6. An Impervious floor of a weir on Permeable Soil is 16m long and has Sheet piles On Both Ends. The Upstream pile is 4m deep and downstream is 5m deep. The Weir Creates a net head of 2.5 m neglecting the thickness of the floor. Calculate the Pressure at the Junction of inner faces of the Pile with weir floor Using Khosla's theory.

6. An Impervious floor of a weir on Permeable Soil is 16m long and has Sheet piles On Both Ends. The Upstream pile is 4m deep and downstream is 5m deep. The Weir Creates a net head of 2.5 m neglecting the thickness of the floor. Calculate the Pressure at the Junction of inner faces of the Pile with weir floor Using Khosla's theory.

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Chapter18: Sheet-pile Walls

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