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GATE CE 2021 Set 2 — Question 54

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NAT+2 / -0HardMeyerhof's Bearing CapacityShallow FoundationsGeotechnical Engineering

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A rectangular footing of size 2.8 m×3.5 m2.8\text{ m} \times 3.5\text{ m} is embedded in a clay layer and a vertical load is placed with an eccentricity of 0.8 m0.8\text{ m} as shown in the figure (not to scale). Take Bearing capacity factors: Nc=5.14N_c = 5.14, Nq=1.0N_q = 1.0, and Nγ=0.0N_\gamma = 0.0; Shape factors: sc=1.16s_c = 1.16, sq=1.0s_q = 1.0 and sγ=1.0s_\gamma = 1.0; Depth factors: dc=1.1d_c = 1.1, dq=1.0d_q = 1.0 and dγ=1.0d_\gamma = 1.0; and Inclination factors: ic=1.0i_c = 1.0 and iq=1.0i_q = 1.0 and iγ=1.0i_\gamma = 1.0.
A rectangular footing of size 2.8 m x 3.5 m embedded in a clay layer with a vertical load applied at an eccentricity of 0.8 m from the center line.
Using Meyerhoff’s method, the load (in kN, round off to two decimal places) that can be applied on the footing with a factor of safety of 2.5 is ___________
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