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GATE Civil Engineering (CE) 2023 Shift 2 Solved Paper

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A square footing is to be designed to carry a column load of 500 kN which is resting on a soil stratum having the following average properties: bulk unit weight = 19 kN/m³; angle of internal friction = 0° and cohesion = 25 kPa. Considering the depth of the footing as 1 m and adopting Meyerhof’s bearing capacity theory with a factor of safety of 3, the width of the footing (in m) is _________ (round off to one decimal place)
[Assume the applicable shape and depth factor values as unity; ground water level at greater depth.]

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