Question: 2 0 6 The soil profile shown below has a 1 5 ' thick clay layer below a 5 ' sand layer. The Poisson's Ratio

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The soil profile shown below has a 15' thick clay layer below a 5' sand layer. The Poisson's Ratio of the clay is 0.5 and the Undrained elastic modulus of clay is 500ksf. A square rigid foundation is placed on the ground surface and carries a load 20 kips. Maximum settlement cannot exceed 1" What is the minimum size (in feet) of the square footing?
pc=0.5tsf21000=1000PSF
e0=0.76
CC=0.31
CR=0.02
NLOM=-20
(b)
Size of footing
2 0 6 The soil profile shown below has a 1 5 '

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