ASSIGNMENT NO.

1 – THE DESIGN OF AN EMBANKMENT

Input data:

Design a soil embankment, having the following input data:

Layer 1 Layer 2
γS1 = (27.2 +0.1* Gr) [kN/m3] γS2 = (26.7 +0.1* Gr) [kN/m3]
n1 = (34 +0.5 * Gr) [%] n2 = (36 +0.1 * Gr) [%]
w1 = (10 + Gr) [%] w2 = (15 + 0.1*Gr) [%]
ϕ1 = (25 - 0.5* Gr) [°] ϕ2 = (22 - 0.5* Gr) [°]
c1= (0.2 + 0.05* Gr) [daN/cm2] c2= (0.25 + 0.05* Gr) [daN/cm2]
H1 = (4.3+ 0.1 * Gr) [m] H2 = (3.2+ 0.1 * Gr) [m]
q = (15+10* Gr) [kN/m2]
b = 1.6 [m]
d = 2.5 [m]
Gr – group number

H1
b Layer 1 b

H
H2
Layer 2

The assignment will contain:

A. Written parts:
a. The pre- dimensioning of the embankment slopes
b. The embankment stability check in the circular-cylindrical failure surface hypothesis, using the
slices method

B. Drawn parts:
a. Vertical cross-section through the embankment (section 1:100 or 1:200)
b. Sketch containing the calculation draft – slicing of the embankment (section 1:100)

Ns – student number
Ns Point Ns Point Ns Point
1 O11 7 O21 13 O31
2 O12 8 O22 14 O32
3 O13 9 O23 15 O33
4 O14 10 O24 16 O34
5 O15 11 O25 17 O35
6 O16 12 O26 18 O36

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Ns Point Ns Point Ns Point

19 O41 25 O51 31 O61
20 O42 26 O52 32 O62
21 O43 27 O53 33 O63
22 O44 28 O54 34 O64
23 O45 29 O55 35 O65
24 O46 30 O56 36 O66

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