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the critical state friction angle of a soil is 30deg and ocr 20 would this soil fail in tension if it were loaded in
the undrained shear strength of an isotropically consolidated fi ne-grained soil in a standard triaxial cu test is 50
a standard undrained triaxial test was performed on a fi ne-grained soil the soil was consolidated to a cell pressure
the natural is situ water content of a saturated soil is 64 because of undue care the soil lost 4 water content when it
a cu triaxial test was conducted on a normally consolidated sample of a saturated clay its undrained shear strength at
the foundation base of a long retaining wall is required to support the load including self-weight of the base and the
a strip footing founded on dense sand p 35deg from direct shear tests and gammasat 17 knm3 is to be designed to
a strip footing 5 m wide is founded on the surface of a deep deposit of clay the undrained shear strength of the clay
the centroid of a square foundation of sides 5 m is located 10 m away from the edge of a vertical cut of depth4 m the
the results of a representative field vane shear test at a site are shown in figure e1222a previous studies reveal that
figure p1218 shows a proposed canal near a five-story apartment building 30 m wide times 50 m long the building is
assume the height of the wall shown in figure 145 is 3 m higha determine the average flow rate into the drainage
repeat exercise 142 using the finite difference methodexercise 142a sheet pile wall supporting 6 m of water is shown in
for the dam shown in figure p146a determine the flow rate under the dam if the equivalent hydraulic conductivity is k
draw the phreatic surface for the earth dam shown in figure p147 determine the flow rate within the dam if k kx 1
a sheet pile wall supporting 6 m of water is shown in figure p142a draw the flow netb determine the flow rate if k
a borehole at a site for a proposed building reveals the following soil profilea building is to be constructed on this
a clay soil of thickness h is allowed to drain on the top boundary through a thin sand layer a vertical stress of sigma
an oedometer test on a saturated clay soil gave the following results cc 02 cr 004 ocr 45 the existing vertical
a building is expected to increase the vertical stress at the center of a 2-m-thick clay layer by 100 kpa if mv is 4
figure p918 shows the soil profile at a site for a proposed office building it is expected that the vertical stress at
the following data were recorded in an oedometer test on a clay sample 100 mm in diameter and 30 mm highat the end of
the over consolidation ratio of a saturated clay at a depth of 5 m is 60 and its water content is 38 it is believed
you are in charge of designing a retaining wall what laboratory tests would you specify for the backfill soil give