Principles of Foundation Engineering, SI Edition
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The initial principal stresses at acertain depth in a clay soil are 200 kPa on the horizontal plane and 100 kPa on the vertical plane.Construction of a surface foundation induces additional stresses consisting of a vertical stress of 45 kPa, a lateral stress of 20 kPa, and a clockwise(with respect to the horizontal plane) shear stress of 40 kPa. Determine the change in shearing stress in kPa.
A foundation (Figure 1) transmits a stress of 100 kPa on the surface of a soil deposit.
a. Evaluate increases of vertical stresses points A, B, and C at the depth of 2m and Sm (2
points)
b. At what depth is the increase in vertical stress below A less than 10% of the surface
stress?
6 m
+2 m-
A
2 m
-4 m-
Figure 1: Plan of foundation
Question 3
a)
In a geotechnical laboratory an oedometer test on a saturated clay soil was conducted.
The results in the laboratory report stated that the Ce= 0.2, C, -0.04 and OCR = 4.5.
The existing vertical effective stress in the field was 130 kPa. A shallow foundation
was designed to construct above the soil condition. This will increase the vertical
stress at the center of the clay by 50 kPa. The thickness of the clay layer is 2 m and
its water content is 28%. Solve the primary consolidation settlement and determine
the difference in the settlement if OCR value were 1.5 instead 4.5.
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