a 300 mm thick footing slab supports a 300 mm thick concrete wall carrying uniform service dead load of 214.31 kN/m and service live load of 145.94 kN/m. the base of the wall footing slab is 1.2 m from the ground surface. design parameters are as follows: ysoil = 16 kN/m^3, yconci = 24 kN/m^3. qa = 215.46 kPa. f'c = 27 MPa and fy = 420 MPa. 1. calculate the net allowble bearing capacity of soil in kPa. a. 192.17 b. 189.06 c. 117.32 d. 176.26 2. calculate the minimum required width of the wall footing slab. a. 1.9 m b. 2 m c. 1.8 m d. 1.7 m 3. calculate the maxium ultimate moment (kN.m) in the slab if the width of the footing slab is 2.1 m. a. 82.64 b. 94.63 c. 128.80 d. 111.32

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a 300 mm thick footing slab supports a 300 mm thick concrete wall carrying uniform service dead load of 214.31 kN/m and service live load of 145.94 kN/m. the base of the wall footing slab is 1.2 m from the ground surface. design parameters are as follows: ysoil = 16 kN/m^3, yconci = 24 kN/m^3. qa = 215.46 kPa. f'c = 27 MPa and fy = 420 MPa.

1. calculate the net allowble bearing capacity of soil in kPa.

a. 192.17

b. 189.06

c. 117.32

d. 176.26

2. calculate the minimum required width of the wall footing slab.

a. 1.9 m

b. 2 m

c. 1.8 m

d. 1.7 m

3. calculate the maxium ultimate moment (kN.m) in the slab if the width of the footing slab is 2.1 m.

a. 82.64

b. 94.63

c. 128.80

d. 111.32

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