A bearing wall carries a total load of 2700 kN/m. It has to be supported on a 1-meter-deep continuous footing. The width of the footing is 3 meters. The underlying soil property has c'=5 kN/m2, , The groundwater table is at 2 meters below the ground surface. Consider the influence of the groundwater table and use Terzaghi's method to compute the allowable bearing capacity for FS=3. P = 2700 kN Ng Ny 5.7 1 1 1.1 0.01 6.3 1.22 0.04 3 6.62 1.35 0.06 4 6.97 1.49 0.1 7.34 1.64 0.14 7.73 1.81 0.2 1m 7 8.15 2 0.27 2m B = 3m 8 8.6 2.21 0.35 9.09 2.44 0.44 10 9.61 2.69 0.56 c'=5 kN/m2, d'=29°, y=20 kN/m³ 11 10.16 2.98 0.69 12 10.76 3.29 0.85 Ground Water Table 13 11.41 3.63 1.04 14 12.11 4.02 1.26

A bearing wall carries a total load of 2700 kN/m. It has to be supported on a 1-meter-deep continuous footing. The width of the footing is 3 meters. The underlying soil property has c'=5 kN/m2, , The groundwater table is at 2 meters below the ground surface. Consider the influence of the groundwater table and use Terzaghi's method to compute the allowable bearing capacity for FS=3. P = 2700 kN Ng Ny 5.7 1 1 1.1 0.01 6.3 1.22 0.04 3 6.62 1.35 0.06 4 6.97 1.49 0.1 7.34 1.64 0.14 7.73 1.81 0.2 1m 7 8.15 2 0.27 2m B = 3m 8 8.6 2.21 0.35 9.09 2.44 0.44 10 9.61 2.69 0.56 c'=5 kN/m2, d'=29°, y=20 kN/m³ 11 10.16 2.98 0.69 12 10.76 3.29 0.85 Ground Water Table 13 11.41 3.63 1.04 14 12.11 4.02 1.26

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