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Discussion Forum : Building Construction - Section 2 (Q.No. 32)
32.
Bearing capacity of soils cannot be improved by
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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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