Answer Happy

b=4
c=5
For construction of a warehouse a shallow foundation system on the soil profile shown below in Figure 2 is considered. Your specific tasks are: (a) to determine the maximum allowable load for the square footing shown assuming a factor of safety of 3 [15 marks] (b) to calculate the amount of consolidation settlement under the load you calculated above considering 2:1 stress distribution [15 marks] SAND (-20 kN/m²) [1+(a/5)] m [4 +(c/2)] m 1.5m [2+(b/5)] m² N.C. CLAY c* = [25+ (d/2)] kPa (Yr 18 kN/m²; e- 1.2; Cc-0.9; c-0.004 cm²/sec) SAND (20 kN/m²) Figure 2. Soil profile and the planned shallow foundation-Problem 2