Two load tests were conducted at a site - one with a 0.5 msquare test plate and the other with a 1.0 m square testplate. For a settlement of 25 mm, the loads were found to7.be 60 kN and 180 kN, respectively in the two tests. Solvethe allowable bearing pressure of the sand and the loadwhich a square footing of 2 m x 2 m, can carry with thesettlement not exceeding 25 mm.A strip footing of width 2 m is founded at a depth of 2 mbelow the ground surface in a (c - p) soil having a cohesionc = 30 kN/m2 and angle of shearing resistance, p = 35°.%3DThe water table is at a depth of 8 m below ground level.The moist weight of soil above the water table is 17.258.kN/m3.Solve (i) the ultimate bearing capacity of the soil, (ii) the netbearing capacity, and (ii) the net safe bearing pressure andthe load/m for a factor of safety of 3. Use the general shearfailure theory of Terzaghi. For p = 35°, N. = 57.8, Nq =41.4,and Ny = 42.4. A rectangular footing (3mx2m) exerts a pressure of 100kN/m2 on a cohesive soil (Es=5x104 kN/m2 and u= 0.5).5.Solve the immediate settlement at the centre, assuming i)the footing is flexible and ii) the footing is rigid Take If forthe flexible footing is 1.36 and If for rigid footing is 1.06A footing, 2 m square, is founded at a depth of 1.5 m in asand deposit, for which the corrected value of N is 27. Thewater table is at adepth of 2 m from the surface. Solve the6.net allowable bearing pressure, if the permissiblesettlement is 40 mm and a factor of safety of 3 is desiredagainst shear failure.

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A rectangular footing (3mx2m) exerts a pressure of 100 kN/m2 on a cohesive soil (Es35x104kN/m2 and p= 0.5). Solve the immediate settlement at the centre, assuming i) the footing is flexible and ii) the footing is rigid Take If for the flexible footing is 1.36 and If for rigid footing is 1.06

A rectangular footing (3mx2m) exerts a pressure of 100 kN/m2 on a cohesive soil (Es35x104kN/m2 and p= 0.5). Solve the immediate settlement at the centre, assuming i) the footing is flexible and ii) the footing is rigid Take If for the flexible footing is 1.36 and If for rigid footing is 1.06

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Chapter2: Loads On Structures

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