Solved Problem on Soil Mechanics

Submitted by tushar pramanick on Tue, 07/23/2013 - 14:48

GATE 2013 : Civil Engineering

Q. The soil profile below a lake with water level at elevation = 0 m and lake bottom at elevation = -10 m is shown in the figure, where k is the permeability coefficient. A piezometer (stand pipe) installed in the sand layer shows a reading of +10 m elevation. Assume that thepiezometric headis uniform in the sand layer. The quantity of water (in m3/s) flowing into the lake from the sand layer through the silt layer per unit area of the lake bed is:

 

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(A) 1.5 x 10-6    (B) 2.0 x 10-6
(C) 1.0 x 10-6    (D) 0.5 x 10-6

 

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