A reservoir with a 3400 m² area is underlain by layers of stratified soils as chown in Figure 10.32. The values of L1, L2 and L3 are 2.0 m, 1.4 m, and 3.2 m, respectively. (a) What the average vertical coefficient of permeability. (b) Determnine the interstitial (actual) velocity of water moving through the soil if it has a void ratio of 0.60. (c) Compute the water loss from the reservoir in one year. Assume Cs s the pore pressure at the bottom sand layer is zero. e that Water reservolr 15 m K = 1.8 × 1o cm/s K, = 2.6 x 10" cm/s 2.4 x 10 cm/s K,- 3.2 x 107 cm/s 10 cm/s K2.3 x 10 cm/s L > Sand Layer 4 5 m র Impermeable Layer

A reservoir with a 3400 m² area is underlain by layers of stratified soils as chown in Figure 10.32. The values of L1, L2 and L3 are 2.0 m, 1.4 m, and 3.2 m, respectively. (a) What the average vertical coefficient of permeability. (b) Determnine the interstitial (actual) velocity of water moving through the soil if it has a void ratio of 0.60. (c) Compute the water loss from the reservoir in one year. Assume Cs s the pore pressure at the bottom sand layer is zero. e that Water reservolr 15 m K = 1.8 × 1o cm/s K, = 2.6 x 10" cm/s 2.4 x 10 cm/s K,- 3.2 x 107 cm/s 10 cm/s K2.3 x 10 cm/s L > Sand Layer 4 5 m র Impermeable Layer

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Hydraulic conductivity is one of the hydraulic properties of soil defined as a measurement of the ability of a porous medium to permit water movement or fluid flow through it. It is denoted by the letter K. It is influenced by the density and viscosity of the fluid. It is also called permeability. Hydraulic conductivity is defined as the ratio of velocity to the hydraulic gradient. The different methods used to determine the hydraulic conductivity are laboratory methods (constant head permeability tests and falling head tests), in-situ field methods (pumping in and pumping out tests), small scale field tests (infiltration tests and slug tests), and indirect methods such as estimation from grain size, consolidation test data, and horizontal capillary test. The pedotransfer function (PTF) method is a specific empirical estimating approach employed in the soil sciences is also used to determine the hydraulic conductivity of the soil.

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reservoir with a 3,400 m² area is underlain by layers of stratified soils as
chown in Figure 10.32. The values of L1, Lz, and L3 are 2.0 m, 1.4 m, and 3.2 m,
respectively.
la What the average vertical coefficient of permeability.
(b) Determnine the interstitial (actual) velocity of water moving through the
soil if it has a void ratio of 0.60.
(c) Compute the water loss from the reservoir in one year. Assume
the pore pressure at the bottom sand layer is zero.
that
CS Sca
Water reservolr
15 m
K, = 1.8 x 10 cm/s
Ky = 2.6 x 10" cm/s
L
K- 2.4 x 1o* cm/s
K, = 3.2 x 107 cm/s
L2
1.1 x 10 cm/s
K, - 2.3 x 10" cm/s
L
- Sand Layer ►
5 m
Impermeable Layer
Figure 10.32

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