lliDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR I

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End-Spring semester Exarninaiion20 12-2013 I
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Subject No. C~31404 Sub :Name: Dynam:ics of Soils and Foundations
Time: 3 hrs Max Marks: 50
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Answer ANY FIVE Questions I

·1. It is proposed to build ~ double acting stamping hammer iii clayey sand soB, the
properties ofwhich are: Gs = 120.l\J1N/m2, 'Ys= 19 kN/m3 and lls = 0.35. The details of
·the proposed hammer and other components of the foundation are: .
Weight of dropping part"" 20 kN, height of drop= 1 in, Piston area= 0.15 m 2, st~am
pressure= 800 kN/m2, correction coefficient= 0:6, weight of anvil and frame= 300
kN, base area of anvil = 5 m 2, coefficient of restitution= 0.35, thickness of pad under
anvil= 0.4 m, modulus of elasticity of pad= 50xl04 'kN/m2, weight of foundation
block= 1000 kN and foundation contact area= 25 m2 (5mx5m). Determine: (i) the
amplitude of vibration of the foundation and (ii) amplitude of vibration of the anvil
·' ~ifh the frame. Following equ~tions may be used: -

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2~ (a) A motor with 2 kg of unbalanced mass at an eccentricitY of.l60mm ·':"as runn~ng

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at a constant speed of 1809 rpm. The mot.Or was mli>unted on. an tsolator wtth dampmg
"' factor of 0.25.· Determine the stiffness of the isolator spring such that ~5% of
unbalanced force ~s transmi~ed to t~e .foundation. Also determine the magn1tude5of
the transmitted force. [ l

(b' A piston. weighing 450 N is supported by a spring of stif~ess k = 3.5 ~N/m. A

d~shpot'of damping coefficient c = ,1250 N.s/m acts in para~lel Wlth ~he sprmg (Shown
in the Figure below). A fluctuating pressure p = 4000 sm (30t) m Pa ~cts on the
piston whose top surface area is sox 10·3 m 2 • Detertrl.ine the steady state d~splacement
ampli{ude, steady state displacement as a function of time and the max1mum f~~le
transmitted to the base.
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3. Detemiine th:e aamping a.'nd ·stiffne;s COn$tantS· in .vertidal direction for the pile gtoup
·shown in Figure. b,elo~. The dimensions' of the pile group. are shown irt the Figure..'·
The effective vertica1Joad vibrating with the pile cap may be a.ssumed t"O be 400' kN.
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 5. The standard penetration test results ofthe sand deposits at a site are given below:

Depth Nfield
1.5 7
3.0 8
4 ..5 14
6.0 12
7.5 16
9.0 18
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The ground water table is located at 1.5 m below the ground surface. The dry and
saturated unit weight of sand is 17.5 and 20.0 kN/m3 , respectively. For a design
earthquake of magnitude, M ~ 7.5 and maximum ground acceleration, amax = 0.20g,
will liquefaction occur at the site?
Earthquake stress ratio (CRR) chart for an earthquake of magnitude 7.5 is given
below:
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"' Ncor Cyclic stress ratio
10 . 0.12
15 0.17.
20 0.23.
25 0.28

The stress reduction factor for depth can be estimated from the linear relationship
with depth and is given byrd = 1- 0.012z, where z is the depth in meters measured
from the ground surface. SPT correction factor, C can be estimated using the equation

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kN/m2 • . [10]

6. (a) A 200 mm diameter and 30m long pile carries 300 kN load at the top. Determine
the natural frequency of the pile vertical vibration. Given unit weight of concrete= 23
kN/m 3, Modulus of elasticity of the concrete= 2lx106 kN/m2 • [3]
(b) Natural frequency of.a model footing weighing 8.5 kN was estimated 1600 rpm but
while testing it was found 1000 q,m. Later soii investigation was carried out and that
a soft layer was present at some depth. Determine the stiffness (spring constant) of the
second layer if the estimation of stiffness of the first layer assumed to be correct. [3]
(c) A spring and dash pot are attached to a body weighing 140 N. The spring constant is
3.0 kN/m. The dashpot has a resistance of0.75 Nat a velocity of0.06 m/s. Determine
the damping factor of the system. [2]
(d) A spring mass system with viscous damping is displaced from its equilibrium position
and released. If the amplitude diminishes by 5% in· each· cycle, what is the damping
factor oft~e system? [2]

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