A 4-foot square footing has its bottom 2.2 ft. below the ground surface. The ground water table is located at a depth of 4 ft. below the ground surface. Unit weight of soil is 113 Ib/ft3, Saturated unit weight is 123 Ib/ft3, cohesion = 91 Ib/ft2. Use angle of internal friction = 30° (Nc = 35.4, Nq = 29, N, = 19.1). Compute the allowable load (in Ib) that the footing could carry. Use FS = 2.5. Round off to the nearest whole number.

A 4-foot square footing has its bottom 2.2 ft. below the ground surface. The ground water table is located at a depth of 4 ft. below the ground surface. Unit weight of soil is 113 Ib/ft3, Saturated unit weight is 123 Ib/ft3, cohesion = 91 Ib/ft2. Use angle of internal friction = 30° (Nc = 35.4, Nq = 29, N, = 19.1). Compute the allowable load (in Ib) that the footing could carry. Use FS = 2.5. Round off to the nearest whole number.

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Chapter16: Shallow Foundations-bearing Capacity

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