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Discharge for a unconfined aquifer can be found from the expression developed by __________

(a) Dupuit

(b) Darcy

(c) Chapman

(d) Baron

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My doubt stems from Seepage Analysis topic in section Drainage and Dewatering of Geotechnical Engineering I

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Correct option is (c) Chapman

Easy explanation: In 1956, chapmen developed an expression for finding the discharge qP from a partially penetrating slot in an unconfined aquifer from his model studies.

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