Question: 1 . Determine the anticipated settlement and allowable bearing capacity for both sites ( left and right ) for the conditions corresponding to the drained

1. Determine the anticipated settlement and allowable bearing capacity for both sites (left and right) for the conditions corresponding to the drained case (aka long term loading case). The design life of structures being supported is 30 years for both cases (right/left).
For the immediate settlement of the upper sand (for profile to the right), use immediate settlement approach (in your notes) as well as an estimate of secondary compression settlement (use a \(\mathrm{C}\alpha /\mathrm{C}\) of 0.01, assume that \( t_{p}\) is going to be 1day, and assume the thickness of the stressed soil below footing is twice the footing width (i.e., for H or L in the secondary compression equation). C is 0.05, and the void ratio is 0.59 for the sand. Use a \(\mathrm{c}^{\prime}=0\) for the cohesion intercept.
For the clay settlement (left profile), include all three components: the immediate/distortion settlement of the clay, along with the primary consolidation and secondary compression components (use a \(\mathrm{C}\alpha /\mathrm{C}\) of 0.04, and calculate the \( t_{p}\) in the manner we have already used in class). For the left profile, ignore the fact that consolidation will likely not be 1-D, and instead just use the same approach as we've been using to calculate the primary consolidation settlement.
The upper sand stratum for each of the profiles is existing (not new fill). Ignore the lower gravel stratum for profile to the left when it comes to settlement. Suppose that the allowable settlement for each case is 1 inch .
1 . Determine the anticipated settlement and

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