3 Stage /Civil Eng, Dept Soil Mechanics EPU-Ch7
Example 2:
Given: Flow net shown in the figure below, find pressure head at point A to H;
quantity of seepage if k = 0.05 cm/sec and exit gradient in x.
Solution:
Seepage Np=4 Nq = 12.6 k = 0.05 cm/sec
Ne 4
Shape factor S= y= 55
Point_| A B a D E F[G[a
hem) [12.9 [18 18 18 18 1s [18 [129
ht(m) | 263 | 25.4 | 25.1 | 245 | 241 | 23.5 | 23.2 [223
hyThthe | 34) 74 71 | 65 | 586 | 5.24 | 4.93] 4
(m)
AH = 28.2- 204 =7.8m
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