A square footing has a dimension of 1.78 m x 1.78 m and has its bottom 1.54 m below the ground surface. Compute for the gross allowable load in kg that the footing has to carry if it has a factor of safety of 2.86. Ground water table is located .73 m from the bottom of the footing. Soil Properties: c = 1,803 kg/m? Specific gravity, Gs= 2.67 Void ratio, e =0.47 = 30 degrees HINT: Use Dry unit weight for soil above the groundwater table. Unit weight of water 9.81 kN/m3

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A square footing has a dimension of 1.78 m x 1.78 m and has its bottom 1.54 m below the
ground surface. Compute for the gross allowable load in kg that the footing has to carry if
it has a factor of safety of 2.86. Ground water table is located 0.73 m from the bottom of
the footing.
Soil Properties:
c = 1,803 kg/m?
Specific gravity, Gs= 2.67
Void ratio, e =0.47
- 30 degrees
HINT: Use Dry unit weight for soil above the groundwater table.
Unit weight of water
9.81 kN/m
Transcribed Image Text:A square footing has a dimension of 1.78 m x 1.78 m and has its bottom 1.54 m below the ground surface. Compute for the gross allowable load in kg that the footing has to carry if it has a factor of safety of 2.86. Ground water table is located 0.73 m from the bottom of the footing. Soil Properties: c = 1,803 kg/m? Specific gravity, Gs= 2.67 Void ratio, e =0.47 - 30 degrees HINT: Use Dry unit weight for soil above the groundwater table. Unit weight of water 9.81 kN/m
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