A layer of silt 3.5 m thick underlain by 3 m thick tay layer. The water table is located at 2.5 m below the ground surface. The capillary rise that layer is 1.5 m. Assuming that the sit and clay layer has the following parameters Sile layer: Depth 0-1 m:G-2.7, e-0.6: 5-0% Depth 1-3 G-27; -0.6 5-6 Depth 25-33 G-2.7; e-0.6: 5-100% Clay layer: G-2.69; -0.807; S-100% (Full (1) Calculate the total and effective stresses and pure water pressure at points A, B, C, D and Eat 0, 1,25,3.5 and 6.5 m respectively Auming no capillary rise. 145 Marks) (1) Repe
A layer of silt 3.5 m thick underlain by 3 m thick tay layer. The water table is located at 2.5 m below the ground surface. The capillary rise that layer is 1.5 m. Assuming that the sit and clay layer has the following parameters Sile layer: Depth 0-1 m:G-2.7, e-0.6: 5-0% Depth 1-3 G-27; -0.6 5-6 Depth 25-33 G-2.7; e-0.6: 5-100% Clay layer: G-2.69; -0.807; S-100% (Full (1) Calculate the total and effective stresses and pure water pressure at points A, B, C, D and Eat 0, 1,25,3.5 and 6.5 m respectively Auming no capillary rise. 145 Marks) (1) Repe
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A layer of silt 3.5 m thick underlain by 3 m thick tay layer. The water table is located at 2.5 m below the ground surface. The capillary rise that layer is 1.5 m. Assuming that the sit and clay layer has the following parameters
Sile layer:
Depth 0-1 m:G-2.7, e-0.6: 5-0% Depth 1-3 G-27; -0.6 5-6 Depth 25-33 G-2.7; e-0.6: 5-100%
Clay layer: G-2.69; -0.807; S-100% (Full (1) Calculate the total and effective stresses and pure water pressure
at points A, B, C, D and
Eat 0, 1,25,3.5 and 6.5 m respectively Auming no capillary rise. 145 Marks) (1) Repeat (1), this time with capillary rise of 15m
145 Marks)
(i) Comment on the effect of capillary rise 12
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