Question: A 1 0 0 kPa vertical load will be imposed on a soil profile consisting of sand overlying clay, as illustrated below. To anticipate the

A 100kPa vertical load will be imposed on a soil profile consisting of sand overlying clay, as illustrated below. To anticipate the settlement of the clay layer upon loading, a consolidation test was performed on a sample of clay from the center of the clay layer and cc,cr, and p' are calculated as 0.3,0.03, and 120kPa, respectively.
Weathered rock
Assuming these coefficients are representative coefficients for the entire clay layer, compute the total amount of consolidation settlement due to the vertical load increase. For your calculation, divide the clay layer into at least 2 sublayers.
The void ratio table with time is shown below for one load stage from the consolidation test for the specimen sampled at the center of the clay layer. The height of the specimen was approximately 20mm, and the specimen was loaded using double-drained conditions.
A. Using Casagrande method, compute the coefficient of consolidation, cv.
B. Compute a settlement versus time plot for the 100kPa surcharge imposed on the sand layer. You may choose U=20,40,60,80, and 90% for plotting.
C. Plot vertical total stress, hydraulic water pressure, pore water pressure, and vertical effective stress from the surface to the bottom of the clay layer at 6 months after 100 kPa surcharge
U(%):20->Tv:0.0314
40->0.126
60->0.286
80->0.567
80->0.848
plz solve this problem as detailas you can(no.1 and A,B,C of no.2)
A 1 0 0 kPa vertical load will be imposed on a

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