INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KHARAGPUR

Date: February, 2013 FN Time: 2 hrs. Full Marks: 60 No. of Students: 14+2
Spring Semester, 2013 Deptt. Civil Engineering Sub No. CE60150/CE31408
M. Tech./B. Tech Sub. Name: Soil-Structure Interaction

Instructions: Answer All. Closed book, closed note.

1. An anchored sheet pile was constructed to protect a river front. The top of sheet
pile was at El. 0. The anchor was located at El. -1.3m. The water table on the
landside and the river water El. are at -2.4m. The dredge line is located at El.-
9.lm. The soil above the dredge line is a sand with moist unit weight of 16.5
kN/m3, saturated unit weight of20.2 kN/m3 and~= 30 degrees. The soil beneath
the dredge line is a clay with saturated unit weight of 19.2 kN/m3, ~ = 0, c = 72
kPa. Find the depth of embedment of the sheet pile assuming a factor of safety of
1.5 for cohesion. (20)

2. Show (with detail calculations) that the depth of embedment of a cantilever

sheetpile wall in sand can be approximately estimated as H {Ka 0·66/ (1-Ka 0 ·66)}
where H is the height of retention and Ka is the active earthpressure coefficient.
(20)

~3. Estimate the modulus of sul5grade reaction· (a) at the center, and (b) at the corner,
of a foundation with length, L = 1.829m, breadth, B = 1.219m, depth, D = 0.61m.
Assume allowable bearing pressure of foundation soil, qa = 191.521 kPa, Elastic
modulus of soil, Es = 1.149E+04 kPa and Poisson's ratio, Us= 0.3
(20)

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