A geotechnical engineer has determined the ultimate bearing capacity of a foundation to be 1500 kPa. Using a factor of s

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A geotechnical engineer has determined the ultimate bearing capacity of a foundation to be 1500 kPa. Using a factor of s

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A geotechnical engineer has determined the ultimate bearing capacity of a foundation to be 1500 kPa. Using a factor of safety of 3, the structural engineering has designed the column to apply a stress of 500 kPa. (a) The uncertainty in the calculations has been evaluated, and it has been determined that the bearing capacity estimates have a standard deviation of 400 kPa in this region, and the column load has a standard deviation of 25 kPa. Assuming that calculated values are normally distributed, determine the probability of failure for this design (b) What would be the probability of failure if the factor of safety selected for the design was (a) FoS = 2, (b) FoS = 4. =
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