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CECA 2 - Problem Set No. 06

The document contains 13 problems related to soil mechanics concepts like permeability testing, effective stress, consolidation, shear strength, and triaxial testing. The problems involve calculating values like hydraulic conductivity, stresses, settlements, friction angles, and failure conditions.

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CECA 2 - Problem Set No. 06

The document contains 13 problems related to soil mechanics concepts like permeability testing, effective stress, consolidation, shear strength, and triaxial testing. The problems involve calculating values like hydraulic conductivity, stresses, settlements, friction angles, and failure conditions.

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CECA 2 – PROBLEM SET NO.

1. For the constant head permeability test conducted below:


L = 30 cm
A = Area of Specimen = 177 cm2
Constant head difference, h = 50 cm
Water collected in a period of 5 min = 350 cm3
Calculate the hydraulic conductivity in cm/sec
2. For the falling head permeability test conducted below:
Length of specimen = 200 mm
Area of soil specimen = 1000 mm2
Area of standpipe = 40 mm2
Head difference at t = 0 s, h1= 500 mm
Head difference at t = 180 s, h2 = 300 mm
Calculate the hydraulic conductivity in mm/sec
3. The figure shows three layers of soil that is in a 100 mm by 100 mm container. Water is supplied to maintain a
constant-head difference of 300 mm across the sample. The hydraulic conductivities of the soils in the direction
of flow through them are as follows:

Estimate the discharge in the soil in cm3/hr


4. A river and a canal run parallel to each other but at different elevations as shown in the figure and has been
determined to exist for a 450 m length. The coefficient of permeability of the sand is 3 m per day. Determine the
following:
a. Hydraulic gradient
b. Quantity of water which flows into the canal
c. Seepage velocity if the porosity of the sand is 0.22

5. A 20 m thick submerged saturated clay layer has a moisture content of 57%. The specific gravity of the solids is
2.84.
a. Determine the unit weight of clay.
b. Determine the total vertical stress at the bottom of the clay layer in kPa.
c. Determine the effective vertical stress at the bottom of the clay layer in kPa.
6. Consider the upward flow of water through a layer of sand in a tank as shown in the figure. For the sand, the
following are given:
Void ratio, e = 0.52
Specific gravity of solids, Gs = 2.67
Determine the following:
a. Effective stress at A.
b. Effective stress at B
c. Upward seepage force per unit volume of the soil
7. Given the figure below:

Figure: Clay: Sand:


A = 2 m Gs = 2.74 Gs = 2.66
B = 4 m e = 0.98 e = 0.65
C = 6 m Pc = 150 kN/m2
ΔP = 85 kN/m2 Cc = 0.396
Cs = 0.066
a. What is the initial overburden pressure in the middle of the clay layer?
b. Estimate the consolidation settlement in the clay layer.
8. Under normal loading condition, a 3.6 m thick clay (normally consolidated) has Po = 190 kPa and eo = 1.22. A
surcharge 190 kPa reduces its void ratio to 0.98. The hydraulic conductivity of the clay for the loading range is
6.1 x 10-5 m/day. Assume Tv = 0.286. Determine the following:
a. Coefficient of volume compressibility of the clay.
b. Coefficient of consolidation of the clay.
c. How long will it take for this clay layer to reach 60% consolidation if it is drained on one side only.
9. For the stressed soil element shown.

Determine the following:


a. Major principal stress.
b. Minor principal stress.
c. Normal stress on plane AB.
d. Shear Stress on plane AB.
10. The normal stresses acting on two orthogonal planes of a soil sample are 250 kN/m2and 110 kN/m2.
a. Major principal stress.
b. Minor principal stress.
c. Normal stress on a plane inclined 60° to the direction of the major principal stress.
d. Shear stress on a plane inclined 60° to the direction of the major principal stress.
11. In a triaxial shear test of a cohesionless soil, the soil cylinder was subjected to a liquid pressure of 16 kPa inside
the chamber. It was observed that failure of the sample in shear occurred when the deviator stress reached 40
kPa.
a. Determine the angle of internal friction of the soil.
b. Determine the maximum normal stress.
c. Determine the shear stress at failure.
12. For a dry sandy soil, a direct shear test was performed. Its vertical normal force was 10 kg and the measured
shear force was 6.34 kg. The specimen was prepared in a circular shear box of 10 cm in diameter. a.
Determine the angle of internal friction of the soil.
b. When the normal stress of 150 kPa is applied, what will be the failure shear stress of this soil? c. When the
normal stress of 150 kPa is applied, what will be the failure shear force of this soil? 13. A consolidated drained
triaxial test was conducted for a normally consolidated clay. Its consolidation pressure was 80 kPa and the
deviatoric stress at failure was 135 kPa.
a. Determine the angle of internal friction of the soil.
b. Determine the major principal stress.
c. Determine the maximum shear stress of the soil.

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