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COIMBATORE-641 402 RVS EDUCATIONAL TRUST’S GROUP OF INSTITUTION
Department of Civil Engineering RVS FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
COIMBATORE-641 402
Assignment-2
Department of Civil Engineering
Name of the topic: Soil water & Water flow
Assignment-2
Date of instruction: 12/01/2011
Name of the topic: Soil water & Water flow
Date of submission: 20/01/2011
Date of instruction: 12/01/2011
Two Mark Question
Date of submission: 20/01/2011
Two Mark Question
1. What is permeability? List out the determination of coefficient of
permeability? 1. What is permeability? List out the determination of coefficient of
2. Define flow net. And write down the applications of flow net. permeability?
3. Explain capillary siphoning? 2. Define flow net. And write down the applications of flow net.
4. Explain seepage pressure? 3. Explain capillary siphoning?
5. Define capillary fringe. 4. Explain seepage pressure?
6. State the difference between free water and held water. 5. Define capillary fringe.
7. Explain quick sand condition 6. State the difference between free water and held water.
7. Explain quick sand condition
Twelve Mark Question

1. Explain in detail:
i. Quick Sand Condition
ii. Properties of flow net
iii. Compaction and consolidation
2. Calculate the coefficient of permeability of a soil sample 6cm in
height and 50 cm2 in C/S area if the quantity of water =430ml
passed down in 10 min under an effective constant head of 40 cm.
On oven drying test specimen has mass of 498g. Taking the
specific gravity of soil solids as 2.65 calculate the seepage
velocity of water during the test.
3. A 10m thick bed of sand in underlying by a layer of clay of 6m
thick. The water table which was originally at the ground surface
is lowered by drainage to a depth of 4m. where upon the degree
of saturation above the lowered water table to 20% determine the
increase in magnitude of the vertical effective pressure at the
middle of the clay layer due to lowering of water table the
saturated unit weight of sand and clay are respectively 20.6 kN/m3
and the dry unit weight of sand is 16.7 kN/m3
Twelve Mark Question
1. Explain in detail:
i. Quick Sand Condition
ii. Properties of flow net
iii. Compaction and consolidation
2. Calculate the coefficient of permeability of a soil sample 6cm in
height and 50 cm2 in C/S area if the quantity of water =430ml
passed down in 10 min under an effective constant head of 40 cm.
On oven drying test specimen has mass of 498g. Taking the
specific gravity of soil solids as 2.65 calculate the seepage
velocity of water during the test.
3. A 10m thick bed of sand in underlying by a layer of clay of 6m
thick. The water table which was originally at the ground surface
is lowered by drainage to a depth of 4m. where upon the degree
of saturation above the lowered water table to 20% determine the
increase in magnitude of the vertical effective pressure at the
middle of the clay layer due to lowering of water table the
saturated unit weight of sand and clay are respectively 20.6 kN/m3
and the dry unit weight of sand is 16.7 kN/m3