3. Consider a drilled, rough concrete pile with diameter B = 1m and length D = 10m embedded in a site underlain by a 5m thick layer of sand with fiction angle = 41 degrees and Ko = 0.5 that lies over an 8m thick layer of clay with fiction angle = 36 degrees, K. =0.38, and Su = 70 kPa. Use the Kulhawy et al method. A. Determine the long term end bearing capacity of the pile. Ans. 5907 kN B. Determine the long term capacity of the pile. Ans. 6353 kN. Note: assume OCR = 1 when the OCR of a coarse grained soil is unknown (write this in your reader).

Describe about the sand-cone method and the rubber-balloon method.

An excavation is rapidly made on site as depicted in the Figure below. The soil wedge above the critical slip surface is divided into thirteen slices. Based on the ordinary method of slices, calculate the ratio (R/S) between the Resisting Force (R) and the Driving Force (S) for slice #3, shortly after the excavation is completed. (Acceptable tolerance = 4%). The geometry of slice #3 and the soil properties are provided in the tables below. The height of water at the middle of the slice is hw = 3.0 m. Note that the total weight of the slice is equal to the weight of the saturated soil below the water table plus the weight of the moist soil above the water table. Hint: the weight of slice #3 is 495 kN

A standard penetration test has been conduted at a depth of 15 ft in an 8-inch diameter exploratory boring using a USA-style safety hammer and a standard sampler. This test produced an uncorrected N-value of 12. The soil inside the sampler was a fine-to-medium sand with Dsq = 0.6 mm. The vertical effective stress at this depth is 1100 lb/ft². Adjust the N- value as described in Class handout, then compute the relative density and classify the soil using Table 3.3.