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  1. Vipan Kumar
    Vipan Kumar :
    3 years ago

    Gravel >1 cm/sec
    sand 1- 10^-3 cm/sec
    silt 10^-3 - 10^-7 cm/sec
    clay < 10^-7 cm/sec

  2. Atul Salve
    Atul Salve :
    3 years ago

    Gravel > 1cm/sec
    Sand = 1 - 10^-3 cm/sec
    Silt = 10^-3 to 10^-7 cm/sec
    Clay < 10^-7 cm/sec

  3. Shabbir Sayed
    Shabbir Sayed :
    4 years ago

    clay>1 cm/sec
    sand 1-10^-3
    silt 10^-3 to 10^-7
    clay

  4. Muhammad Saqib
    Muhammad Saqib :
    4 years ago

    What for other soils

  5. Durga Manoj
    Durga Manoj :
    5 years ago

    we know tha hydraulic head (h)=(i)*(L)
    Where i=(G-1)/(1+e),
    L= thickness of soil
    i=2.67-1/1.67=1
    L=1
    =>h=i*L=1.5*1=1.5

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