Review Innovations CE Review for April 2023 – Geotechnical Engineering 8

Situation 1.
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The retaining wall supports soil at a height of 5 m above the γ = 1846kg/m
ground. The soil is uniform and has an angle of internal
friction of 30 0 . The wall is provided with tension rod 1.5 m 1.0 m 2
C = 1605kg/m
below the surface of the backfill. Determine the following:
1. Depth to which the wall be driven below the ground.
2. Passive force if the soil weighs 17 kN/m 3
3. Tension on the rod
3
γ sat = 1965kg/m
1.5 m
DD
9. Effective surcharge at the bottom of the footing.
5m 10. Size using a factor of safety of 3.
11. Allowable bearing capacity
Ground
Situation 5.
d A square footing shown has a dimension of 1.3 m x 1.3 m has
its bottom 0.9 m below the ground surface. The groundwater
table is located at a depth of 1.2 m below the ground surface.
Assume a general shear failure. Determine the following:
Situation 2.

A concentrated load of 1800 kN is applied on the surface of

the ground. By using Boussinesq equation. Determine the
following:
4. Vertical stress increment due to this load at a depth of 4.8
m directly below the load
5. Vertical stress increment due to this load at a depth of 4.8
m below the ground level and at a horizontal distance of
3.7 m from the line of the concentrated load

Situation 3.
The figure shown is a square footing 1.2 m x 1.2 m. The unit
weight of soil is 17.3 kN/m3 and has a cohesion of 9.6 kPa.
Angle of internal friction is 28 0 . Assume no water table exist
below the foundation. Determine the following:
6. Ultimate bearing capacity assuming general shear failure
in soil
7. Allowable bearing capacity using a factor of safety of 2.5
8. Gross allowable load that the footing can carry
0.9 m
12. Ultimate bearing capacity of the soil beneath the footing
13. Allowable bearing capacity if it has a factor of safety of 3
14. Allowable load that the footing could carry
Situation 6.
A circular footing having a diameter of 1.2 m has its bottom
at a depth of 2.7 m from the ground surface. The water table
is located at a depth of 1.3 m below the ground. The soil has
the following properties:
γd = 18.10 kN/m3
γsat = 19.30 kN/m3
c = 15.74 kPa
φ = 20 0
Determine the following assuming local shear failure:
15. Ultimate bearing pressure using Terzaghi’s equation
16. Allowable bearing capacity using a factor of safety of 3
17. Allowable load on the footing

Situation 7.
A wall footing is to be constructed on a clay soil 0.70 m below
1.2 m
the ground. The footing is to support a wall that imposes a
load of 135 kN per meter of wall length. Considering general
Situation 4.
shear failure. Determine the following:
A square footing carries an allowable load of 59130 kg
including its own weight. The bottom of the footing is 1.0 m
below the ground surface and the water table coincides with
the bottom of footing. Assume general shear failure.
Determine the following:
Nc = 35 Nq = 22 N = 19

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Terzaghi’s Bearing Capacity Equation
18. Footing width should be provided to have a factor of
safety of 3
19. Ultimate bearing capacity if the width is 0.95m Ultimate bearing capacity (General shear failure)
20. New factor of safety
1. Circular footing
Problem for practice
qult = 1.3cNc + qNq + 0.3BN
Situation 8
An excavation 5.5m deep in cohesionless soil is supported by 2. Square footing
a vertical cantilever sheet pile wall. The piling extends to a
depth of 3.6m below the bottom of the excavation. The qult = 1.3cNc + qNq + 0.4BN
density of the soil is 18.1 kN/cu m and the angle of internal
friction is 33 0 . The water table maybe assumed to be below 3. Strip footing
the bottom of the piles.
1. Find the active thrust on the wall per hor. meter, neglecting
wall friction. qult = cNc + qNq + 0.5BN
(Answer: 217.33 KN/m)
2. Compute the passive resistance which must be mobilized
for stability of the wall.
(Answer: 549.36 KN/m) Ultimate bearing capacity (Local shear failure)
3. Determine the theoretical passive resistance available.
(Answer: 397.61 KN/m) 4. Circular footing

qult = 1.3c’Nc’ + qNq’ + 0.3BN’

Situation 9
A point load P = 5 kN at the origin (0, 0, 0) of a ground surface
which is at plane z = 0. 5. Square footing

qult = 1.3c’Nc’ + qNq’ + 0.4BN’

6. Strip footing

qult = c’Nc’ + qNq’ + 0.5BN’

1. Calculate the stress increase at (3, 4, 0)

(0 kPa)
2. Calculate the stress increase at (3, 4, 6)
(0.018 kPa)

Situation 10
The figure below shows two line loads on the ground
surface.
q1 = 15 kN/m
q2 = 7.5 kN/m

1. Determine the stress increase at the point A

(0.227 kPa)

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