Bearing Capacity and Piles Sample Problems

Sample Problems

Soil Bearing Capacity

Soil strength on square footing (November 2018) - GERTC+

Given a square footing. Evaluate the following:

    1. cohesion strength

    2. overburden

    3. footing dimension

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Effect of water table on bearing strength: (November 2018) - GERTC+

Effect of ground water table to bearing capacity

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Factor of safety with respect to shear failure - GERTC+

A footing 2.5m x 2.5m carries a pressure of ...

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Piles

Single Piles

Pile resisting capacity due to skin friction (November 2018) - GERTC+

Resisting capacity of a pile.

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Length of pile by alpha, lambda, and beta methods - GERTC+

A 0.36 m square prestress concrete pile ...

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