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Two identically sized primary settling tanks receive water for Type-I settling (discrete particles in dilute suspension) under laminar flow conditions. The Surface Overflow Rate (SOR) maintained in the two tanks are 30 m

/m

.d and 15 m

/m

.d. The lowest diameters of the particles, which shall be settled out completely under SORs of 30 m

/m

.d and 15 m

/m

.d are designated as

and

, respectively. The ratio

(round off to two decimal places) is ____________.

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GATE CE 2020 · Paper 2

Civil Engineering · Original paper archive

Section
Civil Engineering
Question type
Numerical answer (NAT)
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