A square footing 1.6 m x 1.6 m is located at a depth of 1.2 m below the ground level in a sandy soil of unit weight 20 kN/m³. Angle of internal friction of the soil is 20° for which bearing capacity factor are N = 17.7, No = 7.4, N = 5. If the water table is very deep below the ground level then FOS = 3, the safe load carrying capacity (in kN, rounded off to nearest integer) of footing is

A square footing 1.6 m x 1.6 m is located at a depth of 1.2 m below the ground level in a sandy soil of unit weight 20 kN/m³. Angle of internal friction of the soil is 20° for which bearing capacity factor are N = 17.7, No = 7.4, N = 5. If the water table is very deep below the ground level then FOS = 3, the safe load carrying capacity (in kN, rounded off to nearest integer) of footing is

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