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    The document discusses calculating effective stresses and additional stresses induced by a footing on three soil layers of different specific gravities. It also asks to calculate effective stresses at different points in a soil profile consisting of sand overlying clay, where the water table has risen due to a storm and capillary action is occurring. Effective stresses are to be computed at the expected limit of capillary rise, at the new water table, at the soil layer interface, and at the bottom of the soil strata.

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    The document discusses calculating effective stresses and additional stresses induced by a footing on three soil layers of different specific gravities. It also asks to calculate effective stresses at different points in a soil profile consisting of sand overlying clay, where the water table has risen due to a storm and capillary action is occurring. Effective stresses are to be computed at the expected limit of capillary rise, at the new water table, at the soil layer interface, and at the bottom of the soil strata.

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    CARILLO-Requirement 1F

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    John Paul Liwaliw
    The document discusses calculating effective stresses and additional stresses induced by a footing on three soil layers of different specific gravities. It also asks to calculate effective stresses at different points in a soil profile consisting of sand overlying clay, where the water table has risen due to a storm and capillary action is occurring. Effective stresses are to be computed at the expected limit of capillary rise, at the new water table, at the soil layer interface, and at the bottom of the soil strata.

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    1.

    Consider Figure FTR 1 (Taken from Geotechnical Engineering Design, Ming Xiao,
    strictly for educational purposes) shown. If the specific gravity of the soils are
    respectively from top to bottom 2.6, 2.7 and 2.73, estimate the effective stresses at
    the mid thickness of each layer.
    2. Still considering Figure FTR 1, estimate the additional stresses induced by the
    footing on the mid thickness of each layer using both 2-1 approximation and
    graphical method as proposed by Boussinesq.
    3. A soil layer consists of 4 meters of sand underlying 5 meters of clay. The water
    table is naturally located at the rock bed under the soil strata but rose by 6 meters
    due to a recent storm. Further, capillary action is expected to develop due to the
    nature of the soil in question. Compute the effective stresses at the end of expected
    capillary action, at the end of the water table, at the interface of the clay and sand
    and finally at the bottom of the soil strata. Pertinent soil properties are as follows:

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