In a site consisting of normally consolidated clean sands, the water table is at 3.05 m depth. The average unit weight of the sand above and below the water table is 17.53 kN/m³ and 19.65 kN/m¹, respectively. At a 7.62 m depth, Noo was reported as 26. Determine the following: a. (N₁) using Liao and Whitman's (1986) equation for Cy [Eq. (3.13)]

In a site consisting of normally consolidated clean sands, the water table is at 3.05 m depth. The average unit weight of the sand above and below the water table is 17.53 kN/m³ and 19.65 kN/m¹, respectively. At a 7.62 m depth, Noo was reported as 26. Determine the following: a. (N₁) using Liao and Whitman's (1986) equation for Cy [Eq. (3.13)]

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In a site consisting of normally consolidated clean sands,
the water table is at 3.05 m depth. The average unit weight
of the sand above and below the water table is 17.53 kN/m³
and 19.65 kN/m³, respectively. At a 7.62 m depth, Noo was
reported as 26. Determine the following:
a. (N₁) using Liao and Whitman's (1986) equation for Cy
[Eq. (3.13)]

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