Question: 2 D Seepage ( 1 0 points ) A sheet pile wall is installed along the entire thickness of a sand layer. The bottom sand

2D Seepage (10 points)
A sheet pile wall is installed along the entire thickness of a sand layer. The bottom sand layer is twice as permeable as the top one, and below the bottom sand layer there is impermeable soil (note: drawing shown below is not to scale). Both sand layers have a total unit weight of 18kNm3.
I. Draw the flow net and calculate the flow rate across the sand layers
II. Investigate the possibility of boiling on the lower sand layer
III. If the design is not stable, propose an alternative that would eliminate the possibility of boiling (note: a previous engineering analysis ruled extending the sheet pile into the impermeable soil unfeasible so do not propose that). Provide calculations that show how boiling does not take place with your improved design.
2 D Seepage ( 1 0 points ) A sheet pile wall is

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