A spread footing supported on a sandy soil has been designed using ASD to support a certaincolumn load with a factor of safety of 2.5 against a bearing capacity failure. However, there issome uncertainty in both the column load, P, and the friction angle, f. Which would have thegreatest impact on the actual factor of safety: an actual P that is twice the design value, or actualf that is half the design value? Use bearing capacity computations with reasonable assumedvalues to demonstrate the reason for your response.

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Problem 16.5P: Redo Problem 16.1 using the modified general ultimate bearing capacity Eq. (16.31). 16.1 A...
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A spread footing supported on a sandy soil has been designed using ASD to support a certain
column load with a factor of safety of 2.5 against a bearing capacity failure. However, there is
some uncertainty in both the column load, P, and the friction angle, f. Which would have the
greatest impact on the actual factor of safety: an actual P that is twice the design value, or actual
f that is half the design value? Use bearing capacity computations with reasonable assumed
values to demonstrate the reason for your response.

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