Determine what is the pore water pressure at that level

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A river is 6m deep. The riverbed material has a saturated unit weight of 19.5kN/m3. What is the effective vertical stress 12m below the water surface?

Assume the water is static and assume a datum at the water surface.

A) what is the total head 5.0m below the river bed?

B) What is the pore water pressure at that level?

Reference no: EM13313220

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