Use the Dupuit method to construct the upper flow boundary of
seeping water through the dam shown in Figure with 20ft of upstream
water. There is a 7.5ft toe filter with 5ft of downstream water.
The unit weight of permeability of the dam material are 100pcf and
1.0*10-7cm/sec respectively. Calculate the seepage loss
and effective stress at a point 40ft from the toe of the dam at the
bottom most point of the dam.
assume repstream slope (2.75H:1V){:[alpha=37.5-13.75H],[=23.75H]:}sqrt(D^(2)+H^(2))-D=SH rarr difference in head =15ftsqrt((62.125)^(2)+(15)^(2))-62.125=sS=1.785ft=54.4068cm.Seepage. loss q=Ksk rarr" penmeability "=1xx10^(-7)cm//stq rarr" penmeability "k=1xx10^(-7)cm//sxx54.4068cm.q=5.44068 xx10^(-6)cm// ... See the full answer