Question: A falling - head permeameter containing a soil sample has falling - head tube diameter of 2 cm , a sample radius of 7 .

A falling-head permeameter containing a soil sample has falling-head tube diameter of 2 cm, a sample radius of 7.1
cm and a sample length of 18.3 cm. The initial head is 19.6 cm. It falls to 11.4 cm over a period of 9.4 hours.
Compute the hydraulic conductivity in cm/s.

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