Homework 11 An engineer is planning to make an uniform cut to leave 4 ft. thick soil mass on top of the bed rock, w...
Homework #10 A soil exploration result of a site is shown in the following figure. A building is to be constructed at that site. First, it has been proposed to raise the elevation of the ground by filling the site with 10 ft thick compacted soil at an area of 25 ft x 25 ft. The unit weight of the compacted moist soil was 120 pcf. The foundation of proposed building was constructed at the center of the compaction area...
A slope on the side of a hill is cut to make space for a wider sidewalk. The soil behind the slope will be supported with a concrete block that will rest on a highly plastic clay. Slope Concrete Side walk block Figure 1.Scheme of the problem Assuming a 2D problem, the geometry of the block is: height (H) 5 ft and width (W)-8 ft. Consider the depth as a unity. A direct shear test is conducted on the clay...