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7 B.C Examples

This document provides examples of calculating bearing capacity and safe bearing pressure for different soil and water table conditions. It includes examples of strip, square, and rectangular footings founded at various depths below the ground surface in cohesive and cohesionless soils that fail by general shear or local shear. The water table level is varied between examples.

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7 B.C Examples

This document provides examples of calculating bearing capacity and safe bearing pressure for different soil and water table conditions. It includes examples of strip, square, and rectangular footings founded at various depths below the ground surface in cohesive and cohesionless soils that fail by general shear or local shear. The water table level is varied between examples.

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Example ONE

A strip footing of width is founded at a depth of 2 m below the ground surface in a soil
having a cohesion and angle of shearing resistance . The water table is at a depth of 5
m below ground level. The moist weight of soil above the water table is
Determine (a) the ultimate bearing capacity of the soil, (b) the net bearing capacity, and (c) the net
allowable bearing pressure and the load/m for a factor of safety of 3. Use the general shear failure theory of
Terzaghi.
, , .

Example TWO
If the soil in fails by local shear failure, determine the net safe bearing pressure. All the other
data given in remain the same.

, , .

Example THREE
If the water table in rises to the ground level, determine the net safe bearing pressure of the
footing. All the other data given in remain the same. Assume the saturated unit weight of the soil

. , , .

Example FOUR

If the water table in Ex. occupies any of the positions below ground level or
below the base level of the foundation, what will be the net safe bearing pressure?
Assume . All the other data remain the same as
given in .

Note: - Try to compare the result with the alternative formula of (case II) or (b).
Example FIVE
A square footing fails by general shear in cohesion-less soil under an ultimate load of
The footing is placed at a depth of below ground level. Given
determine the size of the footing if the water table is at a great depth

Example SIX
A rectangular footing of size 10 x 20 ft is founded at a depth of 6 ft below the ground surface in a homogeneous cohesion-
less soil having an angle of shearing resistance ). The water table is at a great depth. The unit weight of soil
. Determine: (1) the net ultimate bearing capacity, (2) the net allowable bearing pressure for FS = 3, and
(3) the allowable load the footing can carry.

Example SEVEN
A rectangular footing of size 3 x 6 m is founded at a depth of 2 m below the ground level in a cohesive
soil ) which fails by general shear. Given: The water table is
close to the ground surface.
Determine by (a) Terzaghi's method, and (b) Skempton's method. Use FS= 3.

Solution
(a) Terzaghi's method
)
(b) Skempton’s method

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