Question: please solve the problem 2 . Deep Foundations ( ( mathbf { 3 0 } ) marks ) As part of a

please solve the problem 2. Deep Foundations (\(\mathbf{30}\) marks)
As part of a residential development, it is required to design several pile foundations. The proposed piling system involves 18 m long steel H-piles of flange width 310 mm and depth of 307 mm , web and flange thickness of 15.5 mm , driven into a clayey soil profile. The top 8 m of the site soil is normally consolidated clay with a unit weight of \(16\mathrm{kN}/\mathrm{m}^{3}\) and undrained cohesion equal to 60 kPa ; underlain by a 18 m thick lightly overconsolidated clay layer with a unit weight equal to \(18\mathrm{kN}/\mathrm{m}^{3}\) and undrained shear strength equal to 110 kPa ; this is underlain by a very dense sand layer that extends to the end of the available borehole.
a) Determine the design axial capacity of this pile considering a factor of safety of 2.5.(10 marks)
b) Design a square group of these piles to support a structural load of 2 MN .(10 marks )
c) Considering that the normally consolidated clay has compressibility index, \(\mathrm{Cc}=0.35\) and void ratio, \(\mathrm{e}_{0}=0.95\), and the overconsolidated clay has \(\mathrm{C}_{\mathrm{c}}=0.15\) and \(\mathrm{e}_{0}=0.6\), calculate the consolidation settlement using the equivalent raft method. (10 marks)
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