Muni Budhu Soil mechanics and Foundations, John Wiley & Sons, 3rd. Ed.

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2001
Answers to odd questions that require numerical values
Chapter 2
2.11: (b) Soil A: 68.2 grams fine-grained soil, 131.6 grams coarse-grained soil; Soil B: 5.6 grams
fine-grained soil, 187.4 grams coarse-grained soil (c) Soil A = 34.1%; Soil B = 2.8 % (d) and (e)
Soil A

Soil B

Unknowni

0.1

Parameter
D10
D60

0.5

0.7

D30

Unknowni

0.32

1: Unknown means that the value cannot be determined from the sieve analysis test. You need to conduct a hydrometer test also.

Chapter 4
4.5: 2.67 4.7: 9a) 30% (b) 0.81 (c) 19 kN/m3 (d) 9.2 kN/m3 4.9: w = 6.7%, e = 0.64 and S =
28% 4.11: (a) 54.5% (b) 49% (c) 15.94 kN/m3 (d) 13.28 kN/m3 4.13: (a) 90.8% (b) 25% 4.15:
(a) 40% (b) 0.88 4.17: (a) 58%, 28.3% (b)29.7%, A = 0.66
Chapter 5
5.5: (a) 18.8 kN/m3, 10.8% (c) S = 71.6% 5.7: (a)
(b)

(c)

(d) $22,588,650

Chapter 6
6.5: k =0.0347 cm/s, vs = 0.1 cm/s; k = 0.0043 cm/s 6.7: 2.72 x 10-4 cm/s 6.9: 0.137 m3/day
6.11: 1.18 x 10-8 m3/s 6.13: (a) ~ 436 m (b) 6.18 m (d) (i) 143.7 x 10-5 m3/s (ii) 1.1

Chapter 7
7.5: (a) -0.02, 0.008 (b) -0.004 7.7: 1 = 25.2 kPa, 3= 10.8 kPa 7.9: (a)

max

500 200
150 kPa (b) = 428 kPa, = 124 kPa
2

7.11: (a) 1 = 161 kPa, 3 = 54 kPa; 1 = 61 kPa, 3 = 4 kPa (b) max = 28.5 kPa (c)
Principal stress plane rotates 23 clockwise from horizontal plane or 67o counterclockwise.
7.15: 19.6 kPa 7.17: (a) 47.9 kPa, 68 kPa, 94.8 kPa (b) 56.5 kPa 7.19: (a) 1 kPa (b) 0.0262 mm
7.21: 56 kPa 7.27: (b) 884.8 kN at 3.5 m from the surface (c) 4866.4 kN.m

Chapter 8
8.3: (a) 100 kPa, 0 (b) 133.3 kPa, -200 kPa (d) -1.5, 133.3 kPa 8.5: -16.7 kPa 8.7: (a) po = 79 kPa
po = 30 kPa, qo =22.5 kPa(b) 34.6 kPa (c) 1 = 22.4 kPa, r =3 = 4 kPa (d) p = 10 kPa, q =18.4
kPa
Chapter 9
9.7: 25 m 9.9: 80 mm 9.11: 1.60 mm2/min; 1.91 mm2/min 9.13: (b) Cc = 0.98; Cr = 0.41 (c) 0.0003
kN/m2 (e) 200 kPa 9.17: 4.2 m 9.19: 230 mm, 46.3 mm 9.21: Cc = 0.52, Cr = 0.2
Chapter 10
10.5:
10.7:
10.9: ( )

( )

( )

( )

( )

10.11: (a)
( )
10.13:
Chapter 11
11.9: = 0.226, = 0.026, eo = 1.94, Ro = 4.2, Mc = 1.2 and Me = 0.86
11.11: = 0.087, = 0.014 11.13: e = 1.821, M = 1.25 and uf = 150 kPa 11.15: 74.9 kPa, 53.5 kPa
11.17: 32.6 kPa 11.19: (b) 8 11.25: su = 34.6 kPa 11.27: (a) su = 32 kPa (b)
(d) su = 24 kPa (e) (i)

su f
po'

0.4 (ii)

su f
zo'

0.3

11.29: (1) u = 22.5, 6.3, 1.5, 0.5 kPa (2) 11.8 kPa (3) 31 kPa
Chapter 12
12.5: 1.1 m 12.7: 2 m 12.9: 1.2 m 12.11: 520 mm 12.15: 1.2 m 12.17: 231 kN
Chapter 13

(c) su = 23 kPa

13.1: (a) 3100 kN 13.3: (b) Qf = 27 MN, Qb > 19.2 MN 13.5: 696 kN 13.7: (a) Qa = 1037
kN (driven) Qa = 498 kN (drilled shaft) 13.9: Qult = 1504 kN Qa = 1037 kN (driven) 13.11: Qa
= 1467 kN , settlement 28 mm 13.13: 28 m

Chapter 14
14.3: (a) 0.9 cm/s (c) 85 kN/m 14.7: (c) 9114 kN/m from Simpsons rule 14.9: q = 7 x 10-4 cm3/s
(without drainage blanket), q = 9 x 10-4 cm3/s (with drainage blanket)
Chapter 15
15.5: (a) 232 kN/m (b) 209 kN/m