DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY

ECIV 3433 – Foundation Engineering Winter 2019

Homework Assignment No. 2

Due date: March 07, 2019 (before the beginning of class)

Problem 1:

A 760 kN column load is supported on a 2.0 m square footing at 0.5 m from the ground
surface. The soil below is a well graded, normally consolidated sand with sat = 20 kN/m3 and
the following SPT N60 values:
Depth (m) 1 2 3 4 5
N60 12 13 13 8 22
The groundwater table is at a depth the ground surface. The unit thickness of the footing is
0.5 m and the unit weight of concrete is 24 kN/m3. Using Schmertmann’s method with 4
sublayers with similar thickness; compute the settlement at (a) t = 0.1 yr (b) t = 30 yr.

  C1C 2C3 q  zD 

I H
Es
Wf = 2×2×0.5×24 = 48 kN
P  Wf 760  48
q  uD   9.81  0.5  197 .1 kPa
A 4
zD = 0.5×20 – 0.5×9.81 = 5.1 kPa zp = 1.5×20 - 1.5×9.81 = 15.3 kPa
 zD   5.1 
C1  depth factor  1  0.5   = 1  0.5   = 0.987
 q  zD   197.1  5.1 
C2 = secondary creep factor = 1 + 0.2 log (t/0.1) for t  0.1 yr
C3 = shape factor = 1.03 – 0.03 L/B  0.73 = 1

q   zD 197.1  5.1
Ip  0.5  0.1  0. 5  0. 1 = 0.854

 zp 15.3
E s   o OCR  1 N 60 = 5000 1  1200 N 60
For zf = 0 to B/2: I = 0.1 + (zf/B) (2Ip – 0.2)
For zf = B/2 to 2B: I = 0.667Ip (2 – zf/B)
NOTE: Es and I are calculated at the same depth
Layer H (m) N60 Es (kPa) zf (m) I I H/Es
1: 0.5 m -1.5 m 1 12 19400 0.5 0.477 2.46×10-5
2: 1.5 m -2.5 m 1 13 20600 1.5 0.712 3.46×10-5
3: 2.5 m -3.5 m 1 13 20600 2.5 0.427 2.07×10-5
4: 3.5 m - 4.5 m 1 8 14600 3.5 0.142 0.97×10-5
I H/Es = 8.96×10-5

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(a) t = 0.1 yr C2 = 1
I H
  C1C 2C3 q   zD
   0.987  1  1 197.1  5.1  8.96  10 5  0.017m  17mm
Es
(a) t = 30 yr C2 = 1.495
I H
  C1C 2C3 q   zD
   0.987  1.495  1 197.1  5.1  8.96  10 5  0.025 m  25 mm
Es

Problem 2:
Textbook 14-6

A 250-mm square, 15-m long prestressed concrete pile (fcʹ =40 MPa) was driven at a site in Amsterdam as
described by Heijnen and Janse (1985). A conventional load test conducted 31 days later produced the load-
settlement curve shown in Figure 14.14. Using Davisson’s method, compute the nominal axial downward
load capacity of this pile.

Solution

The following information is given by the problem statement

D=15 m f’c = 40 MP, Es = 200,000 MP

Because the Davisson’s method is designed for a circular pile, it will be assumed that the pile
diameter used in the equation is the pile width. This will be conservative as it decreases the second
term in the equation and lowers the capacity. The value for will also be assumed as follows.

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Problem 3:
Textbook 14-7

Load, P (kN) Settlement,  (mm) 0.8 P Settlement at 0.8 P, 0.8P (mm) /0.8P
0 0 0 0.0
200 0.48 160 0.0
300 1.11 240 0.5
400 1.92 320 1.1 1.73
500 2.74 400 1.9 1.43
600 4 480 1.9 2.08
700 5.33 560 2.7 1.95
800 7.07 640 4.0 1.77
900 9.93 720 5.3 1.86
1000 15.31 800 7.1 2.17
1100 26.17 880 7.1 3.70
1150 36.42 920 9.9 3.67
1178 48.14 942.4 9.9 4.85

 1178  1150 
Pn ,80 %  1150   4  3.67   1158 kN
 4.85  3.67 

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Load, P (kN) Settlement,  (mm) 0.9 P Settlement at 0.9 P, 0.9P (mm) /0.9P
0 0 0 0.0
200 0.48 180 0.0
300 1.11 270 0.5
400 1.92 360 1.1 1.73
500 2.74 450 1.9 1.43
600 4 540 2.7 1.46
700 5.33 630 4.0 1.33
800 7.07 720 5.3 1.33
900 9.93 810 7.1 1.40
1000 15.31 900 9.9 1.54
1100 26.17 990 9.9 2.64
1150 36.42 1035 15.3 2.38
1178 48.14 1060.2 15.3 3.14

 1100  1000 
Pn ,90 %  1000   2  1.54   1042 kN
 2.64  1.54 

Problem 4: (solution for problem 4 is not to be submitted):

A 300 mm diameter reinforced concrete pile ( = 0.06) is driven 18 m into a silty clay soil. The
unit weight of the soil is 18.5 kN/m3 above the groundwater table and 20 kN/m3 below the
groundwater table. The groundwater table is 8 m below the ground surface. According to the
static load tests on the pile, the ultimate downward load capacity and upward load capacity
were 960 kN and 880 kN, respectively.
conc = 24 kN/m3 and steel = 78 kN/m3
1. Estimate the undrained shear strength of the soil at the pile tip.
2. Compute a site-specific  factor to be used in the design of similar piles at this site. Use 2
sub-layers (one for soil above groundwater table and one for soil below groundwater table)

Solution

Pult downward  qtAt   fs As = 960 kN

Pult upward  Wf   fs As = 880 kN

Wf= d2L = /4 (0.3 m)2×18 m × 24 kN/m3 (1 – 0.06) +/4 (0.3 m)2×18 m × 78 kN/m3 ×0.06 -
/4 (0.3 m)2×10 m ×9.81 kN/m3 =27.7 kN

 f A  Pn upward  Wf
n s  880 - 27.7 = 852.3kN

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qn A t = Pn downward   fn As = 960 - 852.3 = 107.7 kN

1.
At =  d2/4 =  (0.3 m)2/4 = 0.0707 m2
qn At = 107.7 kN = 0.0707 qt
qn = 1523.3 kPa
qn = Nc* su
Nc* = 9
su = 1523.3/9 = 169.3 kPa

2:

Layer Depth z @ mid of fs =  z As fs As

(m) layer (kPa) (kPa) (m2) (kN)
1 0–8 74 74  7.54 558 
2 8 – 18 199 199  9.4 1875.5 

 fs As = 2433.5  kN = 852.3 kN

 = 852.3/2433.5 = 0.35

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