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[25 %] A site is to be developed for construction of a one-story steel structure. The site is underlain by 6 m of soft, saturated

[25 %] A site is to be developed for construction of a one-story steel structure. The site is underlain by 6 m of soft, saturated clay (Ground Water Table is at ground surface), which in turn is underlain by impervious rock. A 1.5 m of freely draining fill is to be placed on the site to raise the ground surface. The structure is relatively flexible and can withstand several inches of differential settlement. So, it is decided early in the design phase that the maximum allowable total settlement is 5 cm. The fill has a total unit weight of 19 kN/m3. The soft clay is normally consolidated with the following properties (t = 16 kN/m3, S = 100%, Gs = 2.7, Cc = 0.78, CR = 0.09). Assume that the water table stays at the interface between the clay and fill during consolidation and assume that the weight of the building is negligible compared to the weight of the fi

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