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Permeability and Seepage Analysis
Soil Mechanics ENCE253
Soil Water, Permeability and Seepage Analysis

Soil Mechanics ENCE253: Soil Water, Permeability and Seepage Analysis

Chapter Information

Chapter 3: Soil Water, Permeability and Seepage Analysis (8 hours) – 8 marks

Course Code: ENCE253 – Soil Mechanics

Description: Comprehensive study material covering soil water, permeability, Darcy’s law, flow nets, seepage analysis in earthen dams and piping failure

Detailed Syllabus with Mark Distribution

Chapter 3: Soil Water, Permeability and Seepage Analysis
8 hours
8 marks

3.1 Soil water and capillarity

3.2 Soil permeability (Darcy’s law and its validity, coefficient of permeability from laboratory and field tests and their significance)

3.3 Factors affecting soil permeability

3.4 Permeability in stratified soil

3.5 Two dimensional flow (Laplace equation)

3.6 Flow net, flow net construction and applications

3.7 Seepage through an earthen dam (with and without horizontal filter)

3.8 Seepage through anisotropic soil condition

3.9 Piping failure and its mitigation measures



Numerical Problems & Practice Exercises


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