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    1. The document provides a home assignment with multiple questions related to geotechnical engineering and consolidation of soils. It includes questions about determining settlement from soil properties, calculating compression index and void ratio from consolidation test data, estimating consolidation times based on laboratory test results, and assessing degree of consolidation. 2. One question involves consolidation test data for a clay sample and asks to calculate compression characteristics and assess if the clay is normally or over-consolidated. Another asks about pore pressures in a clay stratum and if it is fully consolidated under existing pressures. 3. Multiple questions ask to estimate void ratios, settlements, or consolidation times based on data like soil thickness, compression indices, initial and final void ratios, past consolidation

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    1. The document provides a home assignment with multiple questions related to geotechnical engineering and consolidation of soils. It includes questions about determining settlement from soil properties, calculating compression index and void ratio from consolidation test data, estimating consolidation times based on laboratory test results, and assessing degree of consolidation. 2. One question involves consolidation test data for a clay sample and asks to calculate compression characteristics and assess if the clay is normally or over-consolidated. Another asks about pore pressures in a clay stratum and if it is fully consolidated under existing pressures. 3. Multiple questions ask to estimate void ratios, settlements, or consolidation times based on data like soil thickness, compression indices, initial and final void ratios, past consolidation

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    1. The document provides a home assignment with multiple questions related to geotechnical engineering and consolidation of soils. It includes questions about determining settlement from soil properties, calculating compression index and void ratio from consolidation test data, estimating consolidation times based on laboratory test results, and assessing degree of consolidation. 2. One question involves consolidation test data for a clay sample and asks to calculate compression characteristics and assess if the clay is normally or over-consolidated. Another asks about pore pressures in a clay stratum and if it is fully consolidated under existing pressures. 3. Multiple questions ask to estimate void ratios, settlements, or consolidation times based on data like soil thickness, compression indices, initial and final void ratios, past consolidation

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    1. The document provides a home assignment with multiple questions related to geotechnical engineering and consolidation of soils. It includes questions about determining settlement from soil properties, calculating compression index and void ratio from consolidation test data, estimating consolidation times based on laboratory test results, and assessing degree of consolidation. 2. One question involves consolidation test data for a clay sample and asks to calculate compression characteristics and assess if the clay is normally or over-consolidated. Another asks about pore pressures in a clay stratum and if it is fully consolidated under existing pressures. 3. Multiple questions ask to estimate void ratios, settlements, or consolidation times based on data like soil thickness, compression indices, initial and final void ratios, past consolidation

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    Civil Engineering Department, ISM Dhanbad

    Geotechnical Engineering I (CEC 15102)


    Home Assignment II
    1. Determine the amount of settlement given the following data:
    i.
    Thickness of compressible medium = 3m.
    ii.
    Coefficient of volume decrease = 0.002cm2/N.
    iii.
    Pressure increment at the centre of the compressible medium = 75kN/m2.
    2. The subsurface consists of 6m of sandy soil ( = 18.4kN/m3) underlain by a deposit of clay
    ( = 19.4kN/m3). The water table is at 4.2m below the ground surface. Given the information (in
    the following table) from a consolidation test of an undistributed clay sample obtained from a
    depth of 9m from the ground surface, find Cc and pre-consolidation pressure. Explain with reason
    whether this is normally or over-consolidated clay.
    1600
    Pressure,
    0
    25
    50
    100
    200
    400
    800
    2
    kN/m
    Void ratio 0.960 0.950 0.942 0.932 0.901 0.870 0.710 0.540
    3. The co-ordinates of two points on a straight line section of a semi-logarithmic plot of
    compression diagram are: e1 = 2.50, s 1 = 150kN/m2; and e2 = 1.75, s 2 = 600kN/m2. Calculate
    the compression index.
    4. The void ratio of clay is 1.56, and its compression index is found to be 0.8 at the pressure
    180kN/m2. What will be the void ratio if the pressure is increased to 240kN/m2?
    5. The compression diagram for a pre-compressed clay indicates that it had been compressed
    under pressure of 240kN/m2. The compression index is 0.9; its void ratio under a pressure of
    180kN/m2 is 1.5. Estimate the void ratio if the pressure is increased to 360kN/m2.
    6. In a clay stratum below the water table, the pore pressure is 36kN/m2 at a depth of 3m. Is the
    clay fully consolidated under the existing pressure? Explain.
    7. A saturated clay specimen is subjected to a pressure of 240kN/m2. After the lapse of a time,
    it is determined that the pore pressure in the specimen is 72kN/m2. What is the degree of
    consolidation?
    8. A compressible stratum is 6m thick and its void ratio is 1.70. If the final void ratio after the
    construction of building is expected to be 1.61, what will be the probable ultimate settlement of
    the building?
    9. The total anticipated settlement due to consolidation of a clay layer under a certain pressure
    is 150mm. If 45mm of settlement has occurred in 9 months, what is expected settlements in 18
    months?
    10. A stratum of a clay 5m thick is sandwiched between highly permeable sand strata. A sample
    of this clay, 25mm thick, experienced 50% of ultimate settlement in 12 minutes after the
    application of a certain pressure. How long will it take for a building proposed to be constructed
    at this site, and which is expected to increase pressure to a value comparable to that applied in
    the laboratory test, to settle 50% of the ultimate value?
    11. A 30mm thick oedometer sample of a clay reached 30% consolidation in 15 minutes with
    drainage at top and bottom. How long would it take the clay layer from which this sample was
    obtained to reach 60% consolidation? The clay layer had one-way drainage and was 6m thick.
    12. A clay stratum is 4.5m thick and rests on a rock surface. The coefficient of consolidation of
    a sample of this clay was found to be 4.5x10 -8 m2/s in the laboratory. Determine probable period
    of time required for the clay stratum to undergo 50% of the ultimate settlement expected under
    a certain increment of pressure.

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