. A soil layer consists of 4 meters of sand underlying 5 meters of clay. The water table is naturally located at the rock bed under the soil strata but rose by 5.5 meters due to a recent storm. Further, capillary action is expected to develop due to the nature of the soil in question. Compute the effective stresses at the end of expected capillary action, at the end of the water table, at the interface of the clay and sand and finally at the bottom of the soil strata. Pertinent soil properties are as follows
. A soil layer consists of 4 meters of sand underlying 5 meters of clay. The water table is naturally located at the rock bed under the soil strata but rose by 5.5 meters due to a recent storm. Further, capillary action is expected to develop due to the nature of the soil in question. Compute the effective stresses at the end of expected capillary action, at the end of the water table, at the interface of the clay and sand and finally at the bottom of the soil strata. Pertinent soil properties are as follows
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3. A soil layer consists of 4 meters of sand underlying 5 meters of clay. The water table is naturally located at the rock bed under the soil strata but rose by 5.5 meters due to a recent
storm. Further, capillary action is expected to develop due to the nature of the soil in question. Compute the effective stresses at the end of expected capillary action, at the end of
the water table, at the interface of the clay and sand and finally at the bottom of the soil
strata. Pertinent soil properties are as follows
Transcribed Image Text:Average S, Capil-
lary Zone
Gs
e
D10
C
Clay
2.71
1.1
0.0125
25
55%
Sand
2.72
1.15
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
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