GATE CE · 2021 · CE
Question 46: Foundation Engineering
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Question 46
CENAT2 marksNeeds review
A combined trapezoidal footing of length
supports two identical square columns (
and
) of size 0.5 m × 0.5 m, as shown in the figure
. The columns
and
carry loads of 200 kN and 150 kN, respectively. If the stress beneath the footing is uniform, the length of the combined footing
(in m, round off to two decimal places) isLog in to check the answer
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2021CE
GATE CE 2021 · Paper 1
Civil Engineering · Original paper archive
- Section
- Civil Engineering
- Question type
- Numerical answer (NAT)
- Marks
- 2 marks
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