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Assignment I

This document is an assignment for B.E. Third Year Civil Engineering students at Technological University (Thanlyin), focusing on Geotechnical Engineering II. It includes three questions related to consolidation of clay layers, shear strength parameters from triaxial tests, and calculations regarding a retaining wall. Each question requires specific calculations and graphical estimations based on given data.

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Assignment I

This document is an assignment for B.E. Third Year Civil Engineering students at Technological University (Thanlyin), focusing on Geotechnical Engineering II. It includes three questions related to consolidation of clay layers, shear strength parameters from triaxial tests, and calculations regarding a retaining wall. Each question requires specific calculations and graphical estimations based on given data.

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TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (THANLYIN)

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING


[Link] Year Second Semester,Assignment I
Civil Engineering
CE-32015 Geotechnical Engineering II
Date: 26.6.2022 Time Allowed:60 Minutes

Questions
1. A 3.75 m clay layer in the field (drained on one side) is normally consolidated.
When the pressure is increased from 50 kN/m2 to 150 kN/m2, the void ratio
decreases from 0.9 to 0.75. The hydraulic conductivity, k, of the clay for the
above loading range was found to be 6 x10-7 cm/sec.
a. How long (in days) will it take for the clay layer to reach 50% consolidation?
b. What is the settlement at that time (that is, at 50% consolidation)?
(8 marks)

2. Following are the results of consolidated-undrained triaxial tests on undisturbed


soils retrieved from a 4-m-thick saturated clay layer in the field (_ϒsat _ 19 kN/m3).
a. Estimate graphically the Mohr–Coulomb shear strength parameters c'and f '
b. Estimate the shear strength in the middle of the clay layer.

(7 marks)

3. A 5-m-high retaining wall with a vertical back face retains a homogeneous saturated
soft clay. The saturated unit weight of the clay is 21 kN/m 3. Laboratory tests
showed that the undrained shear strength, cu, of the clay is 17 kN/m2.
a. Make the necessary calculation and draw the variation of Rankine’s active
pressure on the wall with depth.
b. Find the depth up to which tensile crack can occur.
c. Determine the total active force per unit length of the wall before the tensile
crack occurs.
d. Determine the total active force per unit length of the kN/m2 (10 marks)

**End of Questions**

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