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Q1: A structural engineer has hired you to design square concrete un embedded footings for a building, based only on capacity. Each footing will hold an axial load of 180

kN. Your technicians have conducted lab tests on specimens sampled from the site, and they report the following profile: a 2-meter thicks and layer over a 7-meter thick gravel layer (the gravel layer lies over rock). The lab report reveals that the friction angle of the sand is 33 degrees, and that of the gravel is 39 degrees. Determine the size of one of the footings, in meters,such that the short term factor of safety against a capacity failure is between 3and 3.3. Show all your work, organized, and circle your answer.Determine the elastic settlement of the footing you designed1016 A

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