Q) For the footing of 2 x5 m shown in Fig.

1. Calculate the immediate settlement of sand at corner of the footing.

2. Calculate the Elastic and consolidation and secondary settlement of the clay
layer.

V= 850 kN

N.G.L. 1.0 m
2.0 m Sand d = 14 kN/m3 G. W.T.
Es = 20000 kN/m2 , 0.3

sat = 18 kN/m3
2.0 m = 35o ,N=25
N. C. Clay
 = 19 kN/m3 , Es = 10000 kN/m2
5.0 m 0.45 , Cc = 0.18 Cs = 0.02 Gs = 2.8
Cv = 1.2 m2/year , eo=0.75 , Δt =30 years

Sand

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Useful Equations:
t  t q B (1 2 )
S s  C H o log 1 Si  Iw
t1 Es
G  S .e
t  s w C c  0.009( LL  10)
1 e
For N.C.C.
For O.C.C.

use :

Tv = for Uav ≤ 60%

Tv = 1.781 – 0.933 log (100 - Uav) for Uav > 60%

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