For the mat foundation shown below (Fig. 4), the quetall) for the soil is 75 kN/m². The colum and dimensions are given below: Interior Columns Edge Columns Corner Columns Column Dimensions (cm x cm) 60 х 60 60 х 40 40 x 40 Service Loads, kN 1800 1200 600 a. Find out the maximum soil pressure and check the adequacy of the foundation.
For the mat foundation shown below (Fig. 4), the quetall) for the soil is 75 kN/m². The colum and dimensions are given below: Interior Columns Edge Columns Corner Columns Column Dimensions (cm x cm) 60 х 60 60 х 40 40 x 40 Service Loads, kN 1800 1200 600 a. Find out the maximum soil pressure and check the adequacy of the foundation.
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Transcribed Image Text:For the mat foundation shown below (Fig. 4), the qnet(all) for the soil is 75 kN/m². The column loads
and dimensions are given below:
5.
Interior Columns Edge Columns Corner Columns
Column Dimensions (cm x cm)
60 х 60
60 x 40
40 x 40
Service Loads, kN
1800
1200
600
a. Find out the maximum soil pressure and check the adequacy of the foundation.
b. If the foundation is not adequate, what you can do to make it adequate?
c. Draw the shear force and bending moment diagram for the strip ABCD.
5 m
8 m
В
5 m
8 m
4 m
ID
2 m
Fig. 4
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