Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 6 (Q.No. 17)
17.
The maximum pressure which a soil can carry without shear failure, is called
safe bearing capacity
net safe bearing capacity
net ultimate bearing capacity
ultimate bearing capacity.
Answer: Option
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Discussion:
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Aqif bhat said:   4 years ago
At Maximum pressure, the soil is resist and at Minimum pressure, the soil fails is one and the same.

Agha Bilal said:   7 months ago
@Bahram khan.

According to me, the Safe bearing capacity is defined as the "Maximum pressure which the soil can carry safely without any risk of shear failure.

So the given answer i.e. Safe Bearing Capacity is the correct answer.


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