The average hydraulic conductivity of the stratum is----- -----meters/day.
The average hydraulic conductivity of the stratum is----- -----meters/day.
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Hydraulic Conductivity (K) varies from aquifer to aquifer, from liquid to liquid, from
location to location, from direction to direction, and from temperature to temperature.
When the hydraulic conductivity is a continuous function of depth, the average hydraulic
conductivity (K) can be shown as the function below where Z is the depth and b is the
thickness of the saturated medium.
= hydraulic
"conductivity
R = + √²²²₂²₂²²
dz
You are hired as a consultant engineer to calculate the hydraulic conductivity of a
soil stratum where the hydraulic conductivity of the soil at the surface is 2E-3
cm/sec. It uniformly reduces to 4E-4 cm/sec at a depth of 22 meters as shown in
the schematic below. If the water table is 3 meters below the surface:
The average hydraulic conductivity of the stratum is-----
------meters/day.
Note: Assume a linear variation of the hydraulic conductivity from surface to the bottom.
soil (ground) surface
3m
z=z2m.
K
22m
bottom=
Z=0
!
bed vale
-391/
~K= 2X10 ner
water Table
-4
===K= 4x10
any spec
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