Permeability of stratified soils for flow normal to bedding plane

Permeability of porous media is an important property which depends upon various properties of soil mass such as porosity, size and shape of soil particles, initial moisture content and compaction etc. As in natural condition, the soil mass exists in layers/strata, thus represents a stratified soil. The flow through stratified soil may be perpendicular, inclined or parallel to the bedding plane…