Question

Raft is subdivided in to series of beams to establish __________

(a) Shear failure and Moment diagrams

(b) Pressure distribution

(c) None of the mentioned

(d) All of the mentioned

This question was posed to me in an interview for internship.

My question is taken from Shallow Foundations topic in division Shallow Foundations of Geotechnical Engineering II

Answer 1

The correct choice is (a) Shear failure and Moment diagrams

For explanation I would say: The raft is subdivided into a series of continuous beams (strips) centered on the appropriate column rows to establish shear failure and moment diagram.