Question 5 (20 marks) A I-m thick, c applied on the top surface of the clay using Sheepsfoot rollers t Ily-saturate...
Question 4 (20 marks): A 2-m thick normally-consolidated clay soil is resting on impermeable shale rock; a 20-m thick layer of sandy soil is placed on top of the clay to expedite consolidation process. The unit weight of the sand is 15 kN/m3 and the unit weight of the clay is 10 kN/m3. For the clay layer, the initial void ratio is 2.0, the compression index of the clay is Ce 0.40, the recompression index is C, - 0.10, and...
The time for 50% consolidation of a 25 mm thick clay specimen (drained at top and bottom) in the laboratory is 150 sec. How long (in days) will it take for a 3 m thick layer of the same clay in the field under the same pressure increment to reach 75% consolidation? There is an impermeable shale layer at the bottom of the clay layer in the field I. 2. Use Figure 1 for the following Compute the vertical effective...
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...
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...
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....
TO. A uniformly distributed surcharge of T50 kN/m2 was applied at the ground surface of the soil profile shown below. Based on the consolidation laboratory ratio is 0.8, compression index is 0.45 and swell index is 0.1, det (30 points) results, the initial void ermine the following: A) Effective stress and pore water pressure at the mid-depth of layer 4. B) Primary consolidation settlement if the clay layer is normally consolidated. C) Primary consolidation settlement if the precompression pressure i5...
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...
1. An 8-m thick normally consolidated clay layer is doubly drained as shown below. (This means that a very pervious layer compared to the clay exists on top of and under the clay layer) The embankment applied an average vertical stress increase of 100 kPa to the clay layer. The water table is located at the mid depth of the sand layer. Assume the sand above the water table is dry 0 Pore water pressure, u (kPa) 20 40 60...
A 2-m thick of compacted soil of unit weight 20 kN/m3 will be placed on the top of the ground surface. Δσ y 14.0 kN/m3 3.0 m Sand Y 17.5 kN/m3 2.0 m 3.0m A Soft clay y= 13.5 kN/m3 6.0 m Medium clay y=15.0 kN/m3 B 4.0 m Bedrock a) Before placing the compacted soil, what are the overconsolidation ratios (OCR) for point A and B? b) When placing the compacted soil, what external load Ag would be? c)...
(4). (8 pts). A soil profile is shown in below Figure. A uniformly distributed load Ao is applied at the surface of soil. Given the preconsolidation pressure is between swell index and compression index is: C C/6. The unit weight of water is: -9.38 kN/m. If U-98% we regard it as a completion of primary consolidation. We have taken the clay sample and done the Atterberg Limit test. For the liquid limit test, the result is as below. Please ơ'-926...