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Homework Exercise - Module 6

This document provides two homework exercises on calculating primary consolidation settlement of foundations. The first involves a rectangular foundation on soft clay calculating settlement at the center. The second involves a raft foundation calculating settlement at the center and corners, with a total net stress given. For both problems, soil properties like layer thickness, unit weight, void ratio, and compression index are provided to calculate the settlement.

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Homework Exercise - Module 6

This document provides two homework exercises on calculating primary consolidation settlement of foundations. The first involves a rectangular foundation on soft clay calculating settlement at the center. The second involves a raft foundation calculating settlement at the center and corners, with a total net stress given. For both problems, soil properties like layer thickness, unit weight, void ratio, and compression index are provided to calculate the settlement.

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CE333 Geotechnical Engineering II

Homework Exercise
Module 6: Settlement Computation of Foundations

1. A rectangular foundation is constructed over a layer of compressible normally


consolidated soft clay as shown in figure below. Total load on the foundation is 1500 kN.
Calculate the primary consolidation settlement at the center of the foundation.
(Answer: Sc = 83.14 mm)

Silty sand
Df = 1.5 m 𝛾 = 16 kN/m3

2m × 3m

Saturated sand
2.5 m 𝛾sat = 18 kN/m3

Saturated clay
𝛾sat = 19 kN/m3
3m e0 = 0.93
Cc = 0.27

Dense sand

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2. A raft foundation as shown in figure below has to carry a total net stress at the base of the
foundation, qn = 168 kN/m2. Calculate the primary consolidation settlement at the center
and corner of the raft. Assume that the clay layer is normally consolidated.
(Answer: center: Sc = 286.58 mm and corner: Sc = 130.74 mm)

qn = 168 kN/m2
2m

10 m × 15 m Sand
𝛾 = 16 kN/m3
2.5 m

Saturated Sand
𝛾sat = 18 kN/m3
2.0 m

Soft Clay
𝛾sat = 17.5 kN/m3
5m
e0 = 0.88
Cc = 0.38

Hard layer

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