A layer of silty clay with a thickness of 10 m, sand with a thickness of 2m from the bottom and top it is located between. The groundwater level at the site is at the ground surface. In the field a large area spread filling that acts on the ground surface and transfers stress of 100 kPa it has a payload of. Unit volume weight of silty clay floor 18 kN / m3 and consolidation according to the coefficient of 0.3 m2/month, 50 months after the construction of the fill,find the silty sand layer in the middle how many m will the water rise over the ground surface in a submerged piezometer pipe (take the unit volume weight of water 10 kN/m3

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Calculation of Settlement

The vertical displacement of the structural foundation due to the loading from the superstructure is known as settlement. It is due to the reduction of air voids present in the soil. The amount of vertical displacement depends on the bearing capacity of the soil on which the foundation is laid. The effect of the settlement depends on the magnitude of settlement, uniformity, and the structural design of the structure. The maximum allowable settlement for residential and office buildings should be less than 18 mm, for industrial buildings, it is 38 mm and for commercial buildings, it is 25 mm.