A soil profile consists of 6 m thick clay soil over 3 m thick sand soil, which in turn lies over a hard rock. It is noticed that the steady ground water table (GWT) is at the ground level (GL). Take the saturated unit weight of clay to be 24 kN/m³ and that of sand 20 kN/m³. A wide embankment 6 m high is to be constructed from a fill having a unit weight of 18 kN/m3. Calculate the Total vertical stress, pore water pressure and the effective stress at the centre of the clay and at the centre of the sand for the conditions stated below. a) Before the construction of the embankment. b) Immediately after the construction of the embankment.
A soil profile consists of 6 m thick clay soil over 3 m thick sand soil, which in turn lies over a hard rock. It is noticed that the steady ground water table (GWT) is at the ground level (GL). Take the saturated unit weight of clay to be 24 kN/m³ and that of sand 20 kN/m³. A wide embankment 6 m high is to be constructed from a fill having a unit weight of 18 kN/m3. Calculate the Total vertical stress, pore water pressure and the effective stress at the centre of the clay and at the centre of the sand for the conditions stated below. a) Before the construction of the embankment. b) Immediately after the construction of the embankment.
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Transcribed Image Text:A soil profile consists of 6 m thick clay soil over 3 m thick sand soil,
which in turn lies over a hard rock. It is noticed that the steady ground
water table (GWT) is at the ground level (GL). Take the saturated unit
weight of clay to be 24 kN/m³ and that of sand 20 kN/m³. A wide
embankment 6 m high is to be constructed from a fill having a unit
weight of 18 kN/m3. Calculate the Total vertical stress, pore water
pressure and the effective stress at the centre of the clay and at the centre
of the sand for the conditions stated below.
a) Before the construction of the embankment.
b) Immediately after the construction of the embankment.
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