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Enter the stress appplied by the storage tank on the soil surface (in kPa) :128.1
Enter the diameter of storage tank (in m) : 32
Enter the height of storage Tank (in m) : 11.5
Enter the thickness of sand pad provided below the tank (in m) : 1
Enter the unit weight of sand pad provided below the tank (in kN/m3) : 20
Enter the poisson ratio for the soil : 0.5
Enter the influence factor for soil at the centre : 1
Enter the influence factor for soil at the corner : 0.64
Enter the number of diffrent soil layers considered for stone column design : 3
Enter the bearing capacity factor Nc :6
Enter the factor of safety to be adopted for the design : 2.5
Enter properties of Layer 1 :
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Enter the depth of layer from the ground surface (in m ) : 3
Enter the Unit Weight of the soil in the layer ( in kN/m3) : 18
if the soil is clay,enter 1 or enter 2 for the sand : 1
Enter the cohesion of clay layer (in kN/m2) : 30
Enter the value of consolidation factor[Cc/(1+e0)] : 0.08
Enter properties of Layer 2 :
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Enter the depth of layer from the ground surface (in m ) : 14
Enter the Unit Weight of the soil in the layer ( in kN/m3) : 17
if the soil is clay,enter 1 or enter 2 for the sand : 1
Enter the cohesion of clay layer (in kN/m2) : 20
Enter the value of consolidation factor[Cc/(1+e0)] : 0.15
Enter properties of Layer 3 :
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Enter the depth of layer from the ground surface (in m ) : 25
Enter the Unit Weight of the soil in the layer ( in kN/m3) : 20
if the soil is clay,enter 1 or enter 2 for the sand : 2
Enter the angle of internal friction (in degree) : 36
enter the N value of the layer obtained from SPT : 15
The thickness of layer
The thickness of layer
The thickness of layer
The
The
The
The

effective
effective
effective
effective

width
width
width
width

of
of
of
of

1 is
2 is
3 is

: 3.000000 m
: 11.000000 m
: 11.000000 m

the dispersed load at

dispersed load at the
dispersed load at the
dispersed load at the

The net foundation pressure is

the ground level s1 = 33.000000 m

centre of layer 1 ,2 = 34.500000 m
centre of layer 2 ,3 = 41.500000 m
centre of layer 3 ,4 = 52.500000 m

: 140.453994 Kpa

The average weighted cohesion of the clay layer (considering the first two layer is
only ) is 22.142857 kN/m2
The elastic modulus of clay layer Es= 13285.714286 kN/m2

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Immediate settlement for clay layer at the centre is : 0.261652 m

Immediate settlement for clay layer at the corner is : 0.167457 m
Diffrential settlement is : 0.094195 m
The elastic modulus of the sand layer, Layer 3,E= 7500.000000 kN/m2
CALCULATION OF CONSOLIDATION SETTLEMENT
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layer thickness initial overburden pressure[P0] Change in stress [delP] consolidation
settlement
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m
kPa
kPa
m
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1 3.000000 12.000000 128.506112 0.256443
2 11.000000 62.500000 88.810800 0.633583
The immediate settlement of the sand ,layer 3 is: 0.069555 m
Total consolidation Settlement of the clay layer is 0.890027 m
Total consolidation Settlement of the sand layer is 0.069555 m
Total settlement at centre of footing for untreated soil

is 1.221233 m

Allowable SafeBearing Capacity considering the first two layer

is 53.142857 KPa

THE GROUND IS UNSAFE AND GROUND IMPROVEMENT IS REQUIRED

Stone columns are provided for Ground Improvement
TRIAL : 1
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Ultimate bearing capacity of stone : 750.000000 kPa
Maximum Load that can be taken by Stone column : 376.991118 kN
Safe load that can be taken by stone column : 188.495559 kN
TRIAL FOR VARIOUS SPACING PATTERNS
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Spacing pattern Influence Area B.C. of treated soil settlement reduction factor
settlement of treated soil
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sq.m
kPa
m
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1 2.216708 140.707483 0.524376 0.673467
2 2.567360 131.323361 0.560806 0.715423
3 3.345872 117.520101 0.624639 0.788938
NOTE :Spacing Pattern
1:Triangular
2: Rectangular
3:Hexagonal

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The Triangular pattern should be adopted for ground improvement

DESIGN RESULTS
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1. 14.000000 m Long and 0.800000 m Diameter Stone Columns are provided with a spacing
of 1.600000 m
2.The Improved Bearing Capacity is : 140.707483 kPa:
3.The Reduced settlement is :0.673467 m :
Thus the Ground Improvement with the stone column is successful