bearing capacity
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All concepts →The ultimate bearing capacity of a 1 m wide strip footing is 532.80 kPa, when it is embedded at 1 m depth in dry cohesionless soil. The soil has a unit weight of 18 kN/m$^3$. The u...
A shallow strip footing of width 2 m is embedded at a depth of 1.5 m below the ground surface in a homogeneous pure clay with an angle of internal friction zero. Consider unit weig...
A designer used plate load test to obtain the value of the bearing capacity factor N$\gamma$. A circular plate of 1 m diameter was placed on the surface of a dry sand layer extendi...
A 6 m x 6 m square footing constructed in clay is subjected to a vertical load of 2500 kN at its centre. The base of the footing is 2 m below the ground surface, as shown in the fi...
A single pile with 450 mm diameter has been driven into a homogeneous clay layer, which has an undrained cohesion (cu) of 20 kPa and unit weight of 18 kN/m³. The ground water table...
A designer used plate load test to obtain the value of the bearing capacity factor $\mathrm{N}_\gamma$. A circular plate of 1 m diameter was placed on the surface of a dry sand lay...
A 2 m wide strip footing is founded at a depth of 1.5 m below the ground level in a homogeneous pure clay bed. The clay bed has unit cohesion of 40 kPa. Due to seasonal fluctuation...
A 2 m wide strip footing is founded at a depth of 1.5 m below the ground level in a homogeneous pure clay bed. The clay bed has unit cohesion of 40 kPa. Due to seasonal fluctuation...
A square footing of size 2.5 m × 2.5 m is placed 1.0 m below the ground surface on a cohesionless homogeneous soil stratum. Considering that the groundwater table is located at the...
A square footing is to be designed to carry a column load of 500 kN which is resting on a soil stratum having the following average properties: bulk unit weight = 19 kN/m³; angle o...
A circular pile of diameter 0.6 m and length 8 m was constructed in a cohesive soil stratum having the following properties: bulk unit weight = 19 kN/m³; angle of internal friction...
A square footing of size 2.5 m × 2.5 m is placed 1.0 m below the ground surface on a cohesionless homogeneous soil stratum. Considering that the groundwater table is located at the...
A square footing is to be designed to carry a column load of 500 kN which is resting on a soil stratum having the following average properties: bulk unit weight = 19 kN/m 3 ; angle...
A circular pile of diameter 0.6 m and length 8 m was constructed in a cohesive soil stratum having the following properties: bulk unit weight = 19 kN/m 3 ; angle of internal fricti...
Read the following statements: (P) While designing a shallow footing in sandy soil, monsoon season is considered for critical design in terms of bearing capacity. (Q) For slope sta...
Match the following in Column X with Column Y: Column X (P) In a triaxial compression test, with increase of axial strain in loose sand under drained shear condition, the volumetri...
A square concrete pile of 10 m length is driven into a deep layer of uniform homogeneous clay. Average unconfined compressive strength of the clay, determined through laboratory te...
Match the following in Column X with Column Y : Column X Column Y P. In a triaxial compression test, with increase of axial strain in loose sand under drained shear condition. The...
Read the following statements : (P) While designing a shallow footing in sandy soil, monsoon season is considered for critical design in terms of bearing capacity. (Q) For slope st...
A rectangular footing of size 2.8 m x 3.5 m is embedded in a clay layer and a vertical load is placed with an eccentricity of 0.8 m as shown in the figure (not to scale). Take Bear...
Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
A square footing of 2 m sides rests on the surface of a homogeneous soil bed having the properties: cohesion c = 24 kPa, angle of internal friction $\phi$ = 25°, and unit weight $\...
A square footing of 4 m side is placed at 1 m depth in a sand deposit. The dry unit weight ($\gamma$) of sand is 15 kN/m$^3$. This footing has an ultimate bearing capacity of 600 k...
The percent reduction in the bearing capacity of a strip footing resting on sand under flooding condition (water level at the base of the footing) when compared to the situation wh...
A strip footing is resting on the ground surface of a pure clay bed having an undrained cohesion Cu. The ultimate bearing capacity of the footing is equal to
The width of a square footing and the diameter of a circular footing are equal. If both the footings are placed on the surface of sandy soil, the ratio of the ultimate bearing capa...
The plate load test was conducted on a clayey strata by using a plate of 0.3 m × 0.3 m dimensions, and the ultimate load per unit area for the plate was found to be 180 kPa. The ul...
Two identical concrete piles having the plan dimensions 50 cm x 50 cm are driven into a homogeneous sandy layer as shown in the figures. Consider the bearing capacity factor Nq for...