Q.26 Two soil samples Aand Bof equal height and cross sectional areas are placed as shown in figure. If 40%excess hydrostatic pressure is lost in flow through soil B that has k = 0.05 cm/s, then the seepagevelocity through soil A will be,cmis.Soil eA 0.5 2.65B 0.6 |2.6740 cm40 cm40 cmcivil engineering+

Given data: Soil A:e=0.5G=2.65Soil B:e=0.6G=2.67

0.26 Two soil samples Aand Bof equal height and cross sectional areas are placed as shown in figure. If 40% excess hydrostatic pressure is lost in flow through sol B that has k = 0.05 cms. then the seepage velocity through solA will be cmis. Soil e G A 0.5 265 B 0.6 2.67 40 cm 40 cm 40 cm

0.26 Two soil samples Aand Bof equal height and cross sectional areas are placed as shown in figure. If 40% excess hydrostatic pressure is lost in flow through sol B that has k = 0.05 cms. then the seepage velocity through solA will be cmis. Soil e G A 0.5 265 B 0.6 2.67 40 cm 40 cm 40 cm

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