TABLE 3.3 CONSISTENCY OF COARSE-GRAINED SOILS VARIOUS RELATIVE DENSITIES (Adapted from Lambe and Whitman, 1969) Relative Density, D, (%) 0-15 15-35 35-65 65-85 85-100 Classification Very loose Loose Medium dense Dense Very dense "Lambe and Whitman used the term "medium," but "medium dense" is better because "medium" usually refers to the grain size distribu- tion.
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- 1. A standard penetration test was performed in a 150-mm diameter boring at a depth of 9.5 m below the ground surface. The driller used a UK-style automatic trip hammer and a standard SPT sampler. The actual blow count, N, was 19. The soil is a normally consolidated fine sand with a unit weight of 18.0 kN/m³ and D50 = 0.4 mm. The groundwater table is at a depth of 15 m. Compute the following: a. N60 b. (N₁)60 c. D, d. 'A sand deposit has been identified beneath a site located adjacent to a river. The sand deposit is 15 feet thick and the top of the layer is 12 feet below the ground surface and overlain by a very stiff clay and is undertain by bedrock. The water level has been measured to be at a depth of 10 feet. The standard penetration resistance of the layer has been determined to be 12 blows per foot and a standard sampler was used; a drill rig with a safety hammer with an efficiency of 60% was used. The length of the drill rod is 10 meters and the borehole diameter is 5 inches (127 mm). The design earthquake has been designated as a moment magnitude 6-3/4 event on a nearby fault and the maximum ground acceleration is expected to be 0.40 g. The wet unit weight of the clay soils is 150 pounds per cubic foot and the wet unit weight of the sand soils is 180 pounds per cubic foot. The sands have 35% fines content according to a grain size analysis. Determine the cyclic stress ratio, CSR. Express your…A sand deposit has been identified beneath a site located adjacent to a river. The sand deposit is 15 feet thick and the top of the layer is 12 feet below the ground surface and overlain by a very stiff clay and is underlain by bedrock. The water level has been measured to be at a depth of 10 feet. The standard penetration resistance of the layer has been determined to be 12 blows per foot and a standard sampler was used; a drill rig with a safety hammer with an efficiency of 60% was used. The length of the drill rod is 10 meters and the borehole diameter is 5 inches (127 mm). The design earthquake has been designated as a moment magnitude 6-3/4 event on a nearby fault and the maximum ground acceleration is expected to be 0.40 g. The wet unit weight of the clay soils is 150 pounds per cubic foot and the wet unit weight of the sand soils is 180 pounds per cubic foot. The sands have 35% fines content according to a grain size analysis. Determine the cyclic resistance ratio, CRR. Use this…
- A sand deposit has been identified beneath a site located adjacent to a river. The sand deposit is 15 feet thick and the top of the layer is 12 feet below the ground surface and overlain by a very stiff clay and is underlain by bedrock. The water level has been measured to be at a depth of 10 feet. The standard penetration resistance of the layer has been determined to be 12 blows per foot and a standard sampler was used; a drill rig with a safety hammer with an efficiency of 60% was used. The length of the drill rod is 10 meters and the borehole diameter is 5 inches (127 mm). The design earthquake has been designated as a moment magnitude 6-3/4 event on a nearby fault and the maximum ground acceleration is expected to be 0.40 g. The wet unit weight of the clay soils is 150 pounds per cubic foot and the wet unit weight of the sand soils is 180 pounds per cubic foot. The sands have 35% fines content according to a grain size analysis. Determine the magnitude scaling factor, MSF. Express…A sand deposit has been identified beneath a site located adjacent to a river. The sand deposit is 30 feet thick and the top of the layer is 24 feet below the ground surface and overlain by a very stiff clay and is underlain by bedrock. The water level has been measured to be at a depth of 30 feet. The standard penetration resistance of the layer has been determined to be 20 blows per foot and a sampler without liners was used; a drill rig with a safety hammer with an efficiency of 60% was used. The length of the drill rod is 5 meters and the borehole diameter is 7.87 inches (200 mm). The design earthquake has been designated as a moment magnitude 7.5 event on a nearby fault and the maximum ground acceleration is expected to be 0.60 g. The wet unit weight of the clay soils is 200 pounds per cubic foot and the wet unit weight of the sand soils is 250 pounds per cubic foot. The sands have 45% fines content according to a grain size analysis. Determine the magnitude scaling factor, MSF.…24.A series of consolidated, undrained triaxial tests were carried out on specimens of asaturated clay under no backpressure. The test data at failure are summarized:Confiningpressure (kPa) Deviator stress(kPa) Pore waterpressure (kPa) 150 192 80300 341 154450 504 222 a. Draw the Mohr circles and find the cohesion and friction angles in terms of effectivestresses.b. Compute Skempton’s A- parameter at failure for all three specimens.c. Is the soil normally consolidated or over consolidated? Why?d. Another specimen of the same day that was consolidated under a cell pressure of 250 kPa wassubjected to a consolidated, drained tri axial test. What would be the deviator stress at failure?
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