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25/04/2021

Compute the ratio of depth of foundation and width of foundation.

w  Df / B
Here, the ratio of depth of foundation and width of foundation is w , the depth of
D
foundation is f and the width of foundation is B .

Df
Substitute 1 m for and 1.5 m for B .
w  1/ 1.5
= 0.667

Compute the critical acceleration and tangent of inclination angle for active pressure
conditions.
Refer Fig 7.30 (a) for determination of critical acceleration for c  0 (Based on Richards
et al., 1993).
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From Fig 7.30 (a), for   11.31 , w  0.667 and FS  4 ,select the value of kh as 0.21.
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Refer Fig 7.31 for variation of tan  AE with kh and soil friction angle,  (Based on
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Richards et al., 1993).

From Fig 7.31, for   11.31 , kh  0.21 , select the value of tan  AE as 0.5.
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Compute the seismic settlement of the foundation.

S Eq  0.174 | kh

cohesion of sandstone rock specimen.

Here, the unconfined compression strength of rock is quc , the cohesion of rock is c and
'

the angle of friction of rock is  .

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Substitute 50 MN/m for quc and 35 for  .

2 0 '

50
c' 
2  tan(45  (35 / 2))
= 13.02 MN/m 2

2
Therefore, the cohesion of sandstone rock specimen is 13.02 MN/m .