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- Determine the increase in vertical stress at a depth of 5 mbelow the centroid of the foundation shown in Figure P7.21.A retaining wall 6 m high supports cohesionless soil having a dry density of 1600 kg/m³, angle of resistance 32 and void ratio of 0.68. The surface of the soil is horizontal and level with the top of the wall. Neglecting wall friction and using Rankine’s formula for active pressure of a cohesionless soil. 1. Determine the nearest value of the total earth thrust on the wall in KN per lineal meter if the soil is dry. a. 73.1 b. 86.7 c. 62.4 d. 98.1 2. Find the nearest value of the thrust on the wall in KN per lineal meter if owing to inadequate drainage, it is waterlogged to a level of 3.5 m below the surface. a. 112 b. 171 c. 147 d. 153 3. Find at what height above the base of the wall the thrust acts during the waterlogged condition. a. 2.21 m b. 2.00 m c. 1.74 m d. 1.42 mA 4.5m square foundation exerts uniform pressure of 200kn/m^2 on a soil . Determine 1:the vertical stress increment due to the foundation load to adepth of 10 m below its centre 2: the vertical stress increment at apoint 3m below the foundation and 4m from its centre along one of the axes of symmetry
- Refer to Figure P6.3. Determine the vertical stress increase Δσ at point A with the values q1 = 90 kN/m, q2 = 325 kN/m, x1 = 4 m, x2 = 2.5 m, and z = 3 m.A concentrated load of 45000 Ib acts at foundation level at a depth of 6.56 ft below ground surface. Find the vertical stress along the axis of the load at a depth of 32.8 ft and at a radial distance of16.4 ft at the same depth by (a) Boussinesq, and (b) Westergaard formulae for n = 0. Neglect the depth of the foundationA 4.5 m square foundation exerts a uniform pressure of 200kN/m2 on soil. Determine; i. The vertical stress increments due to the foundation load to a depth of 10m below its center. ii. The vertical stress increment at a point 3m below the foundation and 4m from its center a long one of its axes of symmetry.
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- It is required to design a cantilever retaining wall to retain a 5.0 m high sandy backfill. The dimensions of the cantilever wall are shown in Figure 15.52 along with the soil properties. Check the stability with respect to sliding and overturning, based on the active earth pressures determined, usinga. Coulomb's earth pressure theory (δ' = 24°), andb. Rankine's earth pressure theory.The unit weight of concrete is 24 .0 kN/m3A circular area having a radius of 3 m carries a uniformly distributed of 90 kPa is applied to the ground. Compute the total vertical stress in kN/m^2 increment due to this unifrom load if the unit weight of soil is 18.40 kN/m^3 at point 6 m below the edge of the circular area. a. 18.62 b. 137.66 c. 115.17 d. 129.02The section of masonry dam is shown in Fig. U. If the uplift pressure variesuniformly from full hydrostatic at the heel to full hydrostatic at the toe, but acts only 2/3 of the area of the base, find: (a) the location of the resultant, (b) factor safety against overturning, (c) factor of safety against sliding if the coefficient of friction between base and foundation is 0.60.