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- A 15 m x 20 m mat foundation shown in Figure P10.7 car-ries a building load of 36 MN and is placed at 3.0 m depthbelow the ground level.the

For the clay layer, the consolidation tests show that thepreconsolidation pressure at the middle of the clay layer is210 kN/m².daglving ground. a. Find the net applied pressure on the underlying ground. b. Is the clay overconsolidated? c. What would be the consolidation settlement beneath thecenter of the mat?

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