The final flow net for the dam (Fig.) with a steel sheet pile cutoff wall located at the head-water side of the dam in order to reduce seepage loss. The dam is half a kilometer in width (shore to shore) and the permeability of the silty stratum is 3.5 x 10-4 cm/s. Find the total seepage loss under the dam in liters per year, and would the dam be more stable if the cutoff wall was placed under its tail-water side?

The final flow net for the dam (Fig.) with a steel sheet pile cutoff wall located at the head-water side of the dam in order to reduce seepage loss. The dam is half a kilometer in width (shore to shore) and the permeability of the silty stratum is 3.5 x 10-4 cm/s. Find the total seepage loss under the dam in liters per year, and would the dam be more stable if the cutoff wall was placed under its tail-water side?

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The final flow net for the dam (Fig.) with a steel sheet pile cutoff wall located at the head-water side of the dam in order to reduce seepage loss. The dam is half a kilometer in width (shore to shore) and the permeability of the silty stratum is 3.5 x 10^-4cm/s. Find the total seepage loss under the dam in liters per year, and would the dam be more stable if the cutoff wall was placed under its tail-water side?

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