Question: A square footing with 1 . 5 m sides is located 1 m below the ground surface. The groundwater table is at a depth of

A square footing with 1.5m sides is located 1m below the ground surface. The
groundwater table is at a depth of 1m. Before the footing construction, an undisturbed
sample was taken from the base of the foundation and subjected to a triaxial test until the
sample sheared. A normal stress of 96kPa was applied to the sample and the shear stress
at failure was 65kPa. The unconfined compressive strength was determined as 20kPa.
The dry unit weight of soil is 19kNm3 and the saturated unit weight is 22kNm3. Find the
net allowable bearing capacity using FS of 3.
A square footing with 1 . 5 m sides is located 1

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