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Which of the following N factors has the widest range of values?

(a) Nc

(b) Nq

(c) Nγ

(d) All of the mentioned

The question was posed to me in a national level competition.

The origin of the question is Effect of Water Table on Bearing Capacity in section Bearing Capacity of Geotechnical Engineering II

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Right option is (c) Nγ

The best I can explain: The Nγ factor has the widest suggested range of any value of N factors. A literature value reveals that for φ = 40°, 38≤ Nγ≤192.

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