<p><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;;">STRESS SETTLEMENT RESPONSES OF SAND OVERLYING NORMALLY CONSOLIDATED SOILS</span></b></p><ul><li><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;;"><font color="#000000">Conducted literature review on the behavior of sand overlying normally consolidated soils.</font></span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;;"><font color="#000000">Gained proficiency in PLAXIS 2D software for finite element analysis of soil strata.</font></span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;;"><font color="#000000">Analyzed bearing stress vs. settlement graphs generated from finite element simulations under varying sand and clay thicknesses.</font></span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;;"><font color="#000000" style="">Investigated the influence of sand layer depth over clay on settlement characteristics under loading.</font></span></li></ul>