A square footing 5 ft by 5 ft supported on a sandy stratum is designed to carry a column loading of 250,000 Ib. The unit weight of the sands underlying the footing location vary between 120 and 125 pcf. Estimate the founda- tion settlement to be expected using the sub- grade reaction method. (Neglect the weight of the footing.)

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Problem 16.14P: Redo Problem 16.13 with the following data: gross allowable load = 184,000 lb, = 121 lb/ft3, c = 0,...
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A square footing 5 ft by 5 ft supported on a
sandy stratum is designed to carry a column
loading of 250,000 Ib. The unit weight of the
sands underlying the footing location vary
between 120 and 125 pcf. Estimate the founda-
tion settlement to be expected using the sub-
grade reaction method. (Neglect the weight of
the footing.)

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