Geotechnical Engineering Mathalino

She flipped her yellow pad. "Look at the (FS). For highway embankments, FS must be 1.5 against bearing failure. Right now, FS = (q_ult/q_allowable) = 120/200 = 0.6. That is not an FS. That is a recipe for a sinkhole."

She took out her phone, opened the Mathalino forum, and posted a new problem: geotechnical engineering mathalino

Mang Lito sidled up, holding a fistful of the excavated soil. He let it crumble through his calloused fingers. She flipped her yellow pad

n=VvV=e1+en equals the fraction with numerator cap V sub v and denominator cap V end-fraction equals the fraction with numerator e and denominator 1 plus e end-fraction Indicates how much of the voids are filled with water. Right now, FS = (q_ult/q_allowable) = 120/200 = 0

Solving for Atterberg limits (liquid limit, plastic limit) to classify soil consistency.

[ q_ult = c N_c + q N_q + 0.5 \gamma B N_\gamma ]