A test is set-up as shown in the figure. A cylindrical mold 4" in diameter is filled with silt to height H₁ = 0.2 ft, whose coefficient of permeability k₁ = 3.6 x 104 ft/min. A second coaxial mold is placed on top of the first mold whose inside diameter is d = 1.5" and whose height is H₂ = 0.30 ft. Its thickness is negligible. The inside of this second mold is filled with the same silt, but the annular ring outside the small tube and outer tube is filled with sand whose coefficient of permeability is k₂ = 2.7 x 10³ ft/min. The test set-up is a permeameter of constant head. Water is placed in the mold and maintained at a level h = 1.25 ft. above the level of the outlet. It may be considered that the system consists of a fictitious soil of thickness H = H₁ + H₂ and coefficient of permeability kf. Water. Water Sand Silt D Porous stone H₂ H h a) What is the equivalent coefficient of permeability, kf, in ft/min? b) What is the total flow of water in ft³/min? c) What is the total amount of water that percolated after 55 minutes?
A test is set-up as shown in the figure. A cylindrical mold 4" in diameter is filled with silt to height H₁ = 0.2 ft, whose coefficient of permeability k₁ = 3.6 x 104 ft/min. A second coaxial mold is placed on top of the first mold whose inside diameter is d = 1.5" and whose height is H₂ = 0.30 ft. Its thickness is negligible. The inside of this second mold is filled with the same silt, but the annular ring outside the small tube and outer tube is filled with sand whose coefficient of permeability is k₂ = 2.7 x 10³ ft/min. The test set-up is a permeameter of constant head. Water is placed in the mold and maintained at a level h = 1.25 ft. above the level of the outlet. It may be considered that the system consists of a fictitious soil of thickness H = H₁ + H₂ and coefficient of permeability kf. Water. Water Sand Silt D Porous stone H₂ H h a) What is the equivalent coefficient of permeability, kf, in ft/min? b) What is the total flow of water in ft³/min? c) What is the total amount of water that percolated after 55 minutes?
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