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CE3L005 - Foundation Engineering: AY2024-25-Spring Home Assignment #1

This document outlines the home assignment for the CE3L005 Foundation Engineering course for Spring AY2024-25, detailing tasks related to the analysis of infinite slopes under various conditions. It includes problems on calculating factors of safety, critical heights, and methods for measuring slope stability, along with a self-learning module on geotechnical investigation and soil exploration methods. Contact information for teaching assistants is also provided for clarifications.

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CE3L005 - Foundation Engineering: AY2024-25-Spring Home Assignment #1

This document outlines the home assignment for the CE3L005 Foundation Engineering course for Spring AY2024-25, detailing tasks related to the analysis of infinite slopes under various conditions. It includes problems on calculating factors of safety, critical heights, and methods for measuring slope stability, along with a self-learning module on geotechnical investigation and soil exploration methods. Contact information for teaching assistants is also provided for clarifications.

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CE3L005 - Foundation Engineering

AY2024-25-Spring
Home Assignment #1
January 9, 2025

P-1. A soil with Gs = 2.72 and e = 0.52 forms an infinite slope inclined at 30◦ with the
horizontal. A thin weak layer (c′ = 25kN/m2 and ϕ′ = 15◦ ) exists at 6 m below and
parallel to the slope. Compute the factors of safety when

(a) the slope is dry


(b) the ground water flows parallel to the slope at the slope level

P-2. Find the critical height of an infinite slope having a slope angle of 30◦ for the given
three cases. The slope is made of stiff clay having a cohesion 20kN/m2 , angle of
internal friction 20◦ , void ratio 0.7 and specific gravity 2.7.

(a) the slope is dry


(b) the water seeps parallel to the surface of the slope
(c) the slope is submerged

P-3. Explain how you would measure the stability of an infinite slope when the phreatic
line is not parallel to the surface. Search for a method available in the literature.

P-4. Revisit the idealizations and assumptions considered in the analysis of infinite slopes

Contact TAs for clarifications:

TA-1 Brajesh Ranjan Acharya, [email protected]

TA-2 Ashish Sagar, [email protected]

TA-3 B Monika Krishna, [email protected]

Self-Learning Module

SL-1. Why do we need to perform a geotechnical investigation?

SL-2. What are the different methods of soil exploration?

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