Question: Consider the wall in an active state below. Determine the factor of satety against overturning at the toe of the wall. The wall is 2

Consider the wall in an active state below. Determine the factor of satety against overturning at the toe of the wall. The wall is 2.5 m thick. y=m==250Nm
Question 4[20 Marks]
A 9 m thick clay layer with water table at the surface, drains only at the top and is subjected to a 120 kPa distributed load.
cv=7m2? year, mv=0.8MPa-1,ybouk=16.5kNm3 and ,Ysat=19kNm3
4.1 Calculate the excess pore pressure at depths 3m,6m and 9 m after 2 years. (9)
4.2 Calculate the consolidation settlement (in mm ) after 2 years.
(6)
4.3 Determine the total pore pressure (u) for each depth at 4.1.
(5)
Consider the wall in an active state below.

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