GATE Civil Engineering (CE) 2021 Shift 2 Solved Paper

A rectangular footing of size 2.8 m × 3.5 m is embedded in a clay layer and a vertical load is placed with an eccentricity of 0.8 m as shown in the figure (not to scale). Take Bearing capacity factors: N_c = 5.14, N_q = 1.0, and N_γ = 0.0; Shape factors: s_c = 1.16, s_q = 1.0 and s_γ = 1.0; Depth factors: d_c = 1.1, d_q = 1.0 and d_γ = 1.0; and Inclination factors: i_c = 1.0 and i_q = 1.0 and i_γ = 1.0.

Using Meyerhoff's method, the load (in kN, round off to two decimal places) that can be applied on the footing with a factor of safety of 2.5 is _______