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(25%) Problem 1. The laboratory apparatus shown in Figure P1 maintains a constant head in both the upper and lower reservoirs. The soil sample is a silty sand (SM) with k=5x10-4cms, a moisture content of w=17%, and a specific density of Gs=2.65 placed within a glass tube. There is a screen on the right-hand side of the soil.
a) What are Darcy's and seepage velocities within the soil in cms?
b) What is the discharge through the soil in cm3s?
c) Determine the time required for the entire plug of colored water to break through the soil (i.e., from when the leading edge of the plug of colored water enters the soil to when the entire plug exits the soil).
d) What is the horizontal reaction force of the screen placed on the right-hand side of the soil? Use the internal approach to find the force.
Clarification: The colored water-plug travels only through advection and not diffusion; it has the same viscosity as water; and there is no adsorption or retardation of the colored water (i.e., it travels as fast as water).
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