GATE CE 2016 Set 2 — Question 53

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NAT+2 / -0MediumDarcy's LawPermeabilityGeotechnical EngineeringOne-Dimensional Flow

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Water flows from P to Q through two soil samples, Soil 1 and Soil 2, having cross sectional area of 80 cm280\text{ cm}^2 as shown in the figure. Over a period of 15 minutes, 200 ml of water was observed to pass through any cross section. The flow conditions can be assumed to be steady state. If the coefficient of permeability of Soil 1 is 0.02 mm/s0.02\text{ mm/s}, the coefficient of permeability of Soil 2 (expressed in mm/s) would be ________
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