Question: A compacted fill is to be placed over the soil profile shown. The height and unit weight of the fill are 2 m and 1

A compacted fill is to be placed over the soil profile shown. The height and unit weight of the fill are 2m and 18.5kNm3 respectively. The fine-coarse sand layer has Ydry=16.5kNm3,Ysat=17.5kNm3, relative density (Dr)=80% whereas H1=4m and H2=3m. The clay layer has Ydry=17kNm3,Ysat=18kNm3 whereas H3=5m, compression index (Cc)=0.6, swell index (Cr)=0.09, initial void ratio (e0)=0.7 and preconsolidation pressure (c')=140kPa. Take the clay layer as one single layer and calculate the total consolidation settlement.
If point A is 4m below the upper boundary of the clay layer, calculate the excess, hydrostatic and total pore water pressures at point A,4500 days after the placement of the compacted fill as the consolidation coefficient (Cv) is 0.086m2? day and there is also another sand layer beneath the clay layer.
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A compacted fill is to be placed over the soil

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