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PITNO-7-AT 3M DEPTH
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PITNO-7-AT 4M DEPTH
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The value of Shear strength parameters of the soil(c-ø value) of the soil is determined by
carrying out the box shear test on the soil sample. The values as calculated from the
observations are:
2.2
2
1.8
1.6
1.4
Shear Sress --->
1.2
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 2.2
Normal Stress(σ) --->
Calculation of Safe Bearing capacity is done by Terzaghi’s Equation for square foundation using
the formula:
Nc =17.7
Nq =7.4
Ny =5
Since in PIT No.9, kopra soil starts at the depth of 4m. Hence we adopt a foundation at a depth
of 4 m(Df=4m). And taking a square footing of width 1m
= 1056.8KN/m2
Settlement Calculation:
𝐻 𝞼+∆𝞼
S=( 𝐶 ) ln 𝞼
S = 13.86 mm
PIT NO. 8:
Profile of the pit:
The pit comprises of five soils; black cotton soil, yellow soil, yellow kopra, yellow lime and kopra.
The profile of the soil varying at different depths is depicted in the following figure:
Following are the properties of the soil that were determined by the soil investigation tests
carried out in the Soil and Geotechnical Engineering laboratory.
1. Particle size.
2. Liquid limit and plastic limit of the soil at different depths.
3. Differential Free Swelling.
4. Shear strength parameters of the soil(c-ø value).
The sample was first passed over 75µ sieve and the weight of sample retained in it was noted
as:
Wt taken=200gm
Wt retained=28.52gm
Hence percentage of clay-silt in the sample at 3m depth is the percentage weight of sample
retained, ie
28.52/200
Wt retained=139.69gm
Since the weight of the soil retained in the sample is comparable, further sieve analysis was
done for the soil finer than 75µ.