effective stress (kPa) at the base of each soil layer listed below. Assume the water table rest 4 m below ground surface and that there is a capillary rise of 1 m above the water table. Provide your answers in kPa to 1 decimal place. Use 9.81 kN/m3 as the unit weight of water.   Total Neutral Effective Silty Sand: 5m thick, γt = 17.5 kN/m3, γsat = 18.5 kN/m3,  Blank 1 Blank 2 Blank 3 Clay: 4m thick, γt = 16.5 kN/m3, γsat = 17.8 kN/m3,  Blank 4 Blank 5 Blank 6 Sand: 6m thick, γt = 17.3 kN/m3, γsat = 18.1 kN/m3,  Blank 7 Blank 8 Blank 9

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Caculate the total, neutral and effective stress (kPa) at the base of each soil layer listed below. Assume the water table rest 4 m below ground surface and that there is a capillary rise of 1 m above the water table. Provide your answers in kPa to 1 decimal place. Use 9.81 kN/m3 as the unit weight of water.

 

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Neutral

Effective

Silty Sand: 5m thick, γt = 17.5 kN/m3, γsat = 18.5 kN/m3

Blank 1

Blank 2

Blank 3

Clay: 4m thick, γt = 16.5 kN/m3, γsat = 17.8 kN/m3

Blank 4

Blank 5

Blank 6

Sand: 6m thick, γt = 17.3 kN/m3, γsat = 18.1 kN/m3

Blank 7

Blank 8

Blank 9

 

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