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Design a square foundation to be embedded 3ft in the sand layer at a site with a soil profile as shown in Figure below, to support load of 50 kips.

ASSIGNMENT Problem 1. A 2m x 3m foundation shown below is subjected to the loads indicated. Determine the factor of safety using Merrhors effective area method. Problem 2; A 2.0 m wide continuous foundation is placed at 1.5 m depth in a saturated clay where c, = 40 kbUm’ and y = 17 kN/m’. At […]

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