CE 4321: GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN

Solution for Homework Assignment No. 8

1. Problem No. 7.5. A proposed office building will include an 8-ft-in square, 3-ft deep
spread footing that will support a vertical downward load of 160k. The soil below this
footing is an overconsolidated clay (OC case I) with the following engineering properties:
Cc/(1+e0) = 0.10, Cr/(1+e0) = 0.022, and = 113 lb/ft3. This soil strata extends to a great
depth and the groundwater table is at a depth of 50 ft below the ground surface. Using the
classical method with hand computations, determine the total settlement of this footing.
[6 Points]

Solution

Wf = (8.5)(8.5)(3)(150) = 32,512.5 lb.

P Wf 160,000  32,512.5
q 0   2,664.5 lb / ft 2

m
2

er as
A (8.5)

co
zD’ = (3)(113) = 339 lb/ft3.

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 z  1  
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2
 
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   2Z f  
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Cr   zf ' 
  r H log  for OC-I and r = 0.85 from Table 7.1.
1  e0   zo ' 
The calculations are tabulated below using the above equations.
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ar stu

Layer H Zf (ft) zo′ (lb/ft2)  z (lb/ft2) zf′=zo′+  z Cr/(1+e0) c (in)

(ft) (lb/ft2)
is

1 4.25 2.125 579.12 2188.65 2767.77 0.022 0.648

2 8.5 8.5 1299.50 755.31 2054.81 0.022 0.380
Th

3 17 21.25 2740.25 155.11 2895.36 0.022 0.091

  1.119
Use = 1.1
sh

Therefore, Total Settlement = 1.1 in

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