GATE CE concept:contact-pressure PYQs & Answers

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A shallow footing is subjected to a vertical load. Within the elastic limit of the underlying soil, the TRUE statement(s) is/are:

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Vertical displacement below a rigid shallow footing is uniform in clay as well as sand.

Vertical contact pressure below a rigid shallow footing is uniform in clay as well as sand.

Vertical displacement below a flexible shallow footing is uniform in clay as well as sand.

Vertical contact pressure below a flexible shallow footing is uniform in clay as well as sand.

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The contact pressure distribution shown in the figure belongs to a

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rigid footing resting on a cohesionless soil.

rigid footing resting on a cohesive soil.

flexible footing resting on a cohesionless soil.

flexible footing resting on a cohesive soil.

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GATE CE concept:contact-pressure PYQs