A 400mm concrete wall supports a DL = 200 kN and a LL = 146 kN. The allowable bearing pressure is 216 KPa at the bottom level of the footing which is 1.2m below the grade line. Weight of concrete is 24 kN/m and the soil is 16 kN/m3. Thickness of footing is 300mm with effective depth of 225mm. Determine and discuss the following: (a) Effective soil pressure (b) Width of the wall footing (c) Nominal shear force of the footing

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A 400mm concrete wall supports a DL = 200 kN and a LL = 146 kN. The allowable bearing pressure is 216
KPa at the bottom level of the footing which is 1.2m below the grade line. Weight of concrete is 24 kN/m
and the soil is 16 kN/m3. Thickness of footing is 300mm with effective depth of 225mm. Determine and
discuss the following:
(a) Effective soil pressure
(b) Width of the wall footing
(c) Nominal shear force of the footing

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