Civil Engineering - Building Construction - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Building Construction - Section 2 (Q.No. 32)
32.
Bearing capacity of soils cannot be improved by
draining sub-soil water
ramming crushed stone in soil
driving sand piles
watering surface of soil
none of these.
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Rooney said:   7 years ago
Well said @manimaran
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MANIMARAN said:   1 decade ago
Whenever water comes into picture the unit weight we use in determining the bearing capacity (Using Terzhagi's Equation) becomes submerged unit weight (for particular terms contained in the equation) which is usually lesser than the actual unit weight and hence it reduces.
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