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Foundation Engineering Problem Set 2

The problem set asks students to solve foundation engineering problems from a textbook and calculate settlement for a proposed building. Students must: 1) Solve consolidation settlement, elastic settlement, footing settlement on cohesionless soils problems from chapters 5 and 6 of the textbook. 2) Use elastic theory to calculate stress variation with depth along lines through points on a diagram of the building site. 3) Estimate ultimate consolidation settlements at the center, side, and corner using soil data and calculated stress changes.

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Foundation Engineering Problem Set 2

The problem set asks students to solve foundation engineering problems from a textbook and calculate settlement for a proposed building. Students must: 1) Solve consolidation settlement, elastic settlement, footing settlement on cohesionless soils problems from chapters 5 and 6 of the textbook. 2) Use elastic theory to calculate stress variation with depth along lines through points on a diagram of the building site. 3) Estimate ultimate consolidation settlements at the center, side, and corner using soil data and calculated stress changes.

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CE 262

Problem Set 2

Due: 2/14/2015

1. Solve the following problems from Braja M. Das, Principles of Foundation Engineering, 7th Ed.
a. Settlement on footings on cohesionless soils: 5.16, 5.17
b. Elastic Settlement: 5.8, 5.9, 5.10
c. Consolidation settlement: 5.5, 5.6, 5.20, & 5.21
d. Settlement of mat foundations: 6.2, 6.8
2. The soil conditions at the site of a proposed building are shown in the attached Figure 1. The
building is 100 ft long by 50 ft wide. It is to be supported on isolated square spread footings 10 ft
in width, located as shown in the attached Figure 2, at a depth of 10 ft below the orginal ground
surface. The column loads are:
Interior Column
Wall Coumn
Corner Column

600 tons
350 tons
200 tons

Assume the unit weights of the sand and gravel above the water table is 120 lb/ft3; saturated
weight of the sand and gravel below the water table is 123 lb/ft3, and the saturated weight of
clay is 104 lb/ft3. Using elastic theory, calculate the variation in the vertical stress with depth in
the clay stratum along the vertical line through points A, B, and C. Using data from the table
below, and the calculated stress change, estimate the ultimate consolidation settlements at the
center, the side, and the corner of the building.

Sample
U-3-1
U-3-2
U-1-4
U-5-7
U-5-11

Depth
(ft)
35
45
60
80
100

Po
2
(ton/ft )
1.585
1.417
1.666
1.760
1.887

eo

Cc

Cr

1.52
1.68
1.58
1.62
1.66

0.594
0.594
0.580
0.582
0.546

0.070
0.070
0.106
0.072
0.072

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