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A 400 mm concrete wall supports a dead load of 280 KN/m anda live load of 230 KN. The allowable bearing pressure is 230 KN/m2and the level of the bottom of the footing is 1.5 m below theground surface. Assume concrete weighs 24 KN/m3, that of soil is15.74 KN/m3, fc’ = 20.7 Mpa, fy = 248 MPa,. Use 25 mm diameterreinforcing bars. Thickness of footing = 500 mm and concrete coveris 75 mm. Calculate the:

(a) effectivesoil pressure,

(b) width of wallfooting, and

(c) spacing ofbars at critical section.

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