Question 53

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The live load and dead load in a three storeyed residential building, transferred through a single column, is 12 tons and 18 tons respectively. If the soil bearing capacity is 10 ton/sqm and the factor of safety is 1.5, the area of column footing is ___________ sqm (up to one decimal place).

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GATE AR 2018 · Paper 1

Architecture and Planning · Original paper archive

Section
Architecture and Planning
Question type
Numerical answer (NAT)
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2 marks

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