A beam of length 4 m and width 0.75 m rests in dry medium dense sand. A plate load test carried out at the same site and at the same level gave a coefficient of subgrade reaction k1 equal to 47 MN/m^3. Determine the coefficient of subgrade reaction for the beam.

Question

A beam of length 4 m and width 0.75 m rests in dry medium dense sand. A plate load test carried out at the same site and at the same level gave a coefficient of subgrade reaction [latex]k_{1}[/latex] equal to 47 [latex]MN / m ^{3}[/latex]. Determine the coefficient of subgrade reaction for the beam.

Accepted Answer

For sand the coefficient of subgrade reaction, [latex]k_{s 1}[/latex] for a long beam of width 0.3 m is the same as that for a square plate of size 0.3 x 0.3 m that is [latex]k_{s 1}=k_{s} \cdot k_{s}[/latex] now can be found from Eq. (14.6) as

[latex]k_{s}=\frac{q}{y}=\frac{q}{y_{1}}\left[\frac{B+0.30}{2 B}\right]^{2}=k_{s 1}\left[\frac{B+0.30}{2 B}\right]^{2}[/latex] (14.6)

[latex]k_{s}=k_{1} \frac{B+0.3}{2 B}^{2}=47 \frac{0.75+0.30}{1.5}^{2}=23 MN / m ^{3}[/latex]

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