Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Department of Infrastructure & Geomatic
Engineering
Subject: Geotechnics II (BFC 34402)
Tutorial: CHAPTER 1 (Flow in soil)
1. For a given sheet pile driven into a permeable soil layer underlain by an impermeable clay
layer,
(a) Draw the flow net by using Nf = 3.
(b) Compute the flow rate q around the sheet pile.
2. In the Problem 1, make the depth of the sheet pile Hs to 7.5 m and redraw the figure in a
correct scale:
(a) Draw the flow net by using Nf = 3.
(b) Compute the flow rate q around the sheet pile.
3. For a given dam in the following figure,
(a) Draw the flow net by using Nf = 3.
(b) Compute the flow rate q under the dam.
(c) Compute the water pressures at the heel (A) and toe (B) sections of the base of the dam
based on the drawn flow net.
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4. For the same dam and the same soil conditions as in Problem 3, a 4-meter-long vertical
sheet pile is added at the left end of the dam base:
(a) Draw the flow net by using Nf = 3.
(b) Compute the flow rate q under the dam.
(c) Compute the water pressures at the heel (A) and toe (B) sections of the base of the
dam based on the drawn flow net.
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5. Figure below shows the flow net of the sheet pile. The soil is homogenous and isotropic
and the coefficient of permeability is 3 x 10-5 m/s. The specific gravity and the void ratio
of the soil are 2.65 and 0.85 respectively.
(a) Calculate the Factor safety in term of piping or boiling (Fpiping).
(b) Calculate the flow rate, q around the sheet pile.
(c) Determine the porewater pressure at point B, M, N, P, R and E.
(d) Determine the force acted on the sheet pile at the upstream side below the ground
surface.
6m
0.75 m
P
R
Note:
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