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I am doing my 1st year B.Sc Architectural Engineering, and for my geo-technical assignment, using an appropriate safe bearing capasity equation i have to design a strip footing. being the the value is saturated clay,  the angle "phi" is 0.

the values that they have given me are density, moisture content, undrained shear strength, and regarding the depth and width; we can take any values W.R.T the depth.  

My question to you is, how do we know the answer is acceptable?

Example :-
Depth - 1.45
density - 2132 kg/m3
moisture content - 15.4 %
Linear pressure - 150 KN/m2

This is just one of set of values that they have given.

Thank You

Harmeet pal Singh

Answer
Hi Harmeet,

The following websites give you step-by-step procedure for designing a strip footing:

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wu_e-KnkBPgC&pg=PA343&lpg=PA343&dq=strip+foun...

http://searchwarp.com/swa320855.htm  

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•Science Congress Special Award (for 2-seater Hovercraft - 1968) •Institution of Civil Engineers Award for outstanding performance at Bath University (1975) •Concrete Society Postgraduate study Bursary Award (1976) •Consular Representative for British High Commission, Nairobi. (1995 to 1998) •Examiner for Institution of Civil Engineers Professional Interviews, Nairobi. (1997 to 1998) •Branch Representative in Vienna for PI assessment for Inst. of Struct. Engrs. (1999 to date)

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