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2. A footing shown in the picture below has dimensions of 4 ft by 4 ft, and a thickness
of 12 inches is placed beneath a 5 inch floor slab. The values of N60 for different
depths below ground surface (bgs) are not corrected for overburden. The soil has a
total unit weight above the water table of 110 pcf and a total unit weight of 112.4 pcf
below the water table. The charts below are from the book of Peck, Hanson, and
Thornburn (1974), whose method is commonly used to calculate the bearing capacity
of shallow foundations on sand. Use the chart which has the closest Df/B ratio, and
the lines of N are for N1,60 which are corrected for overburden. Using the average
N1,60 within the zone of soil that experiences a change in stress of 10% of the applied
change in stress below the footing, calculate the allowable bearing pressure of the
foundation (i.e., which incorporates a factor of safety). Note that the charts provide
the net allowable bearing pressure, not the allowable bearing pressure.
N60