Foundation Engineering Exercise No.

3 (Bearing Capacity Calculation)

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Name John Benedict L. Parungao Course/Yr/Section BSCE / 4 / 1

1. This example explores a column footing in a homogeneous clay layer. Find the ultimate bearing
capacity, allowable bearing capacity and allowable load of a 1.2 m x 1.2 m square footing placed in a clay
layer. The density of the soil is found to be 17.7 kN/m3 and the cohesion was found to be 20 kPa.
2. Determine soil bearing capacity by SPT numbers. Given:

Soil SPT number: 10

Footing type: 3 feet wide strip footing, bottom of footing at 2 ft below ground surface.