CE- 324 SOIL MECHANICS-II

Assignment # 1 – Stresses in Soils (1D Flow) This Assignment will

assess your CLO/s as per OBE

CLO-1: Explain and Understand basic geotechnical concepts and Solve

problems related to foundation engineering, and retaining structures.

1. Solve the given questions, however you are required to submit

any 3 x questions provided in the problem set of 6 x Questions as
assignment.
2. Answers to the questions are given in end for reference.
3. The assignment is due after one week of issue.
 Dr Kamran Akhtar
2 Geotechnical Department
5. A piezometerinstalled at the top of the gravel layer MCE
in Fig. 1 indicates
a water pressure of 874 psf. Compute the following at the middepth of t e
cla layer.
a. pore water pressure.
b. total vertical stress.
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c. rate of flow in f t /day/f t2.
d. effective vertical stress.

t2'

sa,d y =-(10?c f k v_1 :2 x10 4/d

-
8 silt Y _. 10S ? x l6 f+
/')

c(a = loo k Y I ' S xio f d ' #/`

&ti

P o Y Q W a c pYtS ucc
M CUyCA here
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2 6 A soil profile consists of a layer of sand over alternating layers of clay and
silt over gravel (Fig. 2). The unit weight and the permeability of the clay
(C) and silt (S) layers are given in the figure. The water table is 1 ft
below the ground surface. A piezometer installed at point A reveals a
porewater pressure of 1248 psf.

Assuming steady state flow in the vertical direction, compute at points B

and C

a. rate of flow in cu ft/day/ft2.

b. porewater pressure.

c. effective vertical stress.

d. total vertical stress.

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C too
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C

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27 Consider the soil profile shown in Fig. 1. Pore water pressures have
been measured at points B and C. Assume one-dimensional flow in
vertical direction and compute at point A:

a. pore water pressure.

b. effective vertical stress.

c. total vertical stress.

d. flow rate in cubic feet per day per square foot.

0 A
scxnoI k = 1o Waa l I- I t o pc.' 125 p s f
s i l f e lay , k = 1 O 2f qdm5 , ' = I 4 c ee B

S d d _____K = Z O - f / t ~ ~ , ______= 115 P e C

s~I~-ye1a 1, k =toe4i/da j

sm a, Is C+ld&I
9 ; t + c l a y ) k = ~ a 2 /daj

i , t 7 4 7 r

~/t-avLt C
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A soil profile is shown in Fig. 1. Water is being pumped from the coarse
sand layer at a steady rate.

Assume flow in the vertical direction and compute:

a. Rate of pumping in ft3/day/ft2.

At point B compute

b. effective vertical stress.

c. total vertical stress.

d. pore water pressure.
 Sand ~'=/20 ~ c f

C / a y d =/ o z 'pcf
! x io c m / 3
-7

Coarse Sand
d'=/z5 Tof
5iIIy cla y / xio ` zem/Scc

r /e5 ~eF i5'

3 x 7 n,/5ec.
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~9. Before constructing an embankment on the soil p r o f i l e sheen in F i .
Z
it is required to determine the existing initial stress and hydraLi n
conditions in the clay layer. Tnree piezometers are installed in - i
to define the pore water pressure condition in the profile.

Ass.tning one-dimensional steady state seepage in the vertical

direction compute at point A:
a. pore water pressure.
b. total vertical stress.
c. effective vertical stress.
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5'
/2.5'

Fi9tJre Z .
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5
clay r=' 5 p t
* = 4 xio~a
Pit3°etty 2

536.0 psf Y _
1 o'

loo k k

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25. ( a ) 7 6 7 p s f (b) 1800 psf ( c ) 6.4 x 10-4 f t 3 day ft2

(d ) 1033 psf
26. ( a ) 6 x 1 0 - 3 f t 3 d a y f f 2 ( b) 593 psf, 1685 psf
(c) - 13 psf, - 330 psf (blow up c o n d i t i o n ) -
(d) 580 psf, 1355 psf
27_ (a) 520 psf b) 675 psf ( c ) 1195 psf
(d) 3.3 x 10 f t day/ft2
-3

28. ( a ) 6 , 2 3 f t 2 d a y f t 2
(b) 1 2 7 2 p s f
(c) 2395 psf (d) 1123 psf

29. ( a ) 1 0 9 2 p s f (b) 5440 psf (c) 4 3 4 8 p s f

30. ( a ) 1 f t (b) 28 f t ( c ) 3 x 10-2 f t3fday/ft2 ( f )

(d) 993 psf ( e ) 338 psf 655 psf