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This document contains solutions to exercises on soil mechanics topics like settlement, consolidation, and coefficient of consolidation. Exercise 1.1 involves determining immediate settlement of a rectangle footing on clay. Exercise 1.9 calculates the rise in water pressure and coefficient of consolidation from given soil properties and load/time parameters. Exercise 1.10 addresses calculating consolidation time for different layer thicknesses in the lab versus field. The exercises cover essential concepts in soil mechanics like stress distribution, compressibility, consolidation, and coefficient of consolidation.

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Chapter 1 Tutorial

This document contains solutions to exercises on soil mechanics topics like settlement, consolidation, and coefficient of consolidation. Exercise 1.1 involves determining immediate settlement of a rectangle footing on clay. Exercise 1.9 calculates the rise in water pressure and coefficient of consolidation from given soil properties and load/time parameters. Exercise 1.10 addresses calculating consolidation time for different layer thicknesses in the lab versus field. The exercises cover essential concepts in soil mechanics like stress distribution, compressibility, consolidation, and coefficient of consolidation.

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Soil Mechanics II

TUTORIAL: CHAPTER 1
Exercise 1.1: Immediate Settlement
Determine the immediate settlement of a rectangle footing 4 m X 6 m long embedded in a deep
deposit of homogeneous clay.
Exercise 1.1: Solution
Exercise 1.1: Solution
Exercise 1.2: Elastic compression of cohesive
soils under flexible foundation
Exercise 1.2: Solution
Divide the plan area into a number of rectangles, so that the corners of the rectangles meet at
point A.
Exercise 1.3: Elastic compression of cohesive
soils under flexible foundation
A reinforced concrete foundation, of dimension 20 m X 40 m exerts a
uniform pressure of 200 kPa on semi-infinite saturated soil layer (E =
50 Mpa). Determine the value of immediate settlement under the
foundation.
Exercise 1.3: Solution
Exercise 1.4: Sc on NCC
Exercise 1.4: Solution
Exercise 1.4: Solution
Exercise 1.5: Sc on OCC
1.4
Exercise 1.5: Solution

1.4
Exercise 1.5: Solution
Exercise 1.6: Sc on lightly OCC

1.4
Exercise 1.6: Solution
Exercise 1.6: Solution
Exercise 1.7: Sc using mv
Exercise 1.7: Solution

Using Milovic’s and Tournier’s (1971) method for calculating the vertical stress increase at the middle of
each sub-layer.
Exercise 1.7: Solution
Exercise 1.8: Solution
Exercise 1.8: Solution
1
Step 1: Calculate the effective overburden
0.95
pressure in the middle of the soft clay layer.
0.9 Step 2: Calculate the vertical stress increase
on the middle of the clay layer caused by the
0.85
building load.
Void Ratio

0.8
Step 3: Find the coefficient of compressibility
0.75 Step 4: Calculate the primary consolidation
0.7
settlement.
Step 5: Calculate the secondary compression
0.65
index.
0.6 Step 6: Calculate the secondary consolidation
40 400
Vertical Stress (log)
settlement.
Exercise 1.9: Consolidation
On the soil profile shown a surcharge load of 96kN/m2 is applied. Determine :
A. how high the water will rise in the piezometer immediately after the application of load.
B. after 104 days of the load application, h = 4m. Determine the coefficient of consolidation of the clay soil.
Exercise 1.9: Solution

𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑈 = 59%, 𝑇59 = 0.277

𝐶𝑣 ∗ 104 ∗ 24 ∗ 60 ∗ 60
0.277 =
42
𝐶𝑣 = 0.03𝑐𝑚3 /𝑠𝑒𝑐
Exercise 1.10: Consolidation
The time required for 50% consolidation of a 25mm thick clay layer (drained at both top and bottom) in the
laboratory is 2 min 20 sec. How long (in days) will it take for 3 m thick clay layer of the same clay in the field
under the same pressure increment to reach 50% consolidation? In the field is a rock layer at the bottom of
the clay.
Exercise 1.10: Solution
Exercise 1.11: Consolidation
Exercise 1.11: Solution
Exercise 1.11: Solution
Exercise 1.12: Consolidation
Exercise 1.12: Solution

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