In a separate region of the new E-W highway proposed by the Maine DOT an 18 ft. highwayembankment will be constructed and overly a 10 ft thick layer of soft clay. The embankment will becompacted with an undrained strength of 800 psf and the soft clay has a measured strength of 450 psf.The DOT would like to maintain a factor of safety of at least 1.5.a. Draw the critical failure service and compute the factor of safety using the Swedish method andsolution charts from DM7.1 (handouts in class)H= 18 ftSoft ClaySu = 450 psf7 = 120 pcfHard, competent materialN.T.SRoadwayClay FillSu = 800 psf7 = 120 pcfD = 10 ft

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In a separate region of the new E-W highway proposed by the Maine DOT an 18 ft. highw embankment will be constructed and overly a 10 ft thick layer of soft clay. The embankment will compacted with an undrained strength of 800 psf and the soft clay has a measured strength of 450 p The DOT would like to maintain a factor of safety of at least 1.5. a. Draw the critical failure service and compute the factor of safety using the Swedish method a solution charts from DM7.1 (handouts in class) H= 18 ft Soft Clay Su = 450 psf 7 = 120 pcf Hard, competent material N.T.S Roadway Clay Fill Su = 800 psf 7 = 120 pcf D = 10 ft

In a separate region of the new E-W highway proposed by the Maine DOT an 18 ft. highw embankment will be constructed and overly a 10 ft thick layer of soft clay. The embankment will compacted with an undrained strength of 800 psf and the soft clay has a measured strength of 450 p The DOT would like to maintain a factor of safety of at least 1.5. a. Draw the critical failure service and compute the factor of safety using the Swedish method a solution charts from DM7.1 (handouts in class) H= 18 ft Soft Clay Su = 450 psf 7 = 120 pcf Hard, competent material N.T.S Roadway Clay Fill Su = 800 psf 7 = 120 pcf D = 10 ft

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