Question

When the water table is close to the ground surface, the bearing capacity of a soil is reduced to

Answer 1

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When the water table is close to the ground surface, the bearing capacity of a soil is reduced to three-fourth.

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Answer 2

Answer:

50%

Explanation:

the effect of cohesion is neglected, and if the water table rises from the great depth to the ground surface then the bearing capacity will be almost reduced to half (i.e 50%) as the Submerged unit weight of soil (γSub) is approximately half of surcharge unit weight of dry soil (γt).