HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

S.Y. 2021-2022

ACTIVITY 3 : PERMEABILITY AND SEEPAGE

Dayrit, Joshua Michael Angelo

CE-402SE

GEOTECHENG-4708

Engr. Basea, Marvin D.

September 19, 2022

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Problem 1:

Solution:
a. Hydraulic gradient (i)
ℎ𝑎 = 1𝑚 + 1𝑚 = 2𝑚
ℎ𝑏 = 0𝑚 + 0.8𝑚 = 0.8𝑚
∆ℎ 2𝑚 − 0.8𝑚
𝑖= = ; 𝒊 = 𝟏. 𝟐
𝐿 1𝑚
b. Flow rate (Q)
𝑉 1𝑐𝑚3 𝒄𝒎𝟑
𝑄= = ; 𝑸 = 𝟎. 𝟏
𝑡 10𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝒔𝒆𝒄
c. Average velocity (v)
𝒄𝒎𝟑
𝑄 𝟎. 𝟏 𝒔𝒆𝒄 𝒄𝒎 𝒄𝒎
𝑣= =4 ; 𝒗 = 𝟏. 𝟐𝟕𝟑 𝒙 𝟏𝟎−𝟑 ≈ 𝟎. 𝟎𝟎𝟏
𝐴 (10𝑐𝑚)2 𝒔𝒆𝒄 𝒔𝒆𝒄
𝜋

d. Seepage velocity (𝐯𝐬 )

1+𝑒 1 + 0.6 𝒄𝒎 𝒄𝒎
𝑣𝑠 = 𝑣 ( ) = 1.273 𝑥 10−3 ( ) ; 𝑣𝑠 = 𝟑. 𝟑𝟗𝟓 𝒙 𝟏𝟎−𝟑 ≈ 𝟎. 𝟎𝟎𝟑
𝑒 0.6 𝒔𝒆𝒄 𝒔𝒆𝒄
e. Flow coefficient of permeability (k)
𝑣 1.273 𝑥 10−3 𝑐𝑚/𝑠 𝒄𝒎 𝒄𝒎
𝑘= = ; 𝒌 = 𝟏. 𝟎𝟔𝟏 𝒙 𝟏𝟎−𝟑 ≈ 𝟎. 𝟎𝟎𝟏
𝑖 1.2 𝒔𝒆𝒄 𝒔𝒆𝒄
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Problem 2:

Given:

V = 945.7 g = 945.7 cm3 = 945700𝑚𝑚2

L = 168mm
4
A= (73mm)2 = 4185.3868𝑚𝑚2
𝜋
h = 750mm
t = 1 min = 60𝑠
Solution:
𝑉𝐿
Using 𝑘 =
𝐴ℎ𝑡
945700𝑚𝑚2 𝑥 168𝑚𝑚
𝑘=
4185.3868𝑚𝑚2 𝑥 750𝑚𝑚 𝑥 60𝑠

𝒌 = 𝟎. 𝟖𝟒𝟒𝒎𝒎/𝒔
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Problem 3:

Solution:

𝑎𝐿 ℎ
Using 𝑘 = 𝐼𝑛 ( 1)
𝐴∆𝑡 ℎ 2

6.25𝑐𝑚2 𝑥 16.28𝑐𝑚 160.2𝑐𝑚

𝑘= 𝐼𝑛 ( )
10.73𝑐𝑚3 𝑥 90𝑠 80.1 𝑐𝑚
𝑐𝑚 10𝑚𝑚
𝑘 = 0.07303 ( )
𝑠𝑒𝑐 1 𝑐𝑚
𝑚𝑚
𝑘 = 0.730
𝑠𝑒𝑐
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Problem 4:

Solution:

Horizontal Permeability:

𝑲𝒆𝒒𝒉 = 𝟏. 𝟎𝟔𝒙𝟏𝟎−𝟓

Vertical Permeability:

𝑲𝒆𝒒𝒗 = 𝟓. 𝟏𝟓𝟓𝒙𝟏𝟎−𝟔

Ratio:

𝐾𝑒𝑞ℎ 1.06𝑥10−5
𝑟= =
𝐾𝑒𝑞𝑣 5.155172414𝑥10−6

𝒓 = 𝟐. 𝟎𝟓𝟔