A 1.5-m diameter circular footing has its base buried at a depth of 2.5 m from the natural grade linewhile the water table is located a depth of 1.2 m below the natural grade line. The soil above the watertable is 21.437 kNm3 while the saturated unit weight is 23.309 kNm3. The soil has a cohesion of 25m3kPa. Assuming local shear failure, a factor of safety of 3.2, and bearing capacity factors Nc'= 11.85, Nq'=3.88 and Ny'= 1.12a. Compute the ultimate bearing capacity of the soil.b. Compute the allowable bearing capacity of the soil.c. Compute the allowable load on the footing.

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A 1.5-m diameter circular footing has its base buried at a depth of 2.5 m from the natural grade line while the water table is located a depth of 1.2 m below the natural grade line. The soil above the water table is 21.437 kN/m3 while the saturated unit weight is 23.309 kN/, m³. The soil has a cohesion of 25 kPa. Assuming local shear failure, a factor of safety of 3.2, and bearing capacity factors Nc'= 11.85, Nq'= 3.88 and Ny'= 1.12 a. Compute the ultimate bearing capacity of the soil. b. Compute the allowable bearing capacity of the soil. c. Compute the allowable load on the footing.

A 1.5-m diameter circular footing has its base buried at a depth of 2.5 m from the natural grade line while the water table is located a depth of 1.2 m below the natural grade line. The soil above the water table is 21.437 kN/m3 while the saturated unit weight is 23.309 kN/, m³. The soil has a cohesion of 25 kPa. Assuming local shear failure, a factor of safety of 3.2, and bearing capacity factors Nc'= 11.85, Nq'= 3.88 and Ny'= 1.12 a. Compute the ultimate bearing capacity of the soil. b. Compute the allowable bearing capacity of the soil. c. Compute the allowable load on the footing.

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