2.5 - Permeability and Drainage
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Practice Questions
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What does Darcy's Law express?
💡 Hint: Think about the flow rate of water in relation to soil.
Name one factor that affects soil permeability.
💡 Hint: Consider the size of the soil particles.
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What does Darcy's Law help predict?
💡 Hint: Think about soil and its interactions with water.
True or False: High permeability soils trap water.
💡 Hint: Consider the characteristics of drainage versus retention.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a pavement system for a construction site with clayey subsoil. Discuss how permeability issues could arise and propose design solutions.
💡 Hint: Consider how drainage systems are implemented to mitigate weak soil conditions.
Calculate the discharge rate if you have a permeability of 0.1 m/s, a hydraulic gradient of 2, and a cross-sectional area of 5 m².
💡 Hint: Remember to substitute the values into Darcy's equation directly.
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