A square footing 1.5 m x 1.5 m has its bottom placed 1.5 m below the ground surface. The profile has the soil shown. The clay is normally consolidated. a. Compute the effective pressure at the mid-height of the clay layer. Compute the average increase of effective pressure in the clay layer b. c. Compute the settlement of the 3 m clay layer that will result from the 890 KN load carried by the square footing. 6m 7.5m 1.5m 1.5m 4.5m 3m 3m 890 KN 1.5m 1.5 x 1.5 m ground water table Sand Dry sand Ysar 15.7 kN/m³ Ysar 18.8 kN/m3 Clay Po Yra 17.3 kN/m³ e=1.0 LL-40
A square footing 1.5 m x 1.5 m has its bottom placed 1.5 m below the ground surface. The profile has the soil shown. The clay is normally consolidated. a. Compute the effective pressure at the mid-height of the clay layer. Compute the average increase of effective pressure in the clay layer b. c. Compute the settlement of the 3 m clay layer that will result from the 890 KN load carried by the square footing. 6m 7.5m 1.5m 1.5m 4.5m 3m 3m 890 KN 1.5m 1.5 x 1.5 m ground water table Sand Dry sand Ysar 15.7 kN/m³ Ysar 18.8 kN/m3 Clay Po Yra 17.3 kN/m³ e=1.0 LL-40
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- A square footing 1.5 m x5 m has its bottom placed 1.5 m below the ground surface. The profile has the soil shown. The clay is normally consolidated.
- Compute the effective pressure at the mid-height of the clay layer.
- Compute the average increase of effective pressure in the clay layer
- Compute the settlement of the 3 m clay layer that will result from the 890 KN load carried by the square footing.
Transcribed Image Text:A square footing 1.5 m x 1.5 m has its bottom placed 1.5 m below the ground surface. The
profile has the soil shown. The clay is normally consolidated.
a. Compute the effective pressure at the mid-height of the clay layer.
Compute the average increase of effective pressure in the clay layer
b.
c. Compute the settlement of the 3 m clay layer that will result from the 890 KN load carried
by the square footing.
6m
7.5m
1.5m
1.5m
4.5m
3m
3m
890 KN
1.5m
1.5 x 1.5 m
ground water table
Sand
Dry
sand
Ysar 15.7 kN/m³
Ysar 18.8 kN/m3
Clay
Po Yra 17.3 kN/m³
e=1.0 LL-40
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