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Stabilization of a natural embankment for an apartment building

A safer slope has to be constructed for an almost vertical embankment of height 20.5 feet that carries a very long (into the paper) three-story wooden apartment building of width 50 feet (Figure 2). The outer wall of the building is to be at a minimum distance of 10.25 feet from the edge of the finished embankment.

Soil properties of embankment

Use the posted SPT profiles

Groundwater conditions to be considered:

(1) Dry

(2) Submerged

Use an Excel spreadsheet to program the Bishop’s simplified method of slices (with 5 slices) for analysis of slope, toe and base failures.

Verify the safety factor with

1.Taylor’s chart with assumptions

2.Commercial software (GEOSLOPE – student version).

Other requirements:

Cost estimate

Method of construction

Figure 2 Perspective view of the building

Format:

Cover letter and Introduction of the design problem (0.5 point)

Data used in the analysis using the format adopted by Geotech. companies (0.5 point)

Stability analysis for

oSlope failure (1 point)

oToe failure (1 point)

oBase failure (1 point)

Verification with Taylor’s chart (2 points)

Verification with commercial software (2 points)

Drainage provisions (0.5 point)

Cost of estimate (0.5 point)

Method of construction (0.5 point)

Design conclusion (0.5 points)