PAYMENT
UNIT –II
PERMEABILITY: SOIL WATER – CAPILLARY
RISE – FLOW OF WATER THROUGH SOILS –
DARCY’S LAW- PERMEABILITY – FACTORS
AFFECTING PERMEABILITY – LABORATORY
DETERMINATION OF COEFFICIENT OF
PERMEABILITY –PERMEABILITY OF LAYERED
SOILS – IN-SITU PERMEABILITY TESTS
(PUMPING IN & PUMPING OUT TEST).
EFFECTIVE STRESS & SEEPAGE THROUGH
SOILS: TOTAL, NEUTRAL AND EFFECTIVE
STRESS – PRINCIPLE OF EFFECTIVE STRESS
– QUICK SAND CONDITION – SEEPAGE
THROUGH SOILS – FLOWNETS: