CE 435-Foundation Engineering
Homework No. 1
Due: January 22nd, 2016
Problem 1
For the soil profile shown in Figure1, plot the total and effective stress and pore water pressure with
depth (4 points).
4m
2m
7m
Dry sand
dry = 16 kN/m3
sat = 17.5 kN/m3
lb/f
