In the figure below, the natural soil profile consists of sand overlying clay overlying sand overlying bedrock. A water...
1. (25 points) The soil profile at a site consists of a layer of fine sand 5 m thick above a layer of clay 4 m thick. Below the clay is a layer of impermeable rock. The groundwater table was observed at 2 m below ground level. The unit weight of the sand above and below the water table is 20 KN/m'. The water content of the clay is 25% and its dry unit weight is 15 KN/m'. The compression...
Two undisturbed clay samples were taken from the middle of the overconsolidated and normally consolidated clay layers in the soil profile shown. The water table is at the top of the overconsolidated clay layer. Consolidation tests were carried out on the two samples and the results are summarized in the table below. Assume that the bulk, dry, and saturated unit weights of the sand are 16 kN/m3, 16 kN/m3 and 19 kN/m3, respectively. The specific gravity of the clay soil...
Example 2:3 The soil profile at a site consists of a 3 m thick sand layer (Ybulk -16.5 kN/m3 sat18.5 kN/m3) underlain by a 6 m thick clay layer (w-27%, Gs-270, m,-0.31 MPa", cv-2.6 m2/year), which is underlain by a gravel layer. A 3 m compacted fill with a unit weight of 20 kN/m3 is to be placed at ground level. a. What would be the final consolidation settlement? b. How long will it take for 50 mm of consolidation...
The ground profile of a construction site consists of a 3 m thick layer of sand followed by a 2 m thick layer of clay lying on impervious bedrock. The water table is at a depth of 2 m below the ground surface. The sand has a dry unit weight of 16 kN/m3 and a saturated unit weight of 18 kN/m3. The capillary rise in the sand is 0.5 m. The clay has a bulk unit weight of 19 kN/m3....
2.) THE SOIL PROFILE SHOWS CONSISTS OF A LAYER OF DRY SAND 4m HICK WHICH OVERLIES A LAYER OF CLAY HAVING A THICKNESS OF 6m. GROUND WATER TABLE IS LOCATED AT THE INTERFACE OF THE SAND AND CLAY a.) COMPUTE THE EFFECTIVE STRESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CLAY LAYER b..) IF THE WATER TABLE RISES BY 2m, DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVE STRESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CLAY LAYER c.) IF THE WATER TABLE LOWERS BY 2m, DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVE...
Q8 An oil tank, 20 m in diameter, is to be built on a site where the soil profile consists of 4 m of dense gravel overlying 3 m of clay overlying rigid impermeable rock, and the water table is 1 m below the soil surface. If the tank applies a uniform pressure of 100 kPa to the surface of the soil calculate the differential settlement between the centre and perimeter of the tank after 1 year and after many...
The ground profile of a construction site consists of a 3 m thick layer of sand followed by a 2 m thick layer of clay lying on impervious bedrock. The watertable is at a depth of 2 m below the ground surface. The sand has a dry unit weight of 16 kN/m and a saturated unit weight of 18 kN/m3. The capillary rise in sand is 0.5 m. The clay has a bulk unit weight of 19 kN/m 1. One...
A soil profile consists of a clay layer underlain by a sand layer, as shown in figure. If a tube is inserted into the bottom sand layer and the water level rises to 1m above the ground surface, determined the vertical effective stresses and porewater pressures at A, B, and C. if ko is 0.5, determine the effective and total lateral stresses at A, B, and C. what is the value of the value of the porewater pressure at A...
Problem 7 The soil profile at a site consists of a top 4 m layer of dense sand followed by 2 m of clay, which is underlain by a stiff stratum. The water table is at 2 m below the ground level. The following data was obtained from a consolidation test on an undisturbed sample obtained from the middle of the clay layer: water content 5 36%, specific gravity of the clay grains = 2.72, compression index = 0.72, recompression...
geotechnical engineering The soil profile at a site consists of a clay layer 10 m thick, sandwich between two sand layers. The top sand layer has a density of 1.9 Mg/m² and is 5 m thick. Below this layer is a 10 m thick clay layer with a saturated density of 1.8 Mg/m' and a saturated water content 42%. The deeper sand layer has a saturated density of 1.9 Mg/m² and extend to the depth investigated at the site. The...