ABRA VALLEY COLLEGES

Bangued Abra

SOIL MECHANICS
SEMI-FINAL EXAM

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SOLVE THE FOLLOWING.ENCIRCLE YOUR FINAL ANSWER.

1. A granular soil deposit has its groundwater table at one meter below the ground surface . Dry
unit weight of soil is 15.6 kn/m3 and its saturated unit weight is 16.6 kn/m3. Point A is at depth
of 4 m below the ground surface.
A. Compute the total stress at point A.
B. Compute the pore pressure at point A.
C. Compute the effective stress at A.

2. A uniform soil deposit has a dry unit weight of 15.6 kn/m and a saturated unit weight of 17.2
kn/m. The ground water table is at a distance of 4 m below the ground surface. Point A is at a
depth of 6m below the ground surface.
A. Compute the effective stress at A.
B. If the water table goes up by 3.5 m. find the effective stress at A.

3. A 300 mm diameter test well penetrates 27 m below the static water table. After 24 hours of
pumping at 69 liter/sec. the water level in an observation well at a distance of 95m from the test
well lowered 0.55m and the other observation well at a distance of 35 m from the test well, the
drawdown is 1.10m.
A. What is the rate of flow in m3/day.
B. Compute the coefficient of permeability of the aquifer in m/day.
C. Compute the transmissibility of the aquifer in m2/day.

GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS!

Prepared by: Checked by: Approved by:

Hallel Jhon B. Butac Arch Dario Ballacillo Dr. Norma V. Viernes

Instructor Chairman, CEA Vice President for Academic Affairs