Plan your field geotechnical instrumentation scheme

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Problems 1 and 2.

You are a chief geotechnical engineer in MDot designing a smart highway that will have maximum speed 100mph. Prior information you know about Tunica area is that the highway should pass through the MIssissippi river deposits. Mississippi river deposit in this area has inter seting loose silty sand layers and clay layers. The expected embankment for the highway is 5 m.

1.Plan your field geotechnical investigation scheme. Decribe the field tests you are going to use and explain teh reason why. Remember that you need to obtain the maximum information with the minimum cost.?

2.Plan your field geotechnical instrumentation scheme. Plot your instrumentation systems on a cross section of your embankment and fully justify your answer. Also remember that you need to obtain the maximum data with the minimum cost?

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