A soil profile consists of three layers, where the top layer is sand soil with unit weight of 17 kN/m², and thickness of 2 meters. The mid layer is soil clay with unit weight of 19 kN/m?, ec= 0.9, C= 0.9, C= 0.15, OCR= 1.5, and the thickness is 5 meters. The bottom layer is sand soil with unit weight of 17 kN/m³ with a thickness of 6 meters. Water table is one meter below the surface level. (a) Estimate the total consolidation settlement, caused by the application of a square footing of 3 meters each side, and q= 200 kN/m?. |(b) The change in total consolidation settlement if the water table level lowers 2 m below.
A soil profile consists of three layers, where the top layer is sand soil with unit weight of 17 kN/m², and thickness of 2 meters. The mid layer is soil clay with unit weight of 19 kN/m?, ec= 0.9, C= 0.9, C= 0.15, OCR= 1.5, and the thickness is 5 meters. The bottom layer is sand soil with unit weight of 17 kN/m³ with a thickness of 6 meters. Water table is one meter below the surface level. (a) Estimate the total consolidation settlement, caused by the application of a square footing of 3 meters each side, and q= 200 kN/m?. |(b) The change in total consolidation settlement if the water table level lowers 2 m below.
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