WATER RESOURCES UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

ASSIGNMENTS Problem 1: Following are the results of a sieve analysis:

a. Determine the percent finer than each size and plot a grain-size distribution curve. b. Determine D10, D30, D60 from the grain-size distribution curve. c. Calculate the uniformity coeffecient Cu and the coefficient of gradation Cu. Problem 2: From the definition, establish the following formula:

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Problem 3:

( 1 + w )Gs w wG s 1+ S

The moist unit weight of a soil is 17.2 kN/m3. Given that w = 25% and Gs = 2.68, determine: - Dry unit weight - Porosity - Degree of saturation - Weight of water, to be added to reach full saturation.

Problem 4: For an inorganic soil, the following grain-size analysis is given:

For this soil, LL = 23 and PL = 19. Classify the soil according to: a. The AASHTO soil classification system b. The USCS system. Give groups names and group symbols.

Problem 5: The results of a standard Proctor test are given in the following table. Determine the maximum dry unit weight of compaction and the optimum moisture content. Also determine the moisture content required to achieve 95% of d max.

Problem 6: Draw a flow net for the single row of sheet piles driven into a permeable layer as shown in the following figure. Given that: H1 = 6m; D = 2m H2 = 1m; D1 = 5m Calculate the seepage loss per meter length of the sheet pile (at right angles to the cross section shown)

Problem 7: A soil profile includes two soil layers. Above layer is 3m-thickness sand, with e = 0.8; Gs = 2.68; w = 15%. Below layer is clay, with d = 14kN/m3; Gs = 2.7. Given w = 9.81 kN/m3, and ground water table is 3m below the surface level. Calculate the total stress, pore water pressure and effective stress at point C (10m below the surface level). Problem 8: Following are the results of a consolidation test:

a. Plot the e-log curve. b. Using Casagrandes method, determine the pre-consolidation pressure. c. Calculate the compression index Cc from the laboratory e-log curve.

Problem 9: A long, 5 m wide embankment is constructed over a site where 1 m of sand overlies 3 m of clay over a deep dense gravel layer. The water table is 0.5 m below the surface of the sand. The clay has the following properties: recompression index, Cr = 0.04, compression index, Cc = 0.2, specific gravity of solids, Gs = 2.7, saturated unit weight, sat = 17 kN/m3 and the over-consolidation ratio at the centre of the clay layer, OCR = 4. The sand has properties dry = 18 kN/m3, sat = 22 kN/m3. a. Determine the final settlement under the centre of the embankment using the one-dimensional method if the embankment applies a uniform stress of 75 kPa on the sand surface. Assume that the sand and gravel are very much stiffer than the clay. b. Determine the settlement after 1 year if cv = 0.5 m2/year. c. Discuss the assumptions made in the analysis and hence the accuracy of the final settlement d. Discuss the assumptions and accuracy of the consolidation settlement calculated at 1 year. Problem 10: The soil profile at a particular site consists of 4 m of gravel overlaying 2 m of soft clay on fractured highly permeable rock. The water table is 2 m below the gravel surface. A circular ring beam foundation of internal radius 4 m and external radius 6 m, and which carries an average stress of 100 kN/m2, is built on the surface of the gravel. Assume the gravel is incompressible and has properties, dry = 18 kN/m3, sat = 22 kN/m3. The soil properties are specific gravity, Gs = 2.75, compression index, Cc = 0.4, re-compression index, Cr = 0.1, coefficient of consolidation cv = 0.1 m2/yr, and at the centre of the layer void ratio, e = 1.25, and overconsolidation ratio, OCR = 1.5 a. b. c. d. Calculate the final settlement of the ring beam foundation Calculate the time for 60% of the settlement to occur Discuss the accuracy of the final settlement calculation Discuss the accuracy of the calculated time for 60% settlement

Problem 11: A consolidated-drained triaxial test was conducted on a normally consolidated clay. The results were as follows: 3 = 250kN/m2. df = 275kN/m2. Determine the following: a. Angle friction angle . b. Angle that the failure plane makes with the major principal plane. c. Normal stress and shear stress f on the failure plane. Problem 12 For the retaining wall shown in the Figure Below, a. Determine the active force per unit length of the wall for Rankine state. b. Find the location of the resultant

Problem 13: A frictionless retaining wall is shown in Figure below. Draw the active pressure distribution diagram Determine the active force, Pa, and its location after the tensile crack occurs

Problem 14: A retaining wall is shown in the Figure below. The height of the wall is 6 m, and the unit weight of the sand backfill is 17.5kN/m3. Using Coulombs equation, calculate the active force Pa on the wall when the angle of wall friction is 200.

Problem 15: A square footing is shown in Figure below. The footing will carry a gross mass of 25000 Kg. Using Terzzaghis bearing capacity equation. Determine the size of the footing (the width B) when the factor of safety is 3.

The values of bearing capacity factors are as following

Problem 16: A circular footing is shown in Figure below. The footing will carry a gross mass of 25000 Kg. Using Terzaghis bearing capacity equation. Determine the size of the footing (the diameter B) when the factor of safety is 3.

The values of bearing capacity factors are as in the table below:

Problem 17: A square footing is shown as in the below figure. With the factor of safety of 3, determining the safe gross load that the footing can carry using Terzaghis bearing capacity equation.

The values of bearing capacity factors are as in the table below:

Problem 18: A square footing is shown in the below figure. For the following case, determine the safe gross allowable load, Qall, that the footing can carry. Use Terzaghis equation for general shear failure. (Fs = 3). Given = 1800 Kg/m3; ; c = 23.94 kN/m2; 0 = 25 ; B = 1.8m, Df = 1.2m; h = 1.2m The values of bearing capacity factors are as in the table below:

Problem 19: An infinite slope is shown as below. The shear strength parameters at the interface of soil and rock are as follows: c = 20 kN/m2; = 200. If H = 9m and = 200, find the factor of safety against sliding on the rock surface. If = 250, find the height, H, for which Fs = 1. (Assume pore water pressure to be zero).

Problem 20: A slope is shown in the below Figure. AC represents a trial failure plane. For the wedge ABC, find the factor of safety, Fs against sliding. Given: = 500; = 300; H = 3.5m, = 16 kN/m3, = 150; c = 28 kN/m2

Problem 21: For the slope shown in the Figure below, find the factor of safety against sliding with the following parameters: H = 6m, = 450; = 300; =200, c = 18 kN/m2, = 17 kN/m3; and = 700.