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- In typical deposit of submerged soil, the approximate depth at which the inter-granular pressure is equal to 60 kN/m² is: (Ysat = 30 kN/m³)A dense silt layer has the following properties: void ratio = 0.7, specific gravity = 2.58. Free ground water is 10.58 m. below the ground. Capillary action rise will reach 7.46 meters. The soil above capilary action rise is dry while within the zone, it is saturated at 54.74 %. Determine the effective pressure (in kPa) at a depth of 7.5 meters from the ground surface.A dense silt layer has the following properties: void ratio = 0.6, specific gravity = 2.55. Free ground water is 9.85 m. below the ground. Capillary action rise will reach 7.94 meters. The soil above capilary action rise is dry while within the zone, it is saturated at 54.63%. Determine the effective pressure (in kPa) at a depth of 7.05 meters from the ground surface. Round off to three decimal places.
- Estimate the lateral earth pressure developed at a depth 5 m below the soil surface of a loose sand deposit (wet unit weight of soil is 17.5 kN/m3). Also estimate the lateral pressure for the same depth if the sand is in a dense condition (unit weight is 20.5 kN/m3). What would be the total lateral pressure for the loose sand condition described if the water table were at the ground surface?A dense silt has the following properties: void ratio = 0.64, specific gravity = 2.5. Free ground water = 10.23m below the ground. Capillary action rise will reach 5.6m. The soil above the capillary action rise is dry while within the zone, it is saturated at 51.53%. Determine the effective pressure (in kPa) at a depth of 7.42m from the ground surface.Question 32 A dense silt layer has the following properties: void ratio = 0.66, specific gravity = 2.5. Free ground water is 9.47 m. below the ground. Capillary action rise will reach 6.66 meters. The soil above capilary action rise is dry while within the zone, it is saturated at 52.77%. Determine the effective pressure (in kPa) at a depth of 7.42 meters from the ground surface. Round off to three decimal places.
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- Plz give the correct answer. Compute the intensities of active and passive earth pressure at depth of 8 m in dry cohesionless sand with an angle of internal friction of 30 degrees , and unit weight of 18kN / (m ^ 3) What will be the intensities of active and passive pressure if the water level rises to the level? Take the saturated unit weight of sand as 22kN / (m ^ 3) .A layer of saturated clay 5 m thick is overlain by sand 4.0 m deep. The water table is 3 m below the top surface. The saturated weights of clay and sand are 18 kN/m3 and 20 kN /m3, respectively. Above the water table, the unit weight of sand is 17 kN/m3. Calculate the effective pressure on a horizontal plane at a depth of 9 m below the ground surface. What will be the increase in effective pressure at 9 m, if the soil gets saturated by capillary up to height of 1 m above water table?The water table is located at a depth of 4.0 m below the ground surface in a deposit of sand 16.0 m thick (Fig. 1). The sand is saturated above the water table. The total unit weight of the sand is 25 kN/m3. Calculate the (a) the total pressure, (b) the pore water pressure and (c) the effective pressure at depths 0, 4.0, 10.0, and 16.0 m from the ground surface, and draw the pressure distribution diagram.