The rate of upward seepage taking place through a granular soil contained in a tank is 976.5 cm³/sec. Given that H1 =h = 1.8 m, the area of the tank = 0.62 m², void ratio of the soil = 0.55, the specific gravity is 2.65, and the hydraulic conductivity of the sand is 0.21 cm/sec, determine the following: a. The hydraulic gradient. b. Length of H2. c. The critical hydraulic gradient of the soil sample. d. If boiling will occur at h = 2.5 m? Justify your answer by showing the appropriate comparison by solving. e. The value of h to cause boiling. (击) H H2 Valve (open) Inflow

The rate of upward seepage taking place through a granular soil contained in a tank is 976.5 cm³/sec. Given that H1 =h = 1.8 m, the area of the tank = 0.62 m², void ratio of the soil = 0.55, the specific gravity is 2.65, and the hydraulic conductivity of the sand is 0.21 cm/sec, determine the following: a. The hydraulic gradient. b. Length of H2. c. The critical hydraulic gradient of the soil sample. d. If boiling will occur at h = 2.5 m? Justify your answer by showing the appropriate comparison by solving. e. The value of h to cause boiling. (击) H H2 Valve (open) Inflow

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Principles of Seepage

In hydrology, when water flows down in a pore or crack of unsaturated soil due to gravity, the deep layer of soil is called seepage. It is the slow movement of water in the soil layer. Seepage is mainly found near hydraulic structures and is responsible for the stability of earthen-type hydraulic structures.

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The rate of upward seepage taking place through a granular soil contained in a tank is
976.5 cm³/sec. Given that H1 = h = 1.8 m, the area of the tank = 0.62 m², void ratio of the
soil = 0.55, the specific gravity is 2.65, and the hydraulic conductivity of the sand is 0.21
cm/sec, determine the following:
a. The hydraulic gradient.
b. Length of H2.
c. The critical hydraulic gradient of the soil sample.
d. If boiling will occur at h = 2.5 m? Justify your answer by showing the appropriate
comparison by solving.
e. The value ofh to cause boiling.
(は)
A
H2
Valve (open)
Inflow

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