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Input Data
Structure input from General arrangement drawing
Average ground level (RL)

14.903 m

Founding level of the box below PCC (RL)

14.542 m

Depth of foundation (Df)

0.361 m

Box width at founding level (B)

4.90 m

Box length at founding level (L)

13.50 m

Type of foundation

= RECTANGULAR RAFT

Soil properties:
Borehole number

RUMN 43

Summary of field bore log and evaluation of shear parametes:

Depth SPT- P o'
(m) value (T/m2)

CN

N'

GWT:

CE

N''

CB

CS

CR

(N1)60

f
(Deg)

PI

f1

8.1

C
(kPa)
GL:

0.5

17

0.4

17

0.92 1.05 1.00 0.75

12

14

86

1.5

-*

1.2

-*

0.92 1.05 1.00 0.75

-*

32

4.2

58

3.0

25

2.4

25

0.92 1.05 1.00 0.75

18

20

109

4.5

-*

3.6

-*

0.92 1.05 1.00 0.75

-*

40

4.2

60

6.0

50

4.8

50

0.92 1.05 1.00 0.85

41

246

7.5

51

51

0.92 1.05 1.00 0.85

42

17

251

9.0

51

7.2

51

0.92 1.05 1.00 0.95

47

14

281

10.0

57

57

0.92 1.05 1.00 0.95

52

21

5.5

288

Soil Layers

15.130

CH - 0 to 2.5

CI-2.5 to 4.5

CH - 4.5 to 7.5

CI - 7.5 to 10.5

* UDS & Lab test results

Consider the well compacted soil below the footion of thickness (Hf)

1.5 m

Shear parametes of load transfer stratum (considered CNS fill prperties conservatively),
Cohesion (C )

29 kPa

Angle of internal friction (f)

15 deg

Cohesion (C )

58 kPa

Angle of internal friction (f)

6 deg

Shear parameters of soil below fill for design:

Shear parameters - Weighted average for design

Cohesion (C )

62.4 kPa

Angle of internal friction (f)

10.6 deg

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Influence depth below foundation (Hinf)

Hinf

0.5 B tan (45 +0.5 * f)

2.95 m

From Laboratory test results:

Dry density of th soil (gd)

Specific gravity (G)

2.5

Submerged unit weight of water (gw)

10 kN/m2

Moisture content of soil (w)

26.3 %

Bulk unit weight of soil (gb)

19.2 kN/m2

Submmerged unit weight of soil (g')

10 kN/m2

15.2 kN/m2

From the above:

Voids ratio of the soil ( e)

0.64

Type of Shear Failure as per IS 6403:

if e <0.55

General Shear Failure

if 0.55 < e < 0.75

Intermediate shear failure

if e > 0.75

Local shear failure

Therefor based on the void ratio the mode of failre is :

INTERMEDIATE SHEAR FAILURE

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Bearing capacity:
Bearing capacity evaluated based on shear criteria:
f (deg)

7.09

10.64

C (kPa)

41.60

62.40

Nc

7.19

8.63

Nq

1.89

2.62

Ng

0.72

1.36

Sc

1.073

Sq

1.073

Sg

0.855

Nf1/2

1.28

1.46

dc

1.01

1.01

dq

1.004

dg

ic

iq

ig

w'

0.5

0.5

q (kPa)

3.610

qult (kPa)

334

603

FS

2.5

2.5

qnet(kPa)

134

241

qsafe kPa

137

241

qsafe kPa below box

193

Structure Load intensity at box bottom(qact)

209 kPa

Load intensity at fill bottom (qfill)

144 kPa

Safe

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Settlement - Immediate:
Elastic settlements of the load transfer stratum is not considered due to its control compaction.
Settlements are calculated for DL consition only and influence depth considered 1.5 times the
box width. The influence of settlements are neglected if SPT N value more than 50.

Elastic settlement, (Si) as per IS 8009:

Load intensity at bottom of load bearing strtaum p =qfill =

144 kPa

Effective width at bottom of fill, Beff

6.40 m

Thickness of soil layer from GL where SPT N is more than 50

6.00 m

Th thickness of soil which under go settlement (N>50)

4.14 m

Poissons ratio of soil, m

0.45

L/B ratio at fill bottom

2.344

Influence factor (I)

1.37

Elastic modulus, E

50000 kPa

Immediate settlement (Si)

13.03 mm

Depth correction factor (IS 8009-Part 1 - Fig 12)

0.96

Rigidity factor (IS 8009-Part 1 - Cl 9.5.2)

0.8

Immediate Settlement after above corrections (Si)

10 mm

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Settlement - Consolidation:
Since the soils are precompressed clay the consolidated settlements, Sf,
Sf

Dp mv H

Average SPT N in compressible layer

30

Average plasticity Index (PI)

30 %

From Fig 4, f 2

Modulus volume compressibility (mv)

0.074 m2/MN

Pressure increase at middle of the layer (Dp)

95.63 kPa

Therefore, Sf

29.32 mm

0.45

Consolidation time Estimation:

Time factor, Tv

Cv t/D2

Cv correlated from the plasticity Index

7.7525 Ip-3.1025

0.64 m2/year

Depth of clay layer D

4.14 m

Time t

0.50 years

Tv for 6 months

0.02

U%

15.4 %

Settlements after 6 months

4.52 mm

Balance settlements

24.8 mm

cm2/sec

OK

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