Question: Please complete 7 . 2 7 with the two groundwater depths at 1 0 ft and 3 0 ft instead of the 1 2 ft
Please complete with the two groundwater depths at ft and ft instead of the ft and ft listed. Thank you kindly!!
Figure P shows the soil profile at a site where you plan to lower the water table. You have results from two consolidation tests, one from the upper thick overconsolidated crust, and another from the lower thick normally consolidated zone. You plan to lower the water table from its current depth to below ground surface. The consolidation properties for each layer are shown. Assume full capillarity.
a Compute the in the middle of each layer before and after the water table is lowered.
b Determine the total settlement that will result from lowering the water table.
Figure P
Depth ft
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