SUBJECT : SOIL MECHANICS I

TASK : KISI-KISI UAS JAN 2020

LECTURER : Abdul Rochim

#1
Determine the classification of the soil D shown in the curve below according to USCS. From
Atterberg limit test : LL = 34 dan PL = 27.

SOAL # 2

An embankment as high as 5 m that is rested over the soil stratas is shown below. The water
level is the same level as the surface. w = 10 kN/m3.
Find:
1) Vertical total stress, pore pressure, and vertical effective stress at the middle of clay
layer soon after the embankment is applied.
2) Vertical total stress, pore pressure, and vertical effective stress at the middle of clay
layer long time after the embankment is applied

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Embankment,  = 18 kN/m
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Water level
0
Sand,  = 20 kN/m
3

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Silty clay,  = 18 kN/m3

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Clay,  = 15 kN/m3

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#3
Below the soil profile is shown. The phreatic level at the site is – 2m, the piezometric level in
the Pleistocene SAND is + 2 m. Based on the permeability, the change in head between the
phreatic level and piezometric level occurs between the levels G.L – 7 m and – 10 m in the
CLAY layer. w = 10 kN/m3.

Find:
1) Vertical total stress, pore water pressure and vertical effective stress each soil strata.
2) Draw the diagram of vertical total stress, pore water pressure and vertical effective
stress each soil strata.

piezometric
Ground level (G.L) level, + 2 m
0
Sand,  = 18 kN/m3
phreatic level, - 2 m
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Sand,  = 19 kN/m3
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Silty clay,  = 16 kN/m3
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Clay,  = 14 kN/m3
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Basalt peat,  = 11 kN/m3

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Pleistocene sand,  = 20 kN/m3 (Piezometric level)

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Below the soil profile is shown. There is an excavation with the depth of H m from the
surface. The phreatic level at the site is – 1m, the piezometric level in the Pleistocene SAND
is 1 m. w = 10 kN/m3.
Find:
1) Total stress, pore pressure and effective stress at point P.
2) The critical depth of excavation (H) for HEAVING not occur.

piezometric
0 Ground level (G.L) level, + 1 m

Sand,  = 16 kN/m3
Excavation phreatic level, - 1 m
-1 H
Clay,  = 14 kN/m 3

P
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Pleistocene sand,  = 20 kN/m3 (Piezometric level)

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#5

A soil sample loaded by stresses 1 and 3 is shown below. If 1 = 52 kPa and 3 = 12 kPa,
and the angle of dilation  = 35 deg.
Find:
1. The value of , 2. The normal stress on failure plain,  ?
3. The soil shear strength at failure, ?

#6
Below are recorded data from direct shear tests on compacted sand samples that reach field
density.
Find:
1. The value of shear strength parameters c’ and ’.
2. Does failure occur at a spot, on a plane in sand mass, whose shear stress  = 104
kN/m2 and effective normal stress ’ = 256 kN/m2.

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Normal stress (kN/m ) 40 80 160 240
Shear stress at failure (kN/m2) 30 61 124 187

#7
Below one layer soil is shown. The soil is identified as silty sand soil with the values of the
cohesion and the internal friction angle are 20 kPa and 40 degree respectively. The water
level is very deep from the ground level.
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Find:
1. The shear strength at the depth of 4 m in a horizontal plane.
2. The shear strength at the depth of 4 m in a vertical plane.
3. The shear strength at the depth of 4 m in an angle 35 degree from the horizontal plane.

Ground level (GL)

Silty Sand (SM)

 = 18 kN/m3
c' = 20 kPa
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' = 40
ko = 0.5

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