A strip footing (6 m wide) is designed for a total settlement of 40 mm. The safe bearing capacity (shear) was 180 kN/m² and safe allowable soil pressure was 150 kN/m². Due to some reason, now the footing is to be redesigned for total settlement of 25 mm. The new width of the footing will be

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A strip footing (6 m wide) is designed for a total settlement of 40 mm. The safe bearing
capacity (shear) was 180 kN/m2 and safe allowable soil pressure was 150 kN/m2. Due to
some reason, now the footing is to be redesigned for total settlement of 25 mm. The new
width of the footing will be
Transcribed Image Text:A strip footing (6 m wide) is designed for a total settlement of 40 mm. The safe bearing capacity (shear) was 180 kN/m2 and safe allowable soil pressure was 150 kN/m2. Due to some reason, now the footing is to be redesigned for total settlement of 25 mm. The new width of the footing will be
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