Assignment 3 (Part 1)

Question 1
For circular footing (at surface) 0.45m resting on the soil profile shown in
figure, calculate elastic settlement using Schmertmann’s Method, 1978. The
applied pressure is 600kPa.

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 Assignment 3 (Part 1)
Question 1-Solution
Strain influence factor, Iz
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8
Given 0
Unit weight 1.8 g/m2
1 The strain influence factors lies only
17.66 kN/m3
in GP soil layer. Therefore, settlement
GP
2 calculations are only performed for
B=D 0.45 m layer 1 on next slide.
Using Schmertzman diagram 3 SW
Depth of Maximum 1z D1 0.225 m
Maximum depth of Iz D2 0.9 m 4

Depth (m)
pop 3.973 kPa GP-GM

Δp 600 kPa 5

6
SW
max. strain influence factor Izp 1.73 7

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 Assignment 3 (Part 1)
Question 1-Solution
Strain influence factor, Iz
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8
0
GP soil layer is further divided into
0.1 two sublayers for calculations.
Layer 1

0.2 Layer Hc Vs v G E X XE Zi Iz ΔHi

(poisson
m m/s ratio) KPa KPa m m/kPa
0.3
1 0.225 260 0.3 121680 316368 1.25 395460 0.113 0.9 5.12062E-07
2 0.675 260 0.3 121680 316368 1.25 395460 0.563 0.9 1.53619E-06
Depth (m)

0.4 If we use
qc value X
C1 1 will be 1 2.04825E-06
0.5 Assuming C2 1

Immediate
0.6 Layer 2 settlement Sc 0.00123 m
1.23 mm

0.7

0.8

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 Example Problems
Question 2

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 Assignment 3 (Part 1)
Question 2-Solution
Strain influence factor, Iz
Strain influence factor, Iz 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
Given 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 0
0
Unit weight 17.5 kN/m3 Given layer 1

L= 4 B= 2
L/B 2 1
1

Given layer 2
Using Schmertzman layer 1
2
diagram 2

Depth of Maximum 1z D1 1.33 m

Depth (m)
Maximum depth of Iz D2 4.44 m

Depth (m)
3
pop 44.33 kPa 3

po 21.00 kPa
p 145 kPa Given layer 3 4 layer2
4
Δp 124 kPa

5
max. strain influence 5

factor Izp 0.68

6
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 Assignment 3 (Part 1)
Question 2-Solution
For calculation of E from cone resistance there are multiple correlation available in literature. In this
example, we are considering Vesic correlation from literature .

If you have used any other correlation, there is no issue as long as you applied right units.

But in case you are working as consultant design engineer, you must use a well proven correlation.

Layer Hc qc E X XE Zi Iz ΔHi
m kN/m2 kPa m m/kPa
1 1.33 2250 8554 1 8554 1.87 0.4 6.2349E-05
2 3.11 2950 11214 1 11214 4.09 0.45 0.000124844
If we use
qc value X
C1 0.915322581 will be 1 0.000187193
Assuming C2 1

Immediate
settlement Sc 0.021246399 m
21.25 mm

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 Assignment 3 (Part 1)
Question 3-Solution

Follow question 2 solution

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