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A square footing is to be constructed on a sitly sand soil, as shown in the figure below.
The groundwater table is at depth 15 m below the ground surface. Compute the
ultimate bearing capacity and the column load required to produce a bearing capacity
failure.
ć= 8 kPa
Solution:
$ = 30
ý = 19
1 m.
kN
m³
0.6 m-
Transcribed Image Text:A square footing is to be constructed on a sitly sand soil, as shown in the figure below. The groundwater table is at depth 15 m below the ground surface. Compute the ultimate bearing capacity and the column load required to produce a bearing capacity failure. ć= 8 kPa Solution: $ = 30 ý = 19 1 m. kN m³ 0.6 m-
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