Research Article

Experimental Analysis on Permeability Characteristics of Iron Tailings

Table 2

Comparison between measured values and predictive results of permeability coefficient using different formulas for undisturbed iron tailings.

Measured value (cm/s) (mm)Calculated value by formula (10) (cm/s)Calculated value by Terzaghi formula (cm/s)Calculated value by Hazen formula (cm/s)Calculated value by Kozeny formula (cm/s)

7.00×10−40.042783.027.11×10−41.54×10−33.66×10−32.08×10−1
5.16×10−40.041272.505.68×10−41.35×10−33.41×10−31.73×10−1
2.58×10−40.026171.712.46×10−45.72×10−41.37×10−37.14×10−2
4.92×10−40.030192.103.49×10−46.56×10−41.82×10−36.42×10−2
2.40×10−50.005561.544.70×10−52.50×10−56.18×10−52.89×10−3
2.29×10−50.002381.311.71×10−55.29×10−61.13×10−56.83×10−4

2.28×10−50.002541.251.74×10−56.39×10−61.29×10−58.37×10−4
1.21×10−50.008320.964.40×10−58.14×10−51.38×10−41.10×10−2