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The flownet for an earthen dam with 30 m water depth consists of 25 potential drops and 5 flow channels. The coefficient of permeability of dam material is 0.03 mm/sec. The discharge per meter length of dam is

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Sangeen Khan
Sangeen Khan 3 years ago
q= khNf/Nd
Basharat Jan
Basharat Jan 5 years ago
Thanks Gourab
Kaberi Roy
Kaberi Roy 6 years ago
Thanks gourab brother
Gourab Karmakar
Gourab Karmakar 7 years ago
Discharge per unit length=KhNf/Nd
So, q=0.03 x 10^-3 x 30x 5 /25 m³/sec
=0.00018 m³/sec
Where, K=coefficient of permeability
h=head available
Nf=number of flow channel
Nd=number of potential drop
Jagmohan Singh
Jagmohan Singh 8 years ago
Please give me solution of above question