A 500 mm wall supports a dead load of 800 KN/m and live load of 780 KN/m and a horizontal dead load of 15 KN/m and horizontal live load of 20 KN/m subjected to a distance e.se m from the center of the footing. The allowable soil bearing pressure is 300 kPa. The base of the footing is 2 m below the grade. Assume concrete weighs 23.5 KN/m3 and that the soil has a specific gravity of 2.60, porosity of 0.60 and degree of saturation is 60%. Above the natural ground surface lies a tank half full of oil with specific gravity f 0.80 and the tank is 5 a high (oriented as vertical right cylinder). The total depth of footing is 600 mm with a steel covering of 100 mm. Use fc-21 MPa and fy= 275 MPa. Determine: a. dimension of wall footing rounded to the nearest 0.10 m. b. Adequacy in bean shear c. Steel reinforcement area required

A 500 mm wall supports a dead load of 800 KN/m and live load of 780 KN/m and a horizontal dead load of 15 KN/m and horizontal live load of 20 KN/m subjected to a distance e.se m from the center of the footing. The allowable soil bearing pressure is 300 kPa. The base of the footing is 2 m below the grade. Assume concrete weighs 23.5 KN/m3 and that the soil has a specific gravity of 2.60, porosity of 0.60 and degree of saturation is 60%. Above the natural ground surface lies a tank half full of oil with specific gravity f 0.80 and the tank is 5 a high (oriented as vertical right cylinder). The total depth of footing is 600 mm with a steel covering of 100 mm. Use fc-21 MPa and fy= 275 MPa. Determine: a. dimension of wall footing rounded to the nearest 0.10 m. b. Adequacy in bean shear c. Steel reinforcement area required

Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter8: Stresses In A Soil Mass

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