-f seepage through this layer in m³/hr/m widt = 7°. Groundwater table (= H Impervious layer Ground surface a
-f seepage through this layer in m³/hr/m widt = 7°. Groundwater table (= H Impervious layer Ground surface a
Chapter2: Loads On Structures
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Transcribed Image Text:7.1 A permeable soil layer is underlain by an impervious layer as shown in Figure 7.29.
Knowing that k = 6 x 10-³ cm/sec for the permeable layer, calculate the rate
of seepage through this layer in m³/hr/m width. Given: H = 5.4 m and
α = 7°.
Groundwater table (free surface)
H
Impervious layer Ground surface
Direction
of seepage
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