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Tut-6 CEN-303

The document outlines a tutorial for B. Tech. Civil Engineering students at IIT Roorkee focusing on soil mechanics and seepage calculations. It includes multiple questions requiring the drawing of flow nets and calculations related to seepage force, uplift pressure, seepage velocity, and factors of safety against piping for various scenarios involving weirs, sheet piles, and earth dams. Each question provides specific parameters and asks for detailed analysis and graphical representation of the flow conditions.

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Tut-6 CEN-303

The document outlines a tutorial for B. Tech. Civil Engineering students at IIT Roorkee focusing on soil mechanics and seepage calculations. It includes multiple questions requiring the drawing of flow nets and calculations related to seepage force, uplift pressure, seepage velocity, and factors of safety against piping for various scenarios involving weirs, sheet piles, and earth dams. Each question provides specific parameters and asks for detailed analysis and graphical representation of the flow conditions.

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Department of Civil Engg, IIT Roorkee

B. Tech. III, Civil, CEN-303, Soil Mechanics; 2023-24


Tutorial 6: Seepage

Q 1: Refer Fig.1, in which a concrete weir is shown with a sheet pile of 7m depth and
impermeable strata exists at 12m depth. The u/s head of water is 9.5m. The base
of weir is made 2m down from NGL. The permeability of soil is shown and value
of G may be taken as 2.6 and void ratio as 0.72. Draw flow net (on graph paper)
and calculate amount of water seeping under the weir per metre width. Also-

a) Find out seepage force per unit vol. (per m 3) at toe of foundation and ascertain if
there is any chances of piping to occur.
b) Calculate uplift pressure on bottom of weir 10m from impervious strata.
c) Find out seepage velocity at toe of weir if void ratio is 0.72.

9.5m

12 m

Fig.1

Q 2: Refer flow net in fig.2. Compute pore pressures at points a to i, quantity of seepage
and exit gradient. Plot the water pressure plot, showing the pressure acting on
sheet pile wall, useful for its structural design.

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Fig.2

Q 3: Refer Fig 3 below, in


which a retaining barrier
(sheet pile) is made for
storage of water on it u/s.
4m
Estimate the quantity of
seepage. Take value of k A
*
as 5.1 x 10-4 cm/sec. If
saturated unit weight of 4m
sand is 18 kN/m 3, what
will be factor of safety
against piping. Also find
Fig.3
pressure head at point 'A'.

Q 4: Two rows of sheet piles are driven to a depth of 4.5 m below the bed of river to form
a temporary dam called cofferdam. (Ref. Fig.4). The excavation is then carried out
within the cofferdam upto a depth of 4.1 m below water level by keeping the area
free from water by pumping. The river bed sand has k=9.7x10-4 cm/sec.

Determine quantity of flow into cofferdam per hour per metre length of sheet
pile. Draw neat flow net and suggest if there is any danger of quick condition
development at the bottom of excavation.

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5m

4.5m

Fig.4

Q 5: Calculate the seepage through an earth dam resting on imperious foundation.


The data are as below:
(a) Height of Dam = 42.5m
(b) u/s Slope = 2.5 : 1 (H : V)
D/S slope = 2.50 : 1 (H : V)
(c) Free Board = 2.5 m, crest width = 8.0m
(d) Length of Drainage Blanket = 70m
(e) Kh = 8 x 10-7 m/sec
Kv = 3.2 x 10-7 m/sec
Draw figure 5 on graph paper.

8m
0.3 L
2.5 m C B

40 m

A F H

L
D

Fig. 5

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