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    Bottom Heave of Cut in Clay

    I am designing a 20 ft deep trench with 10 ft of granular fill on top of 10 ft of clay. Using the factor of safety equation for bottom heave in Das Section 10.5, the cohesion c is multiplied by H and divided by B'. My question is, should I multiply c by 20 ft (where H is the full depth of the...

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