5.0 ft5.0 ftGround surfaceSand10.0 ftSoft clay10.0 ftSand10.0 ftRock layerFigure 1: Soil stratum with sand layer under artesian pressure. A deposit of clay lies between two layers of sand as shown in Figure 1. The lower sandlayer is under artesian pressure. The moist unit weight of the sand above the groundwatertable is 105 lb/ft³; below the groundwater table its saturated unit weight is 120 lb/ft³. Thesaturated unit weight of the clay layer is 110 lb/ft³.Determine the following:a) The vertical total stress, the pore pressure and vertical effective stress at the bottom ofthe clay layer.b) The height d above the ground surface of the water in the piezometer that would cause“boiling” (heave) of the upper sand layer.

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