A H M 531 Falling permeability head By: Mu'men Al-Otoom

Reg.No:0002804 .
Title Of Project :Falling head
permeaility test.
Group.No: S2 .
Date-Day:10\12\2001.

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A H M 531 Falling permeability head By: Mu'men Al-Otoom

 Objective:
In this projed we should known animportant property of
soil which is called permeability .in this experiment we
uesd sand of sample by contaut head method and by
falling head method .

Theory:
The rate of the flowe of water can through the soil
is called permeability.
we can expressed this relation by :

K = 2.303 (aL)/(AΔt) log (h1/h2)

Note : permeability is small (clay & silt).

General Discusion:

in this projed we seemany relations which we

should practies with it . sothat ,there are many factor
effiected on permeability ,for example:
1- voids ratio .
2- GSD.
3- Chimicd composittion of ffluid .
4- Viscosity .
5- Tempirture .

from the first factor , we saw:

K α e2 ,
K α (e2 /1+e)
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►► (Ke1/Ke2) =((e13)/(1+e1))/((e23)/(1+e2))

Uses

It is used to classification the soil by the permeabilty

property.

To take good statement whenwe state to built or to

stablish foundation.

Sample Identification:

In this experiment or project we need to amount of

soil which determine after when you used it (370g), and
we need a water supported.

Equipment:
• Falling head permeability .

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• Graduted cylinder (250cc or 500cc).

• Balance, senetive up to 0.1g.
• Thermometer, senstive up to 0.1c°.
• Rubber tubing.
• Stop watch.
• Grace.

Procedure:
 In the laboratory manual.

Result & analysis:

Calculation:

l How can we evalulate (a) ?

V = 34cm3 .
h3 = 60 cm .
h4 = 40 cm .
L = h3 - h4 .
a = (v/L) =(34/20)=1.7cm2.

l
L =6.7cm.
A =32.15 cm2.
h1 = 80 cm.
h2 = 40 cm.
Δt = 28.5 sec .

K =0.0086 cm /sec . (why ? * (clay or silt))

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Discussion & Conclusion:

Discuss the result:
We can see the effict of (A) (Gs) (Δh) & (t) on calculate
the cofficiant of permeability (K), and how can we
calculate the voids ratio by it is relation.
►►K α Gs α L
►►K α (I/Δh) α (1/A) α (1/t).
Discusion the project :
Constant head Falling head
1. Δh is constant Δh is change
2. need supply water Note need
3. K = (QL)/( ΔhAt) K = 2.303 (aL)/(AΔt) log (h1/h2)
4. larg permeability Small meability

Error:
Error in weight the soil.

Person error in approximate reasult.

Error in supprted waterr.

Error in measure the diffirance head.

The water go out the rubber.

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