Foundation Engineering

Assignment # 3
1. Redraw the cross-section in the following Figure to a scale of 1:500 (1 cm = 5 m), then draw a flow
net that describes the seepage below this 150 m long concrete dam. Finally, compute the flow rate
through this soil, expressed in liters per second, and the pore water pressure at Point A, which is at
eleva on 122.0 m. compute the uplift pressures acting on the bottom of the dam.

2. The earth dam shown in Figure 8.40 is to be built on gravelly sand with silt and cobbles. This dam
will extend a distance of 850 perpendicular to the cross-section. To reduce the flow rate through
these soils, a concrete cutoff wall will be built, as shown. Redraw this cross-sec on to a scale of 1 in
= 100 , draw a flow net, and compute Q. Then, identify the area in the flow net that has the greatest
hydraulic gradient.

Assoc. Prof. Ahmed Elgamal

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3. Compute the uplift pressure acting on the concrete spillway shown in Figure.

Assoc. Prof. Ahmed Elgamal