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Question 1
For circular footing (at surface) 0.45m resting on the soil profile shown in
figure, calculate elastic settlement using Schmertmann’s Method, 1978. The
applied pressure is 600kPa.
Depth (m)
pop 3.973 kPa GP-GM
Δp 600 kPa 5
6
SW
max. strain influence factor Izp 1.73 7
10
Deadline: 4th December,2020
Shamsher (2020)-1st December, 2020 Geotechnical Engineering (CV332) 2
Assignment 3 (Part 1)
Question 1-Solution
Strain influence factor, Iz
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8
0
GP soil layer is further divided into
0.1 two sublayers for calculations.
Layer 1
0.4 If we use
qc value X
C1 1 will be 1 2.04825E-06
0.5 Assuming C2 1
Immediate
0.6 Layer 2 settlement Sc 0.00123 m
1.23 mm
0.7
0.8
L= 4 B= 2
L/B 2 1
1
Given layer 2
Using Schmertzman layer 1
2
diagram 2
Depth (m)
Maximum depth of Iz D2 4.44 m
Depth (m)
3
pop 44.33 kPa 3
po 21.00 kPa
p 145 kPa Given layer 3 4 layer2
4
Δp 124 kPa
5
max. strain influence 5
If you have used any other correlation, there is no issue as long as you applied right units.
But in case you are working as consultant design engineer, you must use a well proven correlation.
Layer Hc qc E X XE Zi Iz ΔHi
m kN/m2 kPa m m/kPa
1 1.33 2250 8554 1 8554 1.87 0.4 6.2349E-05
2 3.11 2950 11214 1 11214 4.09 0.45 0.000124844
If we use
qc value X
C1 0.915322581 will be 1 0.000187193
Assuming C2 1
Immediate
settlement Sc 0.021246399 m
21.25 mm