A square column foundation with base of 1.51 m is shown in the figure. It carries an axial load of 468 kN and has its bottom resting on the ground water table located h1 = 1.4 m. below the ground surface. h2 = 0.8 m and h3 = 2.5 m. Compute the settlement of the clay layer in millimeter caused by primary consolidation if the preconsolidation pressure of the clay is 98 KPa. |P & XRX I X Dry Sand Wet Sand Clay Soil Properties: Unit Weight of Dry Sand= 15.4 KN/m3 Saturated Unit Weight of Sand = 19.4 KN/m3 Saturated Unit Weight of Clay = 18.6 KN/m3 Compression Index = 0.264 Void Ratio of Clay = 0.75 Swell Index = 1/5Cc h1 h3 G

A square column foundation with base of 1.51 m is shown in the figure. It carries an axial load of 468 kN and has its bottom resting on the ground water table located h1 = 1.4 m. below the ground surface. h2 = 0.8 m and h3 = 2.5 m. Compute the settlement of the clay layer in millimeter caused by primary consolidation if the preconsolidation pressure of the clay is 98 KPa. |P & XRX I X Dry Sand Wet Sand Clay Soil Properties: Unit Weight of Dry Sand= 15.4 KN/m3 Saturated Unit Weight of Sand = 19.4 KN/m3 Saturated Unit Weight of Clay = 18.6 KN/m3 Compression Index = 0.264 Void Ratio of Clay = 0.75 Swell Index = 1/5Cc h1 h3 G

Principles of Foundation Engineering (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter10: Mat Foundations

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