Question: Context : A test column, based on the Darcy set up , has been made in the laboratory to determine the hydraulic conductivity of a

Context : A test column, based on the Darcy set up, has been made in the laboratory to determine the hydraulic conductivity of a soil. The experiment was made at a temperature of 15.5, in a cylindrical column of 20cm of lenght and who's circular area was 0.001 m^2. A difference of hydraulic charge of 0.25m is maintained between each extremities of the column and the volume of water going through the column during an interval of 5 minutes equals 75*10^-6 m^3.
Questions:
a) Calculate the hydraulic conductivity (in m/s) and the permeability of the sample (in m^2).
b) If the test had been made at a temperature of 5 degrees celcius, at which the dynamic viscosity of water is at 1.52 cP, which would have been the volume of water going through the column for a period of 5 minutes? Suppose that the volumic mass of water didn't change in relation to the viscosity.

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