( ucsI University Faculty of Engineering, Technology and Built Environment FINAL EXAMINATION ‘Student ID (in Figures) Student ID (in Words) Course Code & Name EV402 Geotechnical Design Semester : May - August 2016 Instructor/Examiner/Lecturer : Dr. Ali Sobhanmanesh Duration 23 hours INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: 5 Questions set Answer ALL FIVE Questions (Total 100 marks) This question paper consists of 8 pages, excluding the cover page. Candidates are required (0 answer All § Full questions on the provided booklet. Candidates are not allowed to bring into the Examination Hall textbooks, lecture notes, files or any unauthorized materials except writing equipment and scientific calculators. Electronic dictionaries are strictly prohibited. This question paper must be submitted along with all used and/or unused rough papers and/or graph papers (if any). Candidates are NOT allowed to take any examination materials out of th. examination hall Warning: ‘The University Examination Board of UCSI University regards cheating as a most serious offence and will not hesitate to mete out the appropriate punitive actions according to the severity of the offence committed, and in accordance with the clauses stipulated in the Students’ Handbook, up to and including expulsion from UCST University.May ~ Aug 2016 Final Examination BV402 Geotechnical Design QU(@) Describe the definition of the foundation and it’s main function. () © (2 marks) What stability crite should be considered in designing of a foundation? (4 marks) ‘A square foundation (B * B) has to be constructed as shown in Figure Ql, Assume that = 16.5 KN/m?, You = 18.55 kN/m’, g° = 34°, De= 1.22 m, and D; = 0.61 m. The gross allowable load, Qui, with Fs = 3 is 667.2 KN. Design the footing using genetal bearing, capacity equation to determine the size of the footing, (14 marks) Q2 (a) What is Combined footing? (2 marks) (b) Describe the mat foundation and name common types of the mat foundation. (8 marks) (©) The mat shown in Figure Q2 has dimensions of 18.3 m x 30.5 m. The total dead and live load on the mat is 111 x 10° KN, The mat is placed over a saturated clay having a unit weight of 18.87 kN/m’ and C, = 134 kN/m’. Given that D;=1.52 m, propose the factor of safety against bearing capacity failure, (10 marks) Page | of 8May ~Aug 2016 Final Examination. EV402 Geotechnical Design \fJ— Usit weight = y Figure Q2 Q3__ A driven pile with an outside diameter of 406 mm is shown in Figure Q3, Analyze the pile using below methods to calculate the ultimate skin friction resistance (Qa): (a) «method (8 marks) (6) Amethod (12 marks) ~ Saturated clay. eat 3 Groundwater ae 100 KN/ra? #88 19.6 KN/m? Figure Q3 Page 2 of 8May ~ Aug 2016 Final Examination E402 Geotechnlcal Design Q4 Figure Q4 shows a cantilever sheet pile wall penetrating a granular soil, Here, 2° Ly = 4mm, Lz =8m, y= 16.1 KN/m*, oqs = 18.2 N/m and @ (@) Propose the theoretical depth of embedment, D? (15 marks) (b) For a 30% increase in D, propose the total length of the sheet piles? (2 marks) (©) Evaluate the theoretical maximum moment of the sheet pile. GB marks) Figure Q4 Cantilever sheet pile in sand Q5 A 6m thick clay layer is drained as shown in Figure QS, During the construction of a highway bridge, the average permanent load on the clay layer is expected to increase by about 115 kN/m*. The average effective overburden pressure at the middle of the clay layer is 210 kN/n?. ‘The compression index and initial void ratio of soil are 0.28 and 0.9 respectively. The clay is normally consolidated with coefficient of consolidation of 0,36 m’/month, Evalute (@) The total primary consolidation settlement of the bridge without precompression. (S marks) Page 3 of 8May~ Aug 2016 Final Examination 5402 Geotechnical Design (b) The surcharge, Ao’¢p, needed to eliminate the entire primary consolidation settlement in nine months by precompression. (15 marks) Surcharge arene * per unit area Liii ld ts Groundwater table | F Faein Sand y Settlement (b) Figure Q5 END OF QUESTION PAPER Page 4 of 8May — Aug 2016 Final Examination 5Y402 Geotechnical Design [Necessary Equations, Figures & Tables] Shallow Foundation Ga = ON FesFeaPas + ON, FggFyaFey + 4YBNyFyePyaP Ny= ww a5 + ferme N= (N= Hoots! =2(N, + Itan dg! Mat Foundation Deep Foundation aMethod: Q,= Sfp AL = Xac,p AL AMethod: —f,, = ACH, + 2c,) Q. = PL fax the mean value of 58 (¢yaybi + Cyayba + ++)/L 6 Embedment @ ength, £ (m) ri o 05 5 0.336 10 0.245 1s 0.200 20 o.173 25 0.150 30 0.136 35 0.132 40 0.127 50 os 60 0.13 10 0.110 2 80 0.110 28 90 0.110 Note: pa = atmospheric pressure = 100 KN/m? Page 5 of 8May ~ Aug 2016 Final Examination E402 Geotechnical Design. Reference DeBleer (1970) Hansen (1970) 1-8, =iy- Fa Fea enh Fg = 1+ Dian 6 (1 ~sa(Z) Por p= 0 Icfinafion Meyeshof (1963); Hanns and Meyerhof (1981) ‘B= inclination of the loud on the, foundation with respect to the vertieat Page 6 of 8May — Aug 2016 Final Examination EV402 Geotechnical Design Retaining Walls x, =f = tant ase -S) Tsing! 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