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    This document provides 6 situations involving geotechnical engineering problems related to permeability, hydraulic gradients, soil settlement, bearing capacity, and footing design. For each situation, the student is asked to determine specific values like equivalent permeability, pore water pressure, head loss, hydraulic gradient, flow rate, settlement, bearing capacity, footing size, and allowable load. Diagrams and soil property values are provided for each problem to facilitate calculations. The student is to submit their solutions by January 3, 2022 at 8:30 am in a neat and orderly manner.

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    GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

    Problem Set

    Direction. Solve the following problem in neat and orderly manner.


    Date of Submission: January 3, 2022 not later than 8:30 a.m.

    Situation 1. See figure SM-024


    Water flows in and out in the system shown to maintain a constant head h = 1000 mm.
    Cross-sectional area of soil A = 10,000 mm2. Elevation of the water surface at the outlet container is 600 mm.
    Hydraulic Conductivity Lengths of soil:
    -2
    K1 = 3 x 10 mm/s H1 = 300 mm
    K2 = 4 x 10-2 mm/s H2 = 400 mm
    ➢ Determine the equivalent coefficient of permeability.
    ➢ Determine the pore water pressure (kpa) at elevation 500 mm.
    ➢ Determine the head loss (mm) in elevation 200 mm.

    Situation 2. See Figure SM - 022


    A permeable soil is underlain by an impervious layer. For the permeable layer, k = 0.0052 cm/s, H =
    4 m, and inclination with respect to horizontal = 5.
    ➢ Determine the hydraulic gradient.
    ➢ Determine the flow of water per meter width.
    ➢ Determine the total amount of water percolated per day per meter width (m3).

    • Soil Settlement

    Situation 3. See figure GEOD 23.0.


    The soil is acted upon by a uniformly distributed lload of 60 kPa at the ground surface.
    ➢ Compute the settlement of the clay layer caused by primary consolidation if the soil is normally consolidated.
    ➢ Compute the settlement of the clay layer caused by primary consolidation pressure of clay is 230 kPa.
    o Use 𝑐𝑠=𝑐𝑐/5.
    ➢ Compute the settlement of the clay layer caused by primary consolidation if the pre-consolidation pressure of clay is 200 kPa. Use
    𝑐𝑠=𝑐𝑐/5.

    Situation 4. See figure GEOD 24.0.


    A soil formation is composed of 5 m thick clay and 5 m thick clay and 5 m thick sand being the sand above the clay.
    The ground water table (GWT) is located at 2 m below the ground surface. Assume E= 6900 kPa, 𝐼𝐹 = 0.79 and 𝜇= 0.2.
    ➢ A rigid column footing 1.2 m in diameter is constructed. The load on the footings is 170 kN. Determine the immediate settlement.
    ➢ Calculate the primary compression index.
    ➢ Calculate the primary consolidation settlement of the normally consolidated clay layer if there is a surcharge of 40 kPa acting on
    the ground surface. (Neglect footing’s load)
    ➢ Calculate the secondary settlement of the clay layer 5 years after the completion of the primary consolidation settlement. Time
    for completion of primary settlement is 2 years. Use 𝑐𝛼= 0.02.

    • Bearing capacity of Soils

    Situation 5. See Figure 5.


    The figure shown is a square footing 1.2m x 1.2m. The unit weight of the soil is 17.3 kN/cu.meter and has a cohesion of 9.6kPa.
    Angle of internal friction is 28 degrees. Assume no water table exist below the foundation. Determine the following.
    ➢ Ultimate bearing capacity assuming general shear failure in soil.
    ➢ Allowable bearing capacity of soil using a factor of safety of 2.5
    ➢ Gross allowable load that the footing can carry.
    Situation 6. See figure 6.
    A square footing carries an allowable load of 59130 kg including its own weight The bottom of the footing is 1.0m below the ground
    surface and the water table coincides with the bottom. Assume general shear failure. Nc = 35 Nq = 22 N = 19
    Determine the following
    ➢ Effective surcharge at the bottom of the footing
    ➢ Size using a factor of safety of 3.
    ➢ Allowable bearing capacity.

    Figure 5

    Figure 6

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