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Civil Engineering Department
FINAL EXAM in CVIL 1154 – Geotechnical Engineering 2 (Foundation Engineering)
Short Term, S.Y. 2019-2020
NAME: ____________________________________________________ CODE: ________________
INSTRUCTOR: ____________________________________________ PROCTOR: ______________________________

MULTIPLE CHOICE Select your answer from the choices given. Show your solution for each

SITUATION 1. A sheet pile 10-m in length is to retain a 7-m deep of soil with friction angle of 30˚ and
unit weight of 18.80 kN/m3. It is anchored to a depth of 1.50 m below the top of the pile. The anchors are
spaced 3.0-meters.

1. Find the total active force on the wall. (3pts.)

a. 479.80 kN b. 325.40 kN

c. 418.60 kN d. 313.30 kN

2. Determine the tension on the anchor. (3pts.)

a. 292.44 kN b. 300.47 kN

c. 97.48 kN d. 130.26 kN

SITUATION 2. The drained angle of friction of a normally consolidated clay is equal to 26.2 deg. The
following are the results of a consolidated-undrained test conducted on a clay sample. Deviator stress at
failure is 90kPa and the chamber pressure is 120kPa. Soil is cohesionless.

3. Compute the consolidated-undrained angle of friction (3pts.)

a. 30.35o c. 18.25o

b. 21.41o d. 15.83o

4. Calculate the pore pressure developed in the clay sample at failure (5pts.)

a. 45.29 kPa c. 63.08 kPa

b. 38.62 kPa d. 55.47 kPa

5. If the drained test was conducted instead of an undrained test with the same confining
pressure of 120kPa, what would be the major principal stress of failure? (5pts.)

a. 458.72 kPa c. 589.63 kPa

b. 695.47 kPa d. 309.72 kPa

SITUATION 3. From the soil profile shown,

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6. If the water table rises to the top off the ground surface, what is the change in the effective
stress at the bottom of the clay layer? (3pts.)

a. 33.17 kPa c. 30.27 kPa

b. 23.89 kPa d. 20.77 kPa

7. How many meters must the groundwater table rise to decrease the effective stress by 14.4 kPa
at the bottom of the clay? (3pts.)

a. 2.19 m c. 2.51 m

b. 2.00 m d. 2.49 m

8. Compute the compression index of the clay. (2pts.)

a. 0.268 c. 0.315

b. 0.178 d. 0.360

9. Calculate the settlement of the soil if a surcharge of 40kPa. Consider the groundwater rise in
number 7 for calculating the settlement. (3pts.)

a. 57.61 mm c. 139.5 mm

b. 86.74 mm d. 101.95 mm

SITUATION 4. A square footing 4m on a side is founded 1.2m below the ground surface for which the
bulk unit weight of the soil is 20kN/m³, the cohesion strength is 10kPa and the angle of internal friction is
20 deg. Under the condition of general shear failure, evaluate the contribution of the following to the
ultimate soil bearing capacity, in kPa. The ground water table is at a level that does not affect the unit
weight of the soil. Using Terzaghi’s bearing capacity factors found on table, determine

10. Cohesion strength capacity (3pts.)

a. 259 kN c. 230 kN

b. 235 kN d. 287 kN

11. Capacity due to footing dimension (3pts.)

a. 98 kN c. 128 kN

b. 116 kN d. 102 kN

12. Soil overburden capacity (3pts.)

a. 247 kN c. 179 kN

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b. 260 kN d. 185 kN

SITUATION 5. A circular concrete pile with a diameter of 350mm is to support a load of 270Kn. The pile is
driven in a stiff clay (α = 0.50). The unconfined compressive strength of the clay is known to be 170kPa. If
the factor of safety is 2.50 and Nc = 9, determine

13. the end bearing capacity of the pile (2pts.)

a. 73.6 kN c. 294.41 kN

b. 93.71 kN d. 147.2 kN

14. the developed skin friction along the surface of the pile (2pts.)

a. 527.8 kN c. 601.4 kN

b. 581.29 kN d. 380.59 kN

15. minimum length of the pile (3pts.)

a. 8.14m c. 12.87m

b. 11.29m d. 12.44m

SITUATION 6. A braced cut in sand 7-m deep is shown on the answer sheet. In the plan, the struts are
placed at s=1.50-m center-to-center. Use Peck’s Empirical diagram. Compute for the load on

16. Strut A (2pts.)

a. 87.52 kN b. 94.25 kN

c. 114.87 kN d. 102.54 kN

17. Strut B (2pts.)

a. 31.42 kN b. 59.86 kN

c. 46.52 kN d. 78.54 kN

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE

AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
Civil Engineering Department
FINAL EXAM in CVIL 1154 – Geotechnical Engineering 2 (Foundation Engineering)
Short Term, S.Y. 2019-2020
NAME: ____________________________________________________ CODE: ________________
INSTRUCTOR: ____________________________________________ PROCTOR: ______________________________

Multiple Choice

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A B C D A B C D

1. O O O O 11. O O O O

2. O O O O 12. O O O O

3. O O O O 13. O O O O

4. O O O O 14. O O O O

5. O O O O 15. O O O O

6. O O O O 16. O O O O

7. O O O O 17. O O O O

8. O O O O

9. O O O O

10. O O O O

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