Name: ______________________________________________________ CE161P GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING (SOIL MECHANICS)

Student Number: ___________________________________________ 2nd quarter | 2018-2019 | Engr. CHENNIE CARISSA A. CAJA

HOMEWORK 03
ONE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW OF WATER THROUGH SOILS

Answer the following problems. Write your solutions on short bond papers and box your final answer.

1. For a constant head permeability test in a 5. A sand layer of the cross-sectional area shown
sand, the following are given: in the figure has been determined to exist for
 L = 300 mm a 800-m length of the levee. The hydraulic
 A = 175 cm2 conductivity of the sand layer is 2.8 m/day.
 H = 500 mm Determine the quantity of water which flows
 water collected in 3 mins = 620 cm3 into the ditch in m3/min.
 void ratio of sand = 0.58

Determine:

a. hydraulic conductivity, k (cm/s)

b. seepage velocity

2. In a constant head permeability test in the

laboratory, the following are given: L = 12 in,
and A = 15 in2. If the value of k = 0.006 in/s
and a flow rate of 450 in3/hr must be
maintained through the soil, what is the head
6. Find the flow rate in m3/sec/m length (at right
difference, h, across the specimen? Also
angles to the cross section shown) through the
determine the discharge velocity under the
permeable soil layer. Given H=5 m, H1=2.8 m,
test conditions.
h=3.1 m, L=60 m, 𝛼=5°, k=0.05 cm/sec.
3. For a falling head permeability test, the
following are given:
 Length of soil specimen = 700 mm
 Area of the soil specimen = 20 cm2
 Area of the standpipe = 1.05 cm2
 Head difference at time t=0 is 800 mm
 Head difference at time t=8 min is 500
mm

Determine:
a. absolute permeability of the soil
b. head difference at time t = 6 min

Assume that the test was conducted at 20°C

and at 20°C, 𝛾𝑤 = 9.789 kN/m3 and 𝜂 =
1.005×10-3 N∙s/m2.

4. For a falling head permeability test, the

following are given: length of specimen = 380
mm; area of specimen = 6.5 cm2; k = 0.175
cm/min. What should be the area of the
standpipe for the head to drop from 650 to 300
cm in 8 min?
Name: ______________________________________________________ CE161P GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING (SOIL MECHANICS)
Student Number: ___________________________________________ 2nd quarter | 2018-2019 | Engr. CHENNIE CARISSA A. CAJA

HOMEWORK 03
EQUIVALENT COEFFICIENT OF PERMEABILITY IN STRATIFIED SOILS

Answer the following problems. Write your solutions on short bond papers and box your final answer.

1. A layered soil is shown in the figure. Estimate a. Determine the total flow per meter.
the ratio of equivalent hydraulic conductivity b. Determine the equivalent coefficient of
kH(eq) / kV(eq). permeability.

3. A test is set-up as shown in the figure below.

A cylindrical mold, 4” in diameter is filled
with silt to a height H1=0.20 ft whose
coefficient of permeability is 6.10x10-4 ft/min.

A second coaxial mold, placed on top of the silt

inside the first mold, has an inside diameter of
1.50” and height H2=0.30 ft. Its thickness is
negligible. The inside of this second mold is
filled with the same silt, but the annular ring
outside is filled with sand whose coefficient of
permeability is 2.50x10-3 ft/min.

The test set-up is a permeameter of constant

head. Water is placed in the mold and
maintained at a level h=1.25 ft above the level
2. Given the stratified soil shown in the figure. of the outlet. It may be considered that the
The properties of each soil are as follows: system consists of a fictitious soil of thickness
H=H1+H2 and a coefficient of permeability kf.
Coefficient of permeability:
k1 = 6.50 cm/hr; k2 = 5.25 cm/hr; k3 = 3.50
cm/hr; k4 = 6.00 cm/hr; k5 = 8.80 cm/hr; k6 =
4.40 cm/hr

Thickness:
H = 1.50 m; H3 = 0.50 m; H4 = 0.60 m; H5 =
0.40 m

Length:
L1 = 1.0 m; L2 = 0.8 m; L3 = 1.5 m; L6 = 1.2 m

Determine:
a. the total amount of flow of water
through the soil.
b. the equivalent coefficient of
permeability of the system.
c. the total amount of flow that
percolated after 30 minutes.