A gravity retaining wall is being designed to retain 10.0 m of soil consisting of 7.0 m of sand and 3.0 m of clay as shown in Fig. 4. Assuming the entire soil is in active state, determine and sketch the lateral earth pressure distribution along the wall height. The soil properties are as shown. Sand Y = 17.5 kN/m³ 0' = 35° Sand Ysat 19.5 kN/m³ = o' = 35° Clay 5 m 2 m Ysat 20.5 kN/m² 3 m 0' = 24° c' = 11 kN/m²
Q: The frequency of irrigation for a crop, for the given field and crop data is. days. Field capacity =…
A: The frequency of irrigation for the crop, for the given field and crop data is 5 days.Field capacity…
Q: AW14 x 53 of Grade 70 steel is used as a compression member. It is 30 feet long, pinned at the top…
A:
Q: The following data as shown in the table was obtained from a plate load test carried out on a 600 mm…
A: The test was carried out on a 600 mm square test plate at a depth of 3 m below the ground surface on…
Q: Need help with practice assignment question- design joists, beams, and girders for the roof of a…
A: The objective of the question is to design the joists, beams, and girders for the roof of a…
Q: 1. The figure shows a cable of weight w per unit length. It can be shown that the cable is described…
A:
Q: Show step by step solution
A: Answer Explanation:Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: Step 4:
Q: Draw a schematic drawing of the (Hydrologic cycle) Movement of liquid water should be shown by a…
A:
Q: Assume the distributions of the Strength H and Stress S are all Normal distribution or Exponential…
A: The objective of the question is to derive the reliability calculation formula by stress-strength…
Q: Estimate the number of bricks (in pieces) and mortar (in cubic feet) needed to build a brick wall…
A: The objective of this question is to estimate the number of bricks and the amount of mortar required…
Q: Question 1 Calculate the loads acting on Beam B1 then check the adequa resist the bending moment…
A: To solve this problem, we'll calculate the loads acting on Beam B1 and then check the adequacy of…
Q: A 5 m thick clay layer lies between two layers of sand each 4 m thick, the top of the upper layer of…
A:
Q: N 60 lb 50 lb 12" 10" -15" Problem 2 Figure 40 lb-ft
A: Resultant force =
Q: 4.6 A one-way slab is used typically in which of the following types of buildings? a. Museum b.…
A: 4.6 --A one-way slab is used typically in which of the following types of buildings?a. Museumb.…
Q: 4.8 Refer to the following table from ACI Code to determine the maximum spans or minimum thickness…
A: As, per guidelines we are supposed to answer only first question.
Q: Solution
A: The highest absolute value is 105 lb/ft², which corresponds to the Dead load + Snow load…
Q: A road can be paved with either asphalt or concrete. Concrete costs $15,000/km and lasts 20 years.…
A: To determine the maximum that should be spent on asphalt considering its shorter lifespan compared…
Q: PROBLEM 1: The 1500-kg beam ABC has fixed support at A and connected to beam BD by hinge at B. Beam…
A:
Q: The strain measurements from a rectangular strain rosette were so = 600 × 10-6, €45 = 500 x 10-6 and…
A: Strain measured at 0 degrees: ε₀ = 600 × Strain measured at 45 degrees: ε₄₅ = 500 × Strain measured…
Q: Question Find the location of the Centroid for the concrete member shown below, relative to the y…
A:
Q: Estimate the elastic settlement below the center of the loaded 1.6m and H. Use Eq. (8.16). area.…
A:
Q: A solid cone of radius r and vertex angle 20 is to rotate at an angular velocity w. The cone is…
A: Object: Solid coneDimensions: Radius: Vertex angle: 2θHousing: Present, with a gap between the…
Q: & Water flows in a 2an dia pipe, Calculate the largest discharge upto which flow will be definitely…
A:
Q: 4.5 Since the 1960's, thin-shell concrete roof structures have seldom been utilized in the United…
A: As per the guidelines, I am answering the first question.4.5The use of thin-shell concrete roof…
Q: Q2. Analyze the truss: 30 kN G 60 kN 4@4m 16 m 30 kN D 2m + 2m
A:
Q: A pipe 1500 m long and 200 mm in diameter is carrying water is laid at a slope of 1 in 200 for the…
A: Length of pipe = 1500 mDiameter = 200 mmSlope for 1st half length = 1 in 200Slope for 2nd half…
Q: A piece of (A =53 mm × B= 29 mm) material experiences a homogenous deformation. The deformed shape…
A:
Q: A 3.25 m long (L) steel pipe has a mass of 625 kg and is lifted by a crane attached to cable CD.…
A:
Q: solution
A: The objective of this question is to determine the critical buckling load and stress of a…
Q: Q1 A commercial shop of (5x7) m, leased according to a contract by 200 $/m²/year from 19 July / 2012…
A: The objective of this question is to calculate the total lease amount for a commercial shop over a…
Q: Figure P7.8 shows an embankment load on a silty clay soil layer. Determine the stress increase at…
A:
Q: 100 lb/ft — 4'— 300 lb F4+4+2+2- 4' —
A:
Q: The road drain AE drains a section of a city and discharges to a major channel at E. If the road…
A: The objective of the question is to determine the size of the rectangular drain at each side of the…
Q: An article gave a scatter plot along with the least squares line of x = rainfall volume (m³) and y =…
A: Calculate :(a) Does a scatter plot of the data support the use of the simple linear regression…
Q: A beam-spring system is shown in figure below. L = 5m EI-2.5× 10³ kN-m² 000 eee k = 40 kN m-10 kN…
A: For given spring-beam system,Initial displacement of 5 mmInitial velocity: 135 mm/sto find the…
Q: Find the coordinates of the centroid of the shape between the curve y = P+x² and the x- axis, for…
A: The objective of the question is to find the coordinates of the centroid of the shape formed between…
Q: A simply supported beam of span 1 carries a UDL of w kN/m over whole of span. What will be the…
A: For a simply supported beam of span l carries UDL of w kN/m over span LTo find the strain energy…
Q: A Boundary Survey provides the following information:
A: The objective of providing a detailed explanation of a boundary survey is to clarify the purpose,…
Q: please solve this homework question I can’t seem to understand
A: Given data - Lcr - lateral distance from the right end Lcl - lateral distance from left edge of…
Q: Determine (a) the magnitude and (b) direction of the anchoring force needed to hold the horizontal…
A: Determine the magnitude and direction of the anchoring force to hold the horizontal elbow.
Q: Two tube wells each of 200 mm diameter penetrate fully in a confined aquifer and are spaced at 150…
A:
Q: 4.8 Refer to the following table from ACI Code to determine the maximum spans or minimum thickness…
A: Slab thickness for all spans andMaximum spans for end bay, interior bay and two cantilevers
Q: 3) A 5-degree angle wedge is Used to move the mass of 27 kg upwards along the inclined floor. The…
A: W= 27*0.81=264.87 Nfind the smallest force required to the mass
Q: Consider the soil profile depicted in the figure below. The water table is located 3 m below the…
A: Effective stress at A is 103.95 Kpa. In the context of soil mechanics, we encounter three important…
Q: A cube of side 100 mm is subjected to an axial compressive load of 200 kN. Its lateral strain is…
A: A cube with a side of 100 mm is subjected to an axial compressive load of 200 kN.Lateral strain is…
Q: Q4) Use the method of sections to determine the axial forces in members BC, BI and HI. 1 m A B C G H…
A:
Q: The frame ABCD consists of a rigid beam AC that is supported by two steel columns AB and CD with a…
A: Consider the free body diagram of the rigid beam AC:
Q: A solid cone of radius r and vertex angle 20 is to rotate at an angular velocity w. The cone is…
A: Object: Solid coneDimensions: Radius: Vertex angle: 2θHousing: Present, with a gap between the…
Q: An open-topped tank is to be cylindrical in shape and have volume 50m3. The cost of the material for…
A: The objective of the question is to find the dimensions of a cylindrical tank that will minimize the…
Q: 501b یا ری 7016 ای 135b راحم
A:
Q: Find the horizontal length
A:
Trending now
This is a popular solution!
Step by step
Solved in 5 steps with 5 images
- The soil profile at a site of a 10 m thick sand layer is shown in the figure below. The total active earth pressure (expressed in kN/m) on the wall will be_ Surcharge 14 kN/m? 3 m Ya = 15.755 kN/m %3D G.W.T. Sand G= 2.65 = 30° 7 m e = 0.651. A soil profile is shown in Figure 1. Assuming the water table is located at the surface and the profile is undisturbed. Show the variation of total vertical and horizontal stresses with the depth to a total depth of 12m. Assume there is a surcharge of 6kN/m2 and Groundwater is 5m below the surface. 5m Sandy clay c=25KN/m², þ=10°, y=18KN/m³ 7.5m Silt c=10KN/m², p=15°, y=20kN/m³ Sand =35°, y=19KN/m³ Figure 1The soil profile at a site consists of a 5 m thick sand layer underline by a c-o soil Im Youlk = 16.5 kN/m as shown in figure. The water table is found 1 m below the ground level. The entire soil mass is retained by a concrete retaining wall and is in the active state. Yu = 19 kN/m', y = 9.81 kN/m³ 4 m $ = 32° Y = 18.5 kN/m', Y, = 9.81 kN/m³ 3 m c = 25 kN/m², = 24° The back of the wall is smooth and sat vertical. The total active earth pressure (expressed in kN/m?) at point A as per Rankine's theory is
- Consider the soil profile shown in the figure below, and an initial groundwater depth of 5 feet below the ground surface. Assuming the soil above the water table is dry, then Ground Surface Ya = 115 Ib/ft G.= 2.65 5 ft SAND 15 ft Ysat = 120 Ib/ft3 e,- 1.1 C = 0.5 C, = 0.05 o- 2.8 ksf 15 ft CLAY ROCK a. The in-situ effective vertical stress in the middle of the clay layer is psf. b. If a uniform permanent load of 500 psf is applied on the ground surface, the estimated primary consolidation settlement of the clay layer is inches. c. If the groundwater table is lowered to the top of the clay layer at a final depth of 20 feet below the ground surface after the consolidation settlement in part (b) is completed, the effective vertical stress increase in the middle of the clay layer is psf.7.2 Compute the total vertical stress o, pore water pressure u, and then the effective vertical stress o at Points A, B, C, and D in the soil profile shown in the following figure. Plot those with the depth z. Soil 1, y, - 18.0 kN/m' -10 Soil 2, y, - 18.5 kN/m -15 Soil 3, y, - 18.3 kN/m³ Soil 4, Y, - 19.0 kN/m³ -28 D. z (m)For the soil profile shown in Figure 3. Find the value of the vertical stress change at point A. when the water level increases from level b-b to level c-c. fig. (3) REY Sand 84:18-14 KN/² _W_C% = 11.0% XK 3-0m *c sat=21-35 16/17 sand b. clay 18544-20-35-3.0m A Rock 3.0m b
- A SOIL PROFILE HAS 2 DIFFERENT LAYERS OF SOIL. SOIL 2 WITH sg = 2.72 AND MOISTURE CONTENT = 60%, IS OVERLAIN BY SOIL 1 WITH sg = 2 AND MOISTURE CONTENT = 0.65. IF THE WATER TABLE IS INITIALLY ON THE GROUND SURFACE, FIND THE TOTAL STRESS AT THE MID-HEIGHT OF SOIL 2 IF THE WATER TABLE HAS TO BE LOWERED BY 2m. SOIL 1AND 2 HAS HEIGHT 3m EACH. * Your answerA6 m high retaining wall retains 3 m of Soil 1 which overlays Soil 2 as shown in the figure. The water table is at the interface of the two sods. The tod properties the active earth pressure and hydrostatic pressure distributions are also shown in the figure. The magnitude of the active earth pressure at Point of the pressure distribution is Soil 1: e-0, -30° Y-17kN/m' 3 m 6 m Soil 2 e 10 kPa, -20° You 20 kN/m² + hydro- static O 17.0 kPa O 11.0 kPa Ⓒ25.0 kPa O 29,4 kPaA 2m clay layer has values of e = 0.92, Gs = 2.72 and liquid limit of 40%. Above the clay is a 3m thick layer of sand with e = 0.50 and Gs = 2.62. The water table is located 1.6m below the ground. If a 3m thick backfill is placed on the ground surface having a unit weight of 17.3 KN/cu.m. determine the following3B 1. Compression index of clay 2. Effective pressure at the midpoint of clay 3. Primary settlement for normally consolidated clay %3D Givan:
- Situation 3: 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. From the figure shown a soil formation with its corresponding soil properties and water table is located 2 m below the ground surface. To consolidate the ground, surcharge load at the top or dewatering are being considered. DRY SAND 2 m 4 m 18 m SAND CLAY Adry = 15.8 kN/m³ sat 19.1 kN/m³ Asat = 20.5 kN/m³ A decision has been made to consolidate the clay layer prior to site development by preloading with a sand layer 2.0 m thick. The sand fill will have a unit weight of 15 kN/m³. Find the increase in stress at the bottom of the clay layer. By dewatering 1.8 m, determine the stress increase at the bottom of the clay layer as water level is lowered down by 1.8 m. By how much should the water be lowered down to be more effective than the surcharge load? Determine the type of geosynthetic that serves as both drainage and filter material because it is composed of at least one geosynthetic product among the components combined with either another geosynthetic…G,+S,e , a) Starting from the basic phase definitions (see the Appendix) show that y = 1+e b) Using the expression above, determine the distribution of the total and effective vertical stress with depth for the soil profile shown. Plot these distributions for 0 60%, T, : 1.781 – 0.933 log(100 – U%) C,H - log 1+e, o, + Ao' C,H 1+e, S = - log3. 7.12 Plot the distribution of total stress, effective stress, and pore- water pressure with depth for the soil profile shown in Figure PZ.12. Neglect capillary action and pore air pressure. 4.5 m e, = 0.7, S= 0.85 SWL 5 m w = 28% %3D FIGURE P7.12 7.13 If the groundwater in problem 7.12 were (a) to rise to the surface, (b) to rise 2 m above the surface, and (c) to rap- idly decrease from 2 m above the surface to 1 m below its present level, determine and plot the distributions of vertical effective and total stresses and porewater pres- sure with depth.