GATE CE · 2019 · CE
Question 55: Foundation Engineering
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Question 55
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A square footing of 4
side is placed at 1
depth in a sand deposit. The dry unit weight (
) of sand is 15
. This footing has an ultimate bearing capacity of 600
. Consider the depth factors:
and the bearing capacity factor:
. This footing is placed at a depth of 2
in the same soil deposit. For a factor of safety of 3.0 as per Terzaghi’s theory, the safe bearing capacity (in
) of this footing would be ________.Log in to check the answer
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GATE CE 2019 · Paper 1
Civil Engineering · Original paper archive
- Section
- Civil Engineering
- Question type
- Numerical answer (NAT)
- Marks
- 2 marks
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