




A 2 m wide continuous foundation carrying a 260 kN/m wall load is placed at a...
A 2.0 m wide continuous foundation is placed at 1.5 m depth in a saturated clay where cu=40kN/m^2 and y=18.5 kN/m^3. At 2.0 m below ground level, this clay is underlain by a stiffer clay where cu=60 kN/m^2 and y=19kN/m^3. What would be the maximum wall load allowed with FS=3
For 2 continuous foundation was constructed with 3.6 m apart (center to center) on a sand soil with Q' = 40° and y = 19 kN/m3. The width of each foundation is 3 m and it was placed at depth of 1.5 m. Determine the allowable bearing capacity (Use F.S =3).
a 39 in wide ,24 inch deep continuous footing supports a wall load of 12 kips/ft. this footing underlain by pure medium dense sand with D' = 31° and γ = 122 Lb/ft3. The ground water table is at a depth of 4 ft below the ground surface. Determine the allowable bearing capacity of this foundation using a factor of safety FS=2.5
Question-5 (20%): If a rectangular foundation of a dimension 1 X 1m with a load equal to 200 kN is placed at Im below the ground level as shown in the figure below. Calculate the maximum elastic settlement and settlement caused by primary consolidation due to the imposed load knowing that the clay is normally consolidated clay Ground level Es (kN/m2) 10000 Yd = 15 kN/m3 3m 5m Sand B000 Hs =0.3 2m Cc = 0.3 Ysat = 20 kN/m...
500 mm thick square footing is to be placed at a depth of 0.5 m in a clayey sand where c¢ = 10 kPa, f¢ = 34°, g = 19.0 kN/m3. The column load to be applied on the footing is 2000 kN. What should be the width of the footing?
A square foundation, 2.5 × 2.5 m in size, supports a column load
of 478 kN. The soil characteristics are given in the figure
below.
A. Estimate the average stress increase in the clay layer due to
the applied load.
B. Estimate the primary consolidation settlement.
478 KN 1.5 m 2.5 mx 2.5 m 7-16 kN/m AD GWT 1.75 m = 18.8 kN/m 3.5 m w - 19% G-2.71 LL-37 o'.-65 kN/m2 C, = 1/5 C C -0.243 7.-20.88 kN/m...
A load of 1863 kN is carried on a 1.5 by 2 m rectangular foundation at a shallow depth in a soil mass. Determine the vertical stress at the centre of the footing 4 m below the footing underside assuming: (a) the load is uniformly distributed over the pad and, (b) the load acts as a point load at the centre of the foundation.
A 2-m thick of compacted soil of unit weight 20 kN/m3 will be placed on the top of the ground surface. Δσ y 14.0 kN/m3 3.0 m Sand Y 17.5 kN/m3 2.0 m 3.0m A Soft clay y= 13.5 kN/m3 6.0 m Medium clay y=15.0 kN/m3 B 4.0 m Bedrock a) Before placing the compacted soil, what are the overconsolidation ratios (OCR) for point A and B? b) When placing the compacted soil, what external load Ag would be? c)...
A rectangular foundation with dimensions of B=2 m and L=5 m is to be constructed on a 6 m thick saturated layer of clay. Depth of foundation is 1 m and the undrained strength parameters of clay are ?? = 130 ??? and ?? = 0. The ground water table (GWT) is 1 m below the ground surface and unit weight of clay can be assumed as 19 ??/?3 above and below GWT. a) For a factor of safety of...
2 A 200 kN column load is to be supported on a 3 m square, 1 m deep spread footing underlain by young, normally consolidated sandy soils. The results of a representative CPT sounding at this site are as follow: Depth (m) qc (kg/cm²) 0.0-4.0 30 4.0-7.0 51 7.0-12.0 65 12.0-16.0 16.0-20.0 59 110 The groundwater table is at a depth of 10 m; the unit weight of the soil is 16 kN /mº above the groundwater table and 18...