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What are the bearing capacity values of different types of soils such as clay, sand, gravel, rocks etc.?

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 Gopal Mishra (https://theconstructor.org/author/gopal-mishra/)  1 year
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Gopal Mishra (https://theconstructor.org/author/gopal-mishra/)

 0  Nov 18, 2017 at 13:39 (https://theconstructor.org/question/bearing-capacity-values-soil-types/#comment-26319)  Reply

Following table shows maximum bearing capacity values of different types of soils:

Bearing Capacity Bearing Capacity

Types of Soil
(Kg/m2) (kN/m2)

Soft, wet clay or muddy clay 5000 50

Soft clay 10000 100

Fine, loose and dry sand 10000 100

Black cotton soil 15000 150

Moist clay and sand clay Mixture 15000 150

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Loose gravel 25000 250

Medium clay 25000 250

Medium, compact and dry sand 25000 250

Compact clay 45000 450

Compact sand 45000 450

Compact gravel 45000 450

Soft rocks 45000 450

Laminated rock such as sand stone & Lime

165000 1650
stone

Hard rocks such as granite, diorite, trap 330000 3300

Bearing capacity of soil is the maximum load per unit area. This is the ultimate bearing capacity of
soil shown in table. Dividing the ultimate soil bearing capacity by a safety factor we get the
maximum safe bearing capacity of soil for design of foundations.

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NeerajKhatri (https://theconstructor.org/author/neerajkhatri/)

 0  Dec 25, 2018 at 00:54 (https://theconstructor.org/question/bearing-capacity-values-soil-types/#comment-26344)

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Dear Gopal, thankyou for this informative. I have an additional query. How does one deduce
the soil type (among the above mentioned types) by visual inspection or simple field tests ?

Giuseppe Pace

 0  Nov 20, 2017 at 15:41 (https://theconstructor.org/question/bearing-capacity-values-soil-types/#comment-26320)  Reply

Review the Gopal first column, it’s wrong, the correct value must be: the tabla value divided by 10000

shuvam dey (https://theconstructor.org/author/shuvam-dey/)

 0  Feb 23, 2019 at 00:02 (https://theconstructor.org/question/bearing-capacity-values-soil-types/#comment-26373)

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correct

Gopal Mishra (https://theconstructor.org/author/gopal-mishra/)

 0  Nov 28, 2017 at 20:36 (https://theconstructor.org/question/bearing-capacity-values-soil-types/#comment-26321)  Reply

@Giuseppe Pace

1 kg = 10 N, so, 1000 N = 100 kg = 1 kN. So, value of column 2 is divided by 100 to obtain value in
kN/m2.

andanr123 (https://theconstructor.org/author/andanr123/)

 0  Feb 7, 2019 at 10:34 (https://theconstructor.org/question/bearing-capacity-values-soil-types/#comment-26368)  Reply

Can I get step by step on how to find out SBC if cohesion=0.36 kg/cm²,angle of internal
friction=13,Field dry density=1.603,fmc=12%.

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