Foundation Engineering Mr. Nazeer M.

Ali
HOME WORK By: Sadeq H. Abdullah

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Lecture (12) Example (4): 2
Solution: 2
Lecture (13) Example (5): 3
Solution: A 3
Solution: B 4
Lecture (14) Example (3): 5
Solution: 5
Lecture (14) Example (6): 7
Solution: 7
Tables and figures: 8

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Lecture (12) Example (4):

𝐹. 𝑆 = 3
𝑞𝑎𝑙𝑙 =? ?

Solution:
𝑞2 𝐶𝑢2 585
= = = 0.585 < 1
𝑞1 𝐶𝑢1 1000
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𝐵 𝐵 2 𝐶𝑎 𝐻
𝑞𝑢 = (1 + 0.2 ) 5.14 𝐶𝑢2 + (1 + ) ( ) + 𝛾1 . 𝐷𝑓 ≤ 𝑞𝑡
𝐿 𝐿 𝐵

𝑞2
From Figure 5.11 : = 0.585
𝑞1

𝐶𝑎
= 0.97 𝐶𝑎 = 0.97𝐶1 = (0.97)(1000) = 970 𝑙𝑏/𝑓𝑡 2
𝐶1
2 𝑥 970 𝑥 1.65
𝑞𝑢 = (1 + 0)5.14 (585) + (1 + 0) ( ) + 121 𝑥 1.65
3
𝑞𝑢 = 4273.55 𝑙𝑏/𝑓𝑡 2
𝑞𝑡 = (1 + 0) 5.14(1000) + 121 𝑥 1.65
𝑞𝑡 = 5339.65 𝑙𝑏/𝑓𝑡 2
𝒒𝒖 ≤ 𝒒𝒕 𝑶𝑲
𝑞𝑢 4273.55
𝑞𝑎𝑙𝑙 = = = 𝟏𝟒𝟐𝟒. 𝟓𝟏𝟔 𝒍𝒃/𝒇𝒕𝟐
𝐹. 𝑆 3

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Lecture (13) Example (5):

𝐹. 𝑆 = 3
𝑞𝑎𝑙𝑙 =? ?

Solution: A
𝑞2 𝐶𝑢2 585
= = = 0.585 < 1
𝑞1 𝐶𝑢1 1000

𝐵≤𝐻 𝑁𝑆 = 0
𝐷𝑓 1 𝑏 2
= =1 = =2 𝛽 = 60°
𝐵 1 𝐵 1
From Figure 5.21 :
𝑁𝑐𝑞 = 6.5
𝑞𝑢 = 𝐶𝑢 𝑥 𝑁𝑐𝑞
𝑞𝑢 = 68 𝑥 6.5 = 442 𝐾𝑁/𝑚2
𝑞𝑢 442
𝑞𝑎𝑙𝑙 = = = 𝟏𝟒𝟕. 𝟑𝟑𝟑 𝑲𝑵/𝒎𝟐
𝐹. 𝑆 3

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Solution: B
b(m) b/B 𝑁𝑐𝑞 𝐾𝑁
𝑞𝑢 = 𝐶𝑢 𝑥 𝑁𝑐𝑞 ( )
𝑚2
0 0 4.2 285.6
1 1 5.6 380.8
2 2 6.5 442
3 3 7 476
4 4 7 476
5 5 7 476
6 6 7 476

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Lecture (14) Example (3):

𝑞𝑜 = 150 𝐾𝑁/𝑚2
𝐵 =2𝑚 𝑧=3𝑚
When: 𝑟 = 0 𝑚 , 0.4 𝑚 , 0.8 𝑚 , 1 𝑚
𝛥𝛼 = ?

Solution:
When: 𝒓 = 𝟎 𝒎
From Table 6.1:
𝑟 𝑧
=0 , =3
𝐵/2 𝐵/2
𝛥𝛼
= 0.146 𝛥𝛼 = 150 𝑥 0.146 = 𝟐𝟏. 𝟗𝟑 𝑲𝑵/𝒎𝟐
𝑞𝑜
Or:

1
𝛥𝛼 = 𝑞𝑜 1 − 3
𝐵 2
(1 + )
( 2𝑥𝑧 )

1
𝛥𝛼 = 150 1 − 3 = 𝟐𝟏. 𝟗𝟑 𝑲𝑵/𝒎𝟐
2 2
(1 + )
( 2𝑥3 )

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When: 𝒓 = 𝟎. 𝟒 𝒎
From Table 6.1:
𝑟 𝑧
= 0.4 , =3
𝐵/2 𝐵/2
𝛥𝛼
= 0.141 𝛥𝛼 = 150 𝑥 0.141 = 𝟐𝟏. 𝟏𝟓 𝑲𝑵/𝒎𝟐
𝑞𝑜

When: 𝒓 = 𝟎. 𝟖 𝒎
From Table 6.1:
𝑟 𝑧
= 0.8 , =3
𝐵/2 𝐵/2
𝛥𝛼
= 0.127 𝛥𝛼 = 150 𝑥 0.127 = 𝟏𝟗. 𝟎𝟓 𝑲𝑵/𝒎𝟐
𝑞𝑜

When: 𝒓 = 𝟏 𝒎
From Table 6.1:
𝑟 𝑧
=1 , =3
𝐵/2 𝐵/2
𝛥𝛼
= 0.118 𝛥𝛼 = 150 𝑥 0.118 = 𝟏𝟕. 𝟕 𝑲𝑵/𝒎𝟐
𝑞𝑜

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Lecture (14) Example (6):

𝑞𝑜 = 150 𝐾𝑁/𝑚2
𝛥𝛼 = ?

Solution:
𝐵 3.05
𝐵1 = 𝐵2 = = = 1.525 𝑚
2 2
𝐵1 𝐵2 1.525
𝑚= = = = 0.5 𝑚
𝑧 𝑧 3.05
𝐿 5.49
𝐿1 = 𝐿2 = = = 2.745 𝑚
2 2
𝐿1 𝐿2 2.745
𝑛= = = = 0.9 𝑚
𝑧 𝑧 3.05

From Table 6.1 when: 𝑚 = 0.5 , 𝑛 = 0.9

𝐼 = 0.11584
𝛥𝛼 = 𝑞𝑜 𝑥 (4 𝑥 𝐼) = 144 𝑥 (4 𝑥 0.1584) = 𝟔𝟔. 𝟕𝟐 𝑲𝑵/𝒎𝟐

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