A constant head permeability test was conducted on a soil specimen under a hydraulic gradient of 2.5. The soil specimen has specific gravity of 2.65 and saturated water content of 20%. If the coefficient of permeability of the soil is 0.1 cm/s, the seepage velocity (in cm/s, round off to two decimal places) through the soil specimen is
A constant head permeability test was conducted on a soil specimen under a hydraulic gradient of 2.5. The soil specimen has specific gravity of 2.65 and saturated water content of 20%. If the coefficient of permeability of the soil is 0.1 cm/s, the seepage velocity (in cm/s, round off to two decimal places) through the soil specimen is
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![A constant head permeability test was conducted on a soil specimen under a hydraulic
gradient of 2.5. The soil specimen has specific gravity of 2.65 and saturated water content
of 20%. If the coefficient of permeability of the soil is 0.1 cm/s, the seepage velocity
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Transcribed Image Text:A constant head permeability test was conducted on a soil specimen under a hydraulic
gradient of 2.5. The soil specimen has specific gravity of 2.65 and saturated water content
of 20%. If the coefficient of permeability of the soil is 0.1 cm/s, the seepage velocity
(in cm/s, round off to two decimal places) through the soil specimen is
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