Q. Stiff clays are ______________ permeable.

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Q. The study of seepage of water through soil is important for, which of the following purpose?

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Q. Darcy’s law describes the state of flow within individual pores.

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Q. In the definition of the seepage velocity, the cross-sectional area of the voids is taken as _______ to the direction of flow.

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Q. The relation between discharge velocity and seepage velocity is ________

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Q. Seepage velocity is inversely proportional to hydraulic gradient.

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Q. The coefficient of permeability of clean gravel is _________

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Q. The unit coefficient of permeability is ______

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Q. If the discharge velocity is 4*10¯⁷cm/s and the porosity is 33%, then the seepage velocity will be _______

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Q. If the soil has discharge velocity is 9*10¯⁷cm/s and the voids ratio of 0.5, then the seepage velocity will be _______

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Q. The velocity of flow is proportional to _________ according to Darcy’s law.

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Q. The relationship between coefficient of permeability and coefficient of percolation is ______

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Q. If the coefficient of permeability of soil is 9*10¯⁷cm/s and porosity is 0.33, then its coefficient of percolation is ______

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Q. If the coefficient of percolation is 18*10¯⁷cm/s and void ratio is 0.5, then the coefficient of permeability k is _________

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Q. The coefficient of permeability is equal to velocity of flow when _________

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Q. Darcy’s law of linear dependency is valid for only _______ flow conditions in soil.

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Q. For Darcy’s law to be valid, the Reynolds number should be ________

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Q. For flow through soils, the characteristic length in Reynolds number is taken as ________

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Q. Darcy’s law in some cases is not valid in ______

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Q. The critical Reynolds number varies from ________ for validity of Darcy’s law.

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