The dam shown in Fig is 120 m long and has two 10 m sheet piles driven partially into the granular soil layer. Determine-: The quantity of seepage lose under the dam when K= 20x 10 cm/sec. And The exit hydraulic gradient at point X. And The pressure distribution under the base of dam. 12m X 7

The dam shown in Fig is 120 m long and has two 10 m sheet piles driven partially into the granular soil layer. Determine-: The quantity of seepage lose under the dam when K= 20x 10 cm/sec. And The exit hydraulic gradient at point X. And The pressure distribution under the base of dam. 12m X 7

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The dam shown in Fig is 120 m long and has two 10 m sheet piles driven partially
into the granular soil layer. Determine-:
The quantity of seepage lose under the dam when K= 20x 10 cm/sec. And The exit hydraulic
gradient at point X. And The pressure distribution under the base of dam.
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