The square footing shown in the figure carries a load of 3500 kN. Assume that the stress below the footing is distributed at a slope of 1H:2V. Theclay layer is overconsolidated with OCR = 2- 3500 kN4m x Sm0.6 mYa = 17.5 kN/m²Sand0.6 mGWTSand1.2 m7' = 8.49 kN/m³Ysar = 17.1 kN/m³C, = 0.06Clay1.2 me, = 1.4C = 0,38etermine the settlement of the clay layer.

Find initial effective stress at middle :σi=17,5×1.2+8.491.2+17.1-9.811.22σi=35.562kpaFind increase…

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Chapter17: Settlement Of Shallow Foundations

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The square footing shown in the figure carries a load of 3500 kN. Assume that the stress below the footing is distributed at a slope of 1H:2V. The
clay layer is overconsolidated with OCR = 2
- 3500 kN
4m x Sm
0.6 m
Ya = 17.5 kN/m²
Sand
0.6 m
GWT
Sand
1.2 m
7' = 8.49 kN/m³
Ysar = 17.1 kN/m³
C, = 0.06
Clay
1.2 m
e, = 1.4
C = 0,38
etermine the settlement of the clay layer.

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