CIVL 3730 Fundamentals of Geotechnics 18 oa % & The equipotential lines are numbered from zero at the downstream boundary: this number is denoted by ng. The total head at every point on an equipotential numbered ng is ngAh. The permeability k is 107 m/s The mumber of flow channels is 4.3. The total rate of flow q is: qa kt 107 33-1 43-1077 m3/s d (per unit length) A piezometer tube is shown at a point P on the equipotential lines denoted by ny = 10. The total head at Pis: hy 2 = ex 4=3.33m Ng 12 i.e. the water level in the tube is 3.33 m above the datum The point P is distance z, below the datum, i.e. the elevation head is -z,. The pore water pressure at P can then be calculated as Uy =Yw tp — G2, $= Ywlhy + 2p) =9-81- (3.33 +5) = 81.72 (kPa)