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A.Namdar et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 10 (2009) 38-42; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.10.05 40 Figure 1 : Safe bearing capacity Vs angle of friction of soil Sl. No Φ q s if  =14 (kN/m 3 ) q s if  =15 (kN/m 3 ) q s if  =16 (kN/m 3 ) q s if  =17 (kN/m 3 ) q s if  =18 (kN/m 3 ) q s if  =19 (kN/m 3 ) q s if  =20 (kN/m 3 ) 1 0 21.00 22.50 24.00 25.50 27.00 28.50 30.00 2 5 27.53 29.50 31.47 33.43 35.40 37.37 39.33 3 10 38.50 41.25 44.00 46.75 49.50 52.25 55.00 4 15 56.47 60.50 64.53 68.57 72.60 76.63 80.67 5 20 89.13 95.50 101.87 108.23 114.60 120.97 127.33 6 25 148.17 158.75 169.33 179.92 190.50 201.08 211.67 7 30 263.43 282.25 301.07 319.88 338.70 357.52 376.33 8 35 501.67 537.50 573.33 609.17 645.00 680.83 716.67 9 40 1051.63 1126.75 1201.87 1276.98 1352.10 1427.22 1502.33 10 45 2615.43 2802.25 2989.07 3175.88 3362.70 3549.52 3736.33 11 50 8301.30 8894.25 9487.20 10080.15 10673.10 11266.05 11859.00 Table 2 : Safe bearing capacity of soil when soil density (  ) is varied, cohesion is zero and width and depth of foundation are equal to 1.5 and 2.5 m, respectively. Figure 2 : Safe bearing capacity Vs angle of friction of soil.