The constant head permeability test is conducted on soil sample with area of permeameter is 50 x 10² mm² and height is 60 mm. If a quantity of 430 cm³ of water is passed down in 10 minutes under an effective constant head of 400 mm, compute a typical arrangement of the range coefficient of permeability and seepage velocity during the test period if the soil is compressed and consider with a constant void ratio. It takes the specific gravity, Gs of soil is 2.65 and the drying specimen weight is 4.98 N.

The constant head permeability test is conducted on soil sample with area of permeameter is 50 x 10² mm² and height is 60 mm. If a quantity of 430 cm³ of water is passed down in 10 minutes under an effective constant head of 400 mm, compute a typical arrangement of the range coefficient of permeability and seepage velocity during the test period if the soil is compressed and consider with a constant void ratio. It takes the specific gravity, Gs of soil is 2.65 and the drying specimen weight is 4.98 N.

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