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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
Problem Set 6
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Lesson Title: SOIL SETTLEMENT
Instructions: Solve the following problems then place and show your complete solution on the
space provided. Box your final answer.
Situation 1. A soil deposit, shown in figure consists of 7 m of gravel overlaying 10 m of clay. Water
table is 2 m below the surface of the gravel. A 100 kPa surcharge load is applied at the ground
surface. The preconsolidation stress at A is 200 kN/m 2, and the deposit is normally
consolidated at B. The gravel has a saturated bulk unit weight of 22 kN/m 3 and a dry unit
weight of 18 kN/m3 and is relatively incompressible when compared to the clay. The voids
ratio of the clay is 0.6 and the skeletal particles have a specific gravity of 2.8. The compression
index of the clay is 0.40 and the recompression index is 0.08.
1. Determine the settlement of Clay B.
2. Determine the settlement of Clay A.
3. If the water table rises to the surface of the gravel slowly over a period of time and the
preconsolidation at A becomes 300 kPa, determine the settlement of the clay.
VIRGEN MILAGROSA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
Martin Posadas Avenue, San Carlos City, Pangasinan
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Situation 2. From the given figure shown below, determine the following:
1. Determine the immediate settlement.
2. Determine the axial load.
3. Determine the primary consolidation settlement at clay layer 1.
4. Determine the primary consolidation settlement at clay layer 2.
5. Determine the secondary consolidation settlement at clay layer 1 three years after the
completion of primary consolidation settlement. Time for the completion of primary
settlement is one year.
6. Determine the secondary consolidation settlement at clay layer 2 three years after the
completion of primary consolidation settlement. Time for the completion of primary
settlement is one year.
7. Determine the total consolidation settlement of the clay three years after the completion
of primary consolidation settlement. Time for the completion of primary settlement is one
year.