Foundation Design: Principles and Practices (3rd Edition)
Foundation Design: Principles and Practices (3rd Edition)
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780133411898
Author: Donald P. Coduto, William A. Kitch, Man-chu Ronald Yeung
Publisher: PEARSON
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A spread footing supported on a sandy soil has been designed using ASD to support a certain column load with a factor of safety of 2.5 against a bearing capacity failure. However, there is some uncertainty in both the column load, P, and the friction angle, ϕ . Which would have the greatest impact on the actual factor Of safety: an actual P that is twice the design value, or actual ϕ that is half the design value? use bearing capacity computations with reasonable assumed values to demonstrate the reason for your response.

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