Determine the size of a rectangular footing required to support a vertical dead and live loads of 800 kN and 1000 kN respectively. The footing is founded on a dense coarse-grained soil with an angle of shearing resistance (4) as 32° and a saturated unit weight of 18 kN/m³. The footing is located at a depth of 1 m and the ground water level is located at 6 m below the ground surface. A factor of safety value shall be assumed as 3.

Determine the size of a rectangular footing required to support a vertical dead and live loads of 800 kN and 1000 kN respectively. The footing is founded on a dense coarse-grained soil with an angle of shearing resistance (4) as 32° and a saturated unit weight of 18 kN/m³. The footing is located at a depth of 1 m and the ground water level is located at 6 m below the ground surface. A factor of safety value shall be assumed as 3.

Structural Analysis

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Chapter2: Loads On Structures

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