The paper put forward the modeling method used for field testing filtration characteristic of earth canal. The method was confirmed by test work.

本文率先提出了土渠渗漏特征的田间模拟测试方法，并对其特征作了实际验证。

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The Army Corps of Engineers was engaged to build the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, in what was then the largest earth moving effort in North American history.

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Mr. DAVID DANIEL (President, University of Texas, Dallas): 17th Street canal consists of an earthen levee, which is just a long embankment of earth, that has a wall sticking up right in the middle of it.

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