A drainage pipe became completely blocked during/ a storm by a plug of sand, 1.5 m long, followed by another plug of a mixture of clays, silts and sands, 0.5m long, as shown in the attached figure. When the storm was over, the water level above ground was 1 m. The coefficient of permeability of the sand is 2x that of the mixture of clays, silts and sands. a. Calculate the pore water pressure at the center of the sand plug in kPa
A drainage pipe became completely blocked during/ a storm by a plug of sand, 1.5 m long, followed by another plug of a mixture of clays, silts and sands, 0.5m long, as shown in the attached figure. When the storm was over, the water level above ground was 1 m. The coefficient of permeability of the sand is 2x that of the mixture of clays, silts and sands. a. Calculate the pore water pressure at the center of the sand plug in kPa
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A drainage pipe became completely blocked during/ a storm by a plug of sand, 1.5 m long, followed by another plug of a mixture of clays, silts and sands, 0.5m long, as shown in the attached figure. When the storm was over, the water level above ground was 1 m. The coefficient of permeability of the sand is 2x that of the mixture of clays, silts and sands. a. Calculate the pore water pressure at the center of the sand plug in kPa
Transcribed Image Text:Brick wall
Grate
Clay soil
Downpipe
2.0m
,Drain pipe
0.3 mE
8-Datum Y
- 1.5 m-
Sand
MIuture of silts, clays
and sands
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