HKIE Professional Assessment — Geotechnical Discipline

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A continuous strip footing of width B = 2.0 m is founded at a depth of D_f = 1.5 m in a saturated clay soil under undrained conditions (c_u = 80 kPa, ϕ_u = 0°, γ = 18.0 kN/m³). Using Terzaghi's bearing capacity equation (N_c = 5.7, N_q = 1.0, N_γ = 0), what is the net ultimate bearing capacity q_net,ult?

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