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The soil profile at a road construction site is as
shown in figure (not to scale). A large embankment
is to be constructed at the site. The ground water
table (GWT) is located at the surface of the clay
layers, and the capillary rise in the sandy soil is
negligible. The effective stress at the middle of
the clay layer after the application of the
embankment loading is 180 kN/m². Take unit
weight of water, Yw =
9.81 kN/m3.
Embankment load
boudi
Sand
GWT 2m
y = 18.5 kN°
it enit
Clay
Specific gravity, G̟ = 2.65
Water content, w = 45%
Compession index, C. = 0.25
6m
%3D
%3D
Impermeable layer
The primary consolidation settlement (in m, round
off to two decimal places) of the clay layer resulting
from this loading will be
Transcribed Image Text:The soil profile at a road construction site is as shown in figure (not to scale). A large embankment is to be constructed at the site. The ground water table (GWT) is located at the surface of the clay layers, and the capillary rise in the sandy soil is negligible. The effective stress at the middle of the clay layer after the application of the embankment loading is 180 kN/m². Take unit weight of water, Yw = 9.81 kN/m3. Embankment load boudi Sand GWT 2m y = 18.5 kN° it enit Clay Specific gravity, G̟ = 2.65 Water content, w = 45% Compession index, C. = 0.25 6m %3D %3D Impermeable layer The primary consolidation settlement (in m, round off to two decimal places) of the clay layer resulting from this loading will be
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