Let's suppose a lift is climbing a height of 40m in 20sec what will be it's power ( my doubt is that if it is going upward wouldn't g be - and why would we take g)

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.