Question: A site is underlain by two layers. The water table is located 2 meters below the ground surface. The top layer is 6 m thick

A site is underlain by two layers. The water table is located 2 meters below the ground
surface. The top layer is 6m thick and is composed of a clayey sand with OCR =2 and =38.
The bottom layer is 10 thick and is composed of sand with OCR =1 and =36.
A. Determine the lateral stress ratio at rest for the clayey sand layer. Circle your answer.
B. Determine the elastic soil modulus of the sand layer. Circle your answer.

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