A clay layer 25 feet thick is overlain with 50 feet. thick of sand with specific gravity of 2.71. The water table is 20 feet below the sand surface. The saturated unit weight of clay is 141.0 pcf. The sand below the water table has a unit weight of 128.0 pcf. The sand above the water table has an average moisture content of 20.0%. After drying the sand was found to have a dry unit of 92.0 pcf. Determine the effective stress at the mid-height of Lhe clay layer.

A clay layer 25 feet thick is overlain with 50 feet. thick of sand with specific gravity of 2.71. The water table is 20 feet below the sand surface. The saturated unit weight of clay is 141.0 pcf. The sand below the water table has a unit weight of 128.0 pcf. The sand above the water table has an average moisture content of 20.0%. After drying the sand was found to have a dry unit of 92.0 pcf. Determine the effective stress at the mid-height of Lhe clay layer.

Structural Analysis

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Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

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Chapter2: Loads On Structures

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