If we use to build the walls and floors of the house, then the temperature inside the house will remain cooler. (wood, clay brick, iron, aluminum, copper, nickel)

Use the profile illustrated for problem (1). assume that the layer of silty sand fill (sm) is placed over the entire site. estimate the thickness of the fill (h - in feet) that will cause the effective vertical stress at the center of the clay layer to increase by 517.5 pounds per square foot.