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Which of the following formula, cannot be used for determining the permeability of soil?

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Which of the following formula, cannot be used for determining the permeability of soil?

(a) Jacky’s formula

(b) Allen Hazen’s formula

(c) Kozney’s formula

(d) Darcy’s formula

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Asked question is from Determination of Coefficient of Permeability in chapter Permeability of Geotechnical Engineering I

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The correct choice is (d) Darcy’s formula

The explanation is: In Darcy’s equation or Darcy’s law, there is no permeability constant.

q = k i A

Hence it cannot be used for finding permeability of soil.

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