Government Engineering College Thrissur

Department of Civil Engineering

S6 Civil Honours CE 364 Advanced foundation engineering
Series Test 1
June 2020
Time 1 hour, Maximum marks 20
Answer any two questions. The answer scripts shall be scanned and sent to
unnikrishnan_n@gectcr.ac.in with subject line as “Class No. Series I Name AFE” within 15 minutes of
ending the test (within 1 hour 15 minutes of starting the test).
For example B batch class no. 45 will have subject line “245 Series I Vyshnav KS AFE” . Please remember
to prefix 1 for batch A and 2 for batch B class numbers as above.
Assume any missing data.

1. A rectangular footing L x Bm in dimensions is placed at a depth of Df m below the ground surface.

Depth of ground water table is Dwm. Below the existing ground level.
The soil stratum comprises of silty sand having the following properties.
angle of internal friction f, bulk unit weight g kN/m3, cohesion c kPa.
The load is at an eccentricity of ex with the centroid towards the length direction and ey with the
centroid towards the width direction.
Inclination of the load is alpha with the vertical. Compute the ultimate load carrying capacity of the
footing. Use IS 6403 approach.
Y

ex
ey
X

102 -122 = 3 m, 123-133 = 3.5m, 138 -152 = 4.2m, 202 – 215 = 3.2m, 218 – 225
L = 4.5m, 230 – 234 = 3.8m, 235 – 251 = 5m
B Odd No. 2.5m, Even no. 2m
Df A batch = 1.5m, B batch = 2m
Dw Odd no. 3m, Even no. 3.5m.
f Odd nos: 40o, Even nos. 35o
g A batch 17 , B batch 18 kN/m3
c 0
102 -122 = 10 cm, 123-133 = 12 cm, 138 -152 = 15 cm, 202 – 215 =11 cm, 218
ex – 225 = 13 cm, 230 – 234 = 17 cm, 235 – 251 = 7 cm
ey Odd nos. 8 cm, even nos. 12 cm
alpha A batch 15 degrees, B batch 10degrees.

For 40o, Nc = 5.14, Nγ =109 , Nq =64

For 35o, Nc = 5.14, Nγ =48 , Nq =33
2. A shallow square footing of dimension B is situated at a depth of Df m in a saturated normally
consolidated clay deposit of thickness Tm underlain by hard rock. The column is subjected to a load of Q
kN. Natural water content of the soil is w%. Liquid limit is wl%. Specific gravity of the soil is 2.65. Unit
weight of saturated clay soil is g kN/m3. Compute the ultimate consolidation settlement. Ground water
table is at the ground surface.

B 102 -122 = 1.5 m, 123-133 = 2.5m, 138 -152 = 2m, 202 – 215 = 1.8m, 218 – 225 = 2.2m,
230 – 234 = 3m, 235 – 251 = 2.7m
Df Class no. ending in odd nos. 1.5m, even nos. 1m
Q A batch odd nos. 100 kN, A batch even nos. 150 kN, B batch odd nos. 130 kN, B batch
even nos. 200 kN
w Odd nos. 68%, Even nos. 55%
wL 102 -122 = 110, 123-133 = 90, 138 -152 = 150, 202 – 215 = 120, 218 – 225 = 80, 230 – 234
= 100, 235 – 251 =140
T A batch = 18m, B batch = 20m
g kN/m3 20 kN/m3

3. A square footing of dimensions BxB m is placed at a depth of Df m below the existing ground level
comprising of uniform deposit of silty sand with average corrected N value of X. Ground water table is at
the base of the footing. Determine the allowable bearing pressure according to (i) Teng’s correlation (ii)
Meyerhoff’s correlation for a permissible settlement of 15mm, 20mm and 25 mm. Also compute the
allowable bearing pressure for the fooding dimensions of (B+0.5m), (B+1m) and (B+1.5m) for a
settlement of 20 mm.

B 102 -122 = 1.5 m, 123-133 = 2.5m, 138 -152 = 2m, 202 – 215 = 1.8m, 218 – 225 = 2.2m,
230 – 234 = 3m, 235 – 251 = 2.7m
Df Class no. ending in odd nos. 1.8m, even nos. 2m
X For A batch 18, For B batch 24