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Principles of Foundation Engineering (7th Edition)

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Chapter 6, Problem 7P 4 Bookmarks Show all steps: ON

Problem

For the mat foundation in Problem 1, estimate the consolidation settlement under the corner of
the mat.

Problem 1

A mat foundation is shown in Figure 1. The design considerations are L = 12 m, B = 10 m, Df =

2.2 m, Q = 30 MN, x1 = 2 m, x2 = 2 m, x3 = 5.2 m, and preconsolidation pressure ≈ 105
kN/m2. Calculate the consolidation settlement under the center of the mat.

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Step 1 of 7

Find the average effective overburden pressure for the clay layer:

Thus, it can be said that the clay soil is normally consolidated.

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Step 2 of 7

Calculate the net load per unit area at the foundation level using relation:

Here the uniformly distributed load over the circular area is , total load is , area of mat is A.

Substitute , in the above relation

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Step 3 of 7

Determine the average increase in stress using relation

Here the subscripts t, m and b indicate the stresses caused by the foundation at the top, middle
and bottom of the clay layer respectively.

Write the relation for stresses:

Here, the influence factor that depends on the foundation geometry (in terms of the normalized
parameter ) and the depth (in terms of the normalized parameter ) is .

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Step 4 of 7

Calculate the settlement below the center of the foundation. For this case:

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Step 6 of 7

Calculate the average stress for the above results using relation:

Substitute , , in the above

relation

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Step 7 of 7

Calculate the consolidation settlement for normally consolidated soils using equation:

Here, the consolidation settlement is , initial void ratio is , coefficient of compression is ,

depth of clay layer is

Substitute , , , , and
in the above relation

This is the consolidation settlement expected below the corner of the mat due to the loading,
which is a long term settlement.

Therefore, the consolidation settlement is .

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