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The ultimate bearing capacity of a 1 m wide strip footing is 532.80 kPa, when it is embedded at 1 m depth in dry cohesionless soil. The soil has a unit weight of 18 kN/m3. The ultimate bearing capacity is 864 kPa when the depth of embedment becomes 2 m.
Neglecting the effect of the depth factor, the bearing capacity factor Nq is ______ (rounded off to one decimal place).
Neglecting the effect of the depth factor, the bearing capacity factor Nq is ______ (rounded off to one decimal place).
Correct : 18.4
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