A square footing is to be constructed on a sitly sand soil, as shown in the figure below.The groundwater table is at depth 15 m below the ground surface. Compute theultimate bearing capacity and the column load required to produce a bearing capacityfailure.ć= 8 kPaSolution:$ = 30ý = 191 m.kNm³0.6 m-

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A square footing is to be constructed on a sitly sand soil, as shown in the figure below.
The groundwater table is at depth 15 m below the ground surface. Compute the
ultimate bearing capacity and the column load required to produce a bearing capacity
failure.
ć= 8 kPa
Solution:
$ = 30
ý = 19
1 m.
kN
m³
0.6 m-

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