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Q3. A 120-ft diameter cylindrical tank with an empty weight of 1,900,000lb(including the
weight of the cylindrical mat foundation) is to be built. The bottom of the mat will be at a
depth of 2 ft below the ground surface. This tank is to be filled with water. The underlying
soil is an undrained clay with sg=1000Ib/ft^2 and =118lb/ft^2, and the ground water table
is at a depth of 5 ft . Assume that general shear failure occurs in soil.
Use Terzaghi and Vesic Equations, compute the maximum allowable depth of the water in
the tank that will maintain a factor of safety of 3.0 against a bearing capacity failure. Assume
the weight of the water and tank is spread uniformly across the bottom of the tank.
Q 3 . A 1 2 0 - ft diameter cylindrical tank with

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