On the civil engineering PE exam, you have an average of six minutes to solve each problem. Here's your chance to get up to speed! for Civil PE Exam Geotechnical Problems Bruce A. Wolle, MSE, PENomenclature Sa acceleration constant coofficient for ‘quadratic equation amplitude ‘annual amount AADT average annual daily traffie ADT average daily traffic > wipes Paes book constant coefficient for quadratic equation. * soup width, strip width boring footing or foundation clement width cohesion constant coefficient for quadratic equation undrained shear strength (cohesion) adhesion circumference conection factor compression index actor for normalizing CPT tip penetration recompression index uniformity coefficient coefficient of consolidation coefficient of curvature California bearing ratio ‘compression ratio cyclic stress ratio depth factor, D/H diameter distance depth diameter drainage coefficient void ratio hammer encrgy modulus of elasticity ‘Young's modulus ft/s0c? won Teste? ft m/s? ESAL equivalent single- axle loads : F coefficient of friction mm Tr friction ratio - F factor of safety mm? F normalized friction ratio veb/a 9 gravitational veh/a ‘acceleration ¢ gravitational : constant m 9 growth rate per period m © universal Pa gravitational constant - GF “growth-rate factor dopth below the Pa water table height or thickness, horizontal clevation difference height or thickness effective rate a per period (usually per year) hydraulic gradient ‘moment of inertia interest per period oe soil behavior type - index group index coefficient of earth pressure k —_coefiicient of lateral earth pressure k earth pressure 7 coefficient mN & modulus of subgrade Pa reaction Pa K coefficient of ‘permeability ieee B en of /in® ft/sec bat m/s? decimal, % per unit time Nan?/ decimal per unit per unit time time unit time N/m* m/s PHOFESSIOWAL PUBLICATIONS THe:NOMENCLATURE XV pols (continued) Subseripts (continued) deflection f m sat saturated deformation ft m set settlement displacement ft m SL sliding clongation in mn st single ring eccentricity ft m ss suction specif strain - sub submerged angle deg.rad deg,rad = t—_thilmess, time, or total pore pressure wij? Pa u unconfined or undrained Poisson's ratio - uc unconfined compression density Thm/ft® kg/m? ult ultimate normal stress we/A? Pa ut ultimate tonsile shear stress Wi/t? Pe v vertical, void, or volumetric specific volume HS/lom mi /ege w wall, water, or width angle of wee wot soil plus container internal friction dog deg WY — water table effective angle of 2 inz-direction internal friction dog. deg yim y-direction, or yield = at depth 2, or zero air voids Subscripts 1 density or unit weight 0 initial active, air, allowable, area, or axial adhesion or axial additional atmospheric ave average Duoyant ‘all, cohesive, cone tip, container, or correction drainage, dry, or equipotential drop dry soll plus container effective embankment failure, field, final, flow channel, or footing field sample air (goa) horizontal initial, inner, or inside length length moist minimum blow count, nominal, normal, or period n at rest, center-to-center, initial, original, out, outer, outlet, outside, or overall outside overturning bearing, equipotential, passive, pile tip, potential, or pressure surcharge from unit load radius, ratio, compression, or resultant resistazce, resisting, resistive, Rankine, or resultant side, skin, soll, solid, specific, or static SURI OS YO CBRE Ene eng ag Ree Se ee BEN PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS, ING,