CE 352A: FOUNDATION DESIGN [2-0-1-0 (7)]

Department of Civil Engineering

IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016

Midterm & Lab. Quiz, Semester II, 2021/22

Date: 23/02/2022, Time: 6:00-8:15 PM, 2 hours (Midterm) 15 mins (Quiz), Total Marks:
30 (Midterm) + 5 (Quiz)

General Instructions

i. You can refer to the lecture notes.

ii. Assume any necessary data
iii. Tabulate all the results, use and refer to appropriate equations and charts for the solutions.
iv. The quiz questions will be shared at 8 PM.

Midterm Questions

1. Recorded data from field vane shear tests on undrained shear strength and sensitivity, and
water content with depth in a clay deposit are reported in the figures below
i. Evaluate and plot the adjusted value of the undrained shear strength at various depth
(for  case) following Bjerrum 1972. Choose the points at 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14
m?
ii. From the adjusted values, obtain and plot the preconsolidation stress and OCR
(following Mayne and Mitchell 1988) with depth; assume unit weight of soil  18
kN/m3?
iii. From the sensitivity versus depth (for  case), evaluate and plot the remoulded
strength with depth?

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Marks: 3.5+3+3.5

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2. Two meters of fill (fill = 18 kN/m3) are compacted over a large area. Placed on the top of
the fill is a 4  3 m rectangular footing loaded with 1200 kN. Assume that the average
density of the soil prior to fill placement is soil = 16 kN/m3.
i. Compute and plot the vertical stress profile with depth prior to fill placement?
ii. Compute and plot the additional vertical stress because of fill placement?
iii. Plot the total vertical stress in soil after fill placement?
iv. Compute and plot the additional vertical stress with depth along the center line of a
4  3 m footing, when the footing base is placed 1 m below the top of the filled
ground surface following the Boussinesq’s theory? Record the influence value
obatined from the chart/charts.
v. Plot the total vertical stress in soil after footing placement?

Assume weight of the footing + backfill  weight of the soil removed. Perform the
calculations up to a depth of 12 m and at 2 m intervals.

Marks: 4+4+2+8+2

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Charts

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