5. A sample of soil is 5 cm high and 8 cm in diameter. It was tested in a constant head permeameter.Water percolates through the soil under a constant head of 45 cm for 8 min. The water collected andweighed. Its weight was recorded as 500 gm. On oven drying the sample of soil, the weight wasrecorded as 450 gm. If G is 2.65 calculate,Coefficient of permeability.(ii) Seepage velocity of water when the water was under operation.

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A sample of soil is 5 cm high and 8 cm in diameter. It was tested in a constant head permeam Water percolates through the soil under a constant head of 45 cm for 8 min. The water collected weighed. Its weight was recorded as 500 gm. On oven drying the sample of soil, the weight recorded as 450 gm. If G is 2.65 calculate, (i) Coefficient of permeability. (ii) Seepage velocity of water when the water was under operation.

A sample of soil is 5 cm high and 8 cm in diameter. It was tested in a constant head permeam Water percolates through the soil under a constant head of 45 cm for 8 min. The water collected weighed. Its weight was recorded as 500 gm. On oven drying the sample of soil, the weight recorded as 450 gm. If G is 2.65 calculate, (i) Coefficient of permeability. (ii) Seepage velocity of water when the water was under operation.

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5. A sample of soil is 5 cm high and 8 cm in diameter. It was tested in a constant head permeameter.
Water percolates through the soil under a constant head of 45 cm for 8 min. The water collected and
weighed. Its weight was recorded as 500 gm. On oven drying the sample of soil, the weight was
recorded as 450 gm. If G is 2.65 calculate,
Coefficient of permeability.
(ii) Seepage velocity of water when the water was under operation.

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