An excavation is to be made in a layer of clay which is 10 m thick and underlain by a sandstone formation. The water table is at the ground surface and the saturated unit weight of clay is 21 kN/m³. The water level in a piezometer installed in the sandstone rises 2.5 m above the ground surface. Draw a representative sketch of the problem and calculate the depth of excavation that can be reached without an upheave of the bottom of excavation.
An excavation is to be made in a layer of clay which is 10 m thick and underlain by a sandstone formation. The water table is at the ground surface and the saturated unit weight of clay is 21 kN/m³. The water level in a piezometer installed in the sandstone rises 2.5 m above the ground surface. Draw a representative sketch of the problem and calculate the depth of excavation that can be reached without an upheave of the bottom of excavation.
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![An excavation is to be made in a layer of clay which is 10 m thick and underlain by a sandstone
formation. The water table is at the ground surface and the saturated unit weight of clay is 21
kN/m³. The water level in a piezometer installed in the sandstone rises 2.5 m above the ground
surface. Draw a representative sketch of the problem and calculate the depth of excavation that
can be reached without an upheave of the bottom of excavation.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F16ac8fe9-ef41-4070-a28c-765ff98083c8%2Fee57ccee-9ac0-4edc-a1b7-07ead132f924%2Ffgkwi65_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:An excavation is to be made in a layer of clay which is 10 m thick and underlain by a sandstone
formation. The water table is at the ground surface and the saturated unit weight of clay is 21
kN/m³. The water level in a piezometer installed in the sandstone rises 2.5 m above the ground
surface. Draw a representative sketch of the problem and calculate the depth of excavation that
can be reached without an upheave of the bottom of excavation.
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