How the raft is designed as a floating foundation, Civil Engineering

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A raft, 9 m × 27 m, is founded at a depth of 3 m in sand with a value of  N = 25 up to great depth.

Verify the total load which the raft can support. If the raft is designed as a floating foundation, what will be the load it can support?

 


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