30 CHAPTER REVIEW OF BASIC SOIL MECHANICS 1.9 Water at a hydraulic gradient of 0.2 seeps upward through a saturated soil at depth 3 m (10 ft) below the surface. If the void ratio of the soil is 0.6, calculate the vertical effective stress with and without seepage. 1.10 The sheetpile retaining wall (Fig. P1.10) supports 6 m (20 ft) of water. A clay (almost impervious) blanket of 3m (10 ft) wide on the downstream side was formed from deposits of a drainage system a few years after construction am (25) eae 6m (20H) Impervious FIGURE PL10 (a) Draw the flow net with and without the drainage blan- ket using the computer program at httpi/www.wiley.com/ college/budhu, Click Foundations and Earth Structures, Chapter 1, 2Dflow.zip. (b) Determine the flow rate with and without the drainage blanket if & = 0.0004 emisee. (2 x 10° in/sec) (©) Determine the porewater pressure distributions on the upstream and downstream faces of the wall with and without the drainage blanket. (@ Would piping occur if the drainage blanket were absent? Assume ¢ = 0.55. LAL The soil profile at a project site consists of 20 m (60 ft) of very soft saturated clay followed by a deep deposit of mixed sand and gravel. Groundwater level is at ground surface. The water content of the clay is 60% and the specific gravity is 2.65. (a) Calculate the vertical total stress, the porewater pres- sure, and the vertical effective stress of the clay in situ at a depth of 10 m (30 ft). (b) A clay sample at 10 m (30 ft) was extracted and placed ona table. Calculate the vertical total stress, the porewater pressure, and the vertical effective stress at the instant the soil sample was placed on the table. (0) Would you expect the soil sample to collapse and flow as soon as it is placed on the table? Justify your answer. (@) What would you expect to happen to the soil sample if the porewater was allowed to drain from it? Would the soil sample disintegrate? Justify your answers.