b below through
the permeable soil layer. Given: H = 4 m, H1 = 2 m, h = 2.75 m, S = 30 m, α = 14°, and k = 0.075 cm/sec.

Figure b

3. The 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
VISION: Marinduque State College is a research-driven higher education institution pursuing excellence and innovation by 2025.
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Republic of the Philippines
MARINDUQUE STATE COLLEGE
School of Engineering
Tanza, Boac, Marinduque

ISO 9001:2015
Reg. No. 011001634763
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Qualified for Level III Accreditation – AACCUP, Inc.

Determine:
a. Hydraulic conductivity, k (cm/sec)
b. Seepage velocity
4. The following data are for a falling-head permeability test:
• Length of the soil sample = 150 mm • Area of the standpipe = 25 mm2
• At time t = 0, head difference = 400 mm • Area of the soil sample = 1964 mm2
• At time t = 8 min, head difference = 200 mm
a. Determine the hydraulic conductivity of the soil (cm/sec).
b. What was the head difference at t = 6 min?
5. A channel runs almost parallel to a river as shown in Figure c .The water level in the river has an elevation
of 36 m. and the elevation of the channel is 33 m. The river and channel are 600 m. apart and a pervious
formation of average thickness of 9 m. and hydraulic conductivity of 0.08 m/hr joints on them together.

Figure c Figure d
a. Compute the hydraulic gradient.
b. Compute the rate of seepage flow from the river to the channel per meter width in liters per day.
c. If the seepage velocity is 0.048 m/day, compute the void ratio of the pervious medium.
6. A layered soil is shown in Figure d. Given that
• H1 = 1 m k1 = 104 cm/sec • H3 = 2 m k3 = 3.5 x 105 cm/sec
• H2 = 1 m k2 = 2.8 x 10 cm/sec
2

Estimate the ratio of equivalent permeability, kH(eq)/kV(eq).


7. The hydraulic conductivity of a sandy soil is 0.009 cm/sec at a room temperature of 28°C. What would
be the coefficient of permeability at 20°C?
8. The hydraulic conductivity of a sand at a void ratio of 0.62 is 0.03 cm/sec. Estimate its hydraulic
conductivity at a void ratio of 0.48 using Casagrande equation and Kozeny-Carman equation.

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MISSION: Marinduque State College is committed to pursue progressive and innovative lifelong education founded on humanistic, professional
and technologically advanced programs across cultures and communities by establishing centers of excellence and development and research-
driven outreach programs

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