Hello, I'm getting slightly confused by the following so was hoping someone may be able to clear my problem up.
For integrals, if b is the upper limit and a is the lower limit, I will write ∫[b,a].
From the Fundamental Theorem of calculus part 1 we can show that:
if
F(x) = ∫[x,a]...
Much appreciated Chet, I was going wrong by not looking at the hydraulic gradient as a vector. This meant I didn't understand why the length L was sometimes measured horizontally, sometimes vertically or sometimes in the direction of flow. I now see that this just depends on the direction of the...
In that case Chestermiller I do have another question. I am trying to get my head around the equation for the velocity of flow through a soil.
The equation is:
V = Ki
Where:
V = velocity
K = Darcy coefficient of permeability
i = Hydraulic Gradient = (head at point 1-head at point 0/horizontal...
Tiny-Tim and Chestermiller thanks very much, your answers have helped me to clear up what I was confused over. I'm looking at this in relation to permeability values of soil so need to get it right before I bring in the Darcy Coefficient.
Hello Tiny Tim, thanks very much.
I'm still a little lost with this one though. In Understanding Hydraulics (Hamill, 2011) it states that the pressure energy per unit weight of a fluid is equal to the height of the head.
Then total energy indicated by a head is:
head * weight
which can also...
I’m confused as to how energy per unit weight can be quantified as a head of fluid. I have tried to understand this from a couple of angles but am getting confused. I’ll go through my methodology to see where you can spot the cracks.
If energy = work done = (force * length over which it acts)...