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Transcribed Image Text:Example 5.2: Design Example of a Square Foundation for a Colum
Figure A.3a shows a square column foundation with the followin
conditions:
Live load=L=675 kN
Dead load D= 1125 kN
Allowable gross soil-bearing capacity 145 kN/m²
Column size-0.5 m x 0.5 m
-20.68 MN/m²
1,413.7 MN/m²
Let it be required to design the column foundation.
1.25m-D
L-675 AN
D-1125 AN
(a)
Column section-
05 m x 0.5m
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