GATE Papers >> Civil >> 2012 >> Question No 48

The flow net around a sheet pile wall is shown in the sketch. The properties of the soil are: permeability coefficient = 0.09 m/day (isotropic), specific gravity = 2.70 and void ratio = 0.85. The sheet pile wall and the bottom of the soil are impermeable.

The seepage loss (in m³ per day per unit length of the wall) of water is

• (A)  0.33   
• (B)  0.38   
• (C)  0.43   
• (D)  0.54