FACULTY: CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENG. PAGE NO.

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DEPARTMENT: INFRASTRUCTURE AND EDITION:
GEOMATIC ENGINEERING REVIEW NO.:
EFFECTIVE 3/01/12
TEST TITLE : FALLING HEAD
DATE:
PERMEABILITY TEST
AMENDMENT 3/01/12
DATE:

6.0 RESULTS AND CALCULATIONS

Falling Head Permeability test

Location: Batu Pahat Sample no: 1

Operator: Date:
Soil description: Clayey silt
Method of preparation: Hand trim into mould
Sample diameter, D: 100 mm Sample length, L: 130 mm
Sample area, A: 7854 mm2 Sample volume, V: 1021 cm3
Mass of mould: 960 g Mass of sample+mould: 2670 g
Mass of sample: 1710 g
S.G. measured/assumed: 2.7 Voids ratio: 1.2
Bulk density, : 16.43 kN/m3 Dry density, : 14.94 kN/m3
Moisture content: 40 % Test temperature: c
Standpipe diameter: 4.05 mm Standpipe area, a: 12.95 mm 2

Reading:

Reference Height above Height above Test

point datum, y outlet, h Height ratios
Point Time, t
(mm) (mm)
(sec)
1. 900 800 90.3

2. 800 700 150.6

3. 700 600 340.6

4. 600 500 594.6

5. 500 400 789.2

Calculations:

2.303aL h 
Permeability, k (m/s) = log10  1 
1000  A  t  h2 

7.0 QUESTIONS

1. Determine the coefficient of permeability for the given soil sample.

2. Give a conclusions for this test.