Homework #1

Refer to the shown dam below, at steady state flow,. The total unit weight of the compacted
embankment 20 kN/m3. The dam was constructed on Over consolidated clay. Initially, assume
the lateral stresses are equal.

20 m

80 m 100 m

20 m
120
m
γ=19.81 kN/m3, c’= 20 kPa, φ’= 32o, k = 1x 10-7 m/s, E
=400000 kPa, ν = 0.25

X (m) Z
‫االسم‬ From (depth,
the CL m)
‫حال عادل عطا هللا الهباهبه‬ -60 5
‫رند احمد فهد العدوان‬ -40 10
‫مهند يوسف موسى مسيمي‬ 40 12
‫حمزه خالد عطاهللا الطراونه‬ 60 10
‫محمد فرحان موسى النمراوي‬ 0 15

Accordingly, determine the following

1- Construct the 81-element stiffness tensor for the shown materials
2- Determine the stress and strain tensors, for the steady state flow for the vertical element
and Mohr-Coulomb failure plane element ( Don’t use software for stress transformation)
3- Determine the eigen values and the corresponding eigen vectors for point 2
4- Determine the principal stresses and strains for point 2
5- Using Tresca model, determine the failure stresses for stress paths (σ1 is increasing while
the other two stresses are constants, σ3 is decreasing while the other two stresses are
constants, σ2 is increasing while the other two stresses are constants)
6- Using Von Mises model, determine the failure stresses for stress paths (σ1 is increasing
while the other two stresses are constants, σ3 is decreasing while the other two stresses
are constants, σ2 is increasing while the other two stresses are constants)
7- For pint 6, determine the skew part
8- Examine the orthogonality of the stresses obtained from point 2