INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC- KALINGA

BULANAO NORTE, TABUK CITY, KALINGA

TECHNICAL ELECTIVE I
SEMI- FINAL EXAMINATIONS

NAME: ____________________________________________ DATE: ________________

INSTRUCTION: Read each problem carefully and provide your solution on a short white bond
paper. No calculator, no exam. No permit, no exam.

1. A concentrated load of 1500 kN is applied at the ground surface at point A whose

coordinate is (0,0,0). a) Determine the vertical stress, in kPa, at a point 2.5 m directly
below A using Boussinesque equation. b) Determine vertical stress, in kPa, at a point
whose coordinate is (1.5, 0, 2.5). c) Determine vertical stress at a point (1.5, 2, 2.5).

2. A footing 6 m square has a base at a depth of 3 m below the ground surface. The soils
strata at the site consist of a layer of stiff clay 27.5 m thick overlying dense sand. The
average bulk density of the clay is 1920 kg/ cu. m. and its cohesion is 130 kPa and angle
of friction is at 0º. For Terzhagi, Nc= 5.7, Nq= 1.0 and Nℽ= 0 if Ø= 0º. a) Determine the
gross bearing capacity of the footing. b) Determine the net bearing capacity. c) Determine
the gross allowable bearing capacity and net allowable if the factor of safety for both is
3.67.

3. A circular footing 2.5 m in diameter has its base at a depth of 1.8 m below ground
surface. Water table is 1.1 m below ground surface and the unit weight of the soil is at
18.5 kN/ cu. m. Cohesion of soil is 80 kPa and angle of friction is 25º. The saturated unit
weight of the soil is 19.2 kN/ cu. m. Assume general shear failure and use factor of safety
of 3. Find the gross allowable bearing capacity, the net allowable bearing capacity, and
the safe load that the footing could carry.

4. A 0.36 m square prestressed concrete pile is to be driven in a clayey soil. The design
capacity is 360 kN with a factor of safety of 2. If cohesion of clay is 55.5 kPa and Nc= 9,
find the end bearing capacity, the skin friction, and the length of the pile if α= 0.76.