A horizontal concrete floor of hydraulic structure with length 50m, Three cut-offs provided the floor, the first at upstream end with depth 5m, the second at 20m from the upstream end with depth 3m and the third at downstream end with 4m, the head on the structure is 5m, is the structure safe against piping in the south of Iraq, calculate the exit gradient and draw the uplift pressure using Lane's method

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A horizontal concrete floor of hydraulic structure with length 50m, Three
cut-offs provided the floor, the first at upstream end with depth 5m,
second at 20m from the upstream end with depth 3m and the third at
downstream end with 4m, the head on the structure is 5m, is the structure
safe against piping in the south of Iraq, calculate the exit gradient and
draw the uplift pressure using Lane's method
the
Cod:7
Transcribed Image Text:A horizontal concrete floor of hydraulic structure with length 50m, Three cut-offs provided the floor, the first at upstream end with depth 5m, second at 20m from the upstream end with depth 3m and the third at downstream end with 4m, the head on the structure is 5m, is the structure safe against piping in the south of Iraq, calculate the exit gradient and draw the uplift pressure using Lane's method the Cod:7
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