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1) The document discusses natural soil deposits and subsoil exploration. It provides examples of calculating the area ratio of a Shelby tube, determining undrained shear strength and overconsolidation ratio with depth, and correcting standard penetration numbers based on depth, unit weight, and groundwater level. 2) An example problem calculates the area ratio of a Shelby tube with an outside diameter of 76.2mm and inside diameter of 73mm. 3) Another example uses standard penetration numbers with depth to calculate average undrained shear strength and overconsolidation ratio in a clay layer. 4) A final example uses standard penetration numbers, unit weights, and groundwater depth to calculate corrected penetration numbers in

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Soil Analysis for Engineers

1) The document discusses natural soil deposits and subsoil exploration. It provides examples of calculating the area ratio of a Shelby tube, determining undrained shear strength and overconsolidation ratio with depth, and correcting standard penetration numbers based on depth, unit weight, and groundwater level. 2) An example problem calculates the area ratio of a Shelby tube with an outside diameter of 76.2mm and inside diameter of 73mm. 3) Another example uses standard penetration numbers with depth to calculate average undrained shear strength and overconsolidation ratio in a clay layer. 4) A final example uses standard penetration numbers, unit weights, and groundwater depth to calculate corrected penetration numbers in

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Natural Soil Deposits

and Subsoil
Exploration

Done by: Abdulmajeed Sahab Almutairi


430320760

November 2013
Chapter 2

Homework No.1

2.1

For a Shelby tube, given: outside diameter=76.2mm and inside diameter


?73mm in. What is the area ratio of the tube

Solution:
RA %( =) ¿ ¿
2.2

A soil profile is shown in Figure P2.2 along with the standard penetration
numbers in the clay layer. Use Eqs. (2.8) and (2.9) to determine the variation
of c uand OCR with depth. What is the average value of c uand OCR?

Solution:

Depth N 06 c ua σ RCO b

4.0 6 105. 1 5.06


2[ 71( +) 291( 18.9
− 4250.0 =)]
4 0001
5.5 9 141. 4250.0 1 5.88
+ 71( 18.9
− 5.1) (2360.0
=)
1 0001
7.0 8 129. 2360.0 1 4.86
+ 71( 18.9
− 5.1 )( 470.0
=)
6 0001
8.5 10 152. 470.0 1 5.16
+ 71( 18.9
− 5.1
) (8480.0
=)
2 0001
10.0 11 163. 8480.0 1 5.08
71( 1−8.9 5.1)( 650.0 =)
0 0001
a
N 0627.0RCO b
c u=92 ; 391.0
= (N 06 /σ986.0
)

2.3
Following is the variation of the field standard penetration number ( N 60) in a
sand deposit:

Depth (m) N 60
1.5 6
3 8
4.5 9
6 8
7.9 13
9 14

The groundwater table is located at depth of 6m. Given: the dry unit weight
of sand from 0 to a depth of 6m is 18 kN /m3 ,and the saturated unit weight of
sand for depth 6 to 12 m is 20.2kN /m3 . Use the relationship of Skempton
given in Eq.(2.12) to calculate the corrected penetration numbers.

Solution:

Ø
Depth N 06 Unit σ CN (N ¿¿1 )06 ¿ i ii iii
Weight
1.5 6 18 =1.5×18 1.57 9.42 28.8 2.7 33.7
27
3 8 18 54 1.29 10.32 29.4 2.7 34.3
4.5 9 18 81 1.10 9.9 29.7 2.6 34.1
6 8 18 108 0.96 7.68 29.4 2.4 32.3
7.9 13 20.2 127.74 0.87 11.31 30.9 2.7 35.1
9 14 20.2 139.17 0.83 11.62 31.2 2.7 35.2
Ʃ 179. 15.8 204.7
4

179.4
The average value of Ø = =29.9 %
6

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