A 3 m x 3 m square precast reinforced concrete segments to be installed by pushing them through an existing railway embankment for making an underpass as shown in the figure. A reaction arrangement using precast PCC blocks placed on the ground is to be made for the jacks. Precast RCC segment Railway embankment 7.5 Jacks Natural Ground Not to Scale Steel plate

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A 3 m x 3 m square precast reinforced concrete
segments to be installed by pushing them through
an existing railway embankment for making an
underpass as shown in the figure. A reaction
arrangement using precast PCC blocks placed
on the ground is to be made for the jacks.
Precast
RCC
segment
Railway
embankment
7.5
Jacks
Natural Ground
Not to Scale
At each stage, the jacks are required to apply a
force of 1875 kN to push the segment. The jacks
will react against the rigid steel plate placed
against the reaction arrangement. The footprint
area of reaction arrangement on natural ground is
37.5 m2. The unit weight of PCC block is 24 kN/
m3. The proporties of the natural ground are: c =
17 kPa; o = 25° and y =18 kN/m³. Assuming
%3|
that the reaction arrangement has rough interface
and has the same properties that of soil, the
factor of safety (round off to 1 decimal place)
against shear failure is
Steel plate
Transcribed Image Text:A 3 m x 3 m square precast reinforced concrete segments to be installed by pushing them through an existing railway embankment for making an underpass as shown in the figure. A reaction arrangement using precast PCC blocks placed on the ground is to be made for the jacks. Precast RCC segment Railway embankment 7.5 Jacks Natural Ground Not to Scale At each stage, the jacks are required to apply a force of 1875 kN to push the segment. The jacks will react against the rigid steel plate placed against the reaction arrangement. The footprint area of reaction arrangement on natural ground is 37.5 m2. The unit weight of PCC block is 24 kN/ m3. The proporties of the natural ground are: c = 17 kPa; o = 25° and y =18 kN/m³. Assuming %3| that the reaction arrangement has rough interface and has the same properties that of soil, the factor of safety (round off to 1 decimal place) against shear failure is Steel plate
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