The ultimate net bearing capacity lay depends upon the value of cohesion.

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• The net ultimate bearing capacity is the maximum net pressure intensity causing shear failure of soil.
• The net soil pressure is obtained by multiplying the net ultimate bearing capacity of soil to the factor of safety.
• The bearing capacity of a soil depends upon
• The unit bearing capacity of footing in sand
• When the water table is under the base of the footing at a depth equal to half of the width of the footing, the bearing capacity of a soil is reduced to
• The bearing capacity of a soil
• In the design of footings on sand, if the angle of internal friction is equal to 36?, the bearing capacity factors for
• When the water table is close to the ground surface, the bearing capacity of a soil is reduced to
• According to Terzaghi's equation, the bearing capacity of strip footing resting on cohesive soil (c = 10 kN/m2) per unit depth and unit width (assume Nc as 5.7) is
• The effect of cohesion on a soil is to