The Civil Engineering Academy Podcast

The Bearing Capacity Question That Stumps Everyone on the FE & PE Exams


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🚨 Here’s by far the most asked question inside our FE and PE courses: “Should I use the Ultimate or Net Bearing Capacity to find the Allowable Bearing Capacity?” 🤔

That question comes up in our student-only community every single year, multiple times, and rightfully so.

Reference manuals tell you to find the Net value and then use it to find the Allowable Bearing Capacity. But then, in the solutions to the problems, it uses the Ultimate value directly.

Like, “What the heck?!” 😨

But don’t worry….we’ve got your back. 😉

Over the years, we’ve shared a little-known trick with our students so they know which one to use on exam day. And in this episode, we’re sharing it with you as well. 😉

Tune in to learn about this trick…and you’ll never get this wrong anymore in your exam prep. That’s a promise. 👍


🧠 TUNE IN TO LEARN:

  • What's the Bearing Capacity of Soil?
  • What Ultimate Bearing Capacity is All About
  • How to Calculate Ultimate Bearing Capacity
  • What Net Bearing Capacity is...And How It Differs from the Ultimate Value
  • The Allowable Bearing Capacity
  • The Big FE/PE Dilemma: Two Ways to Find the Allowable Bearing Capacity
  • The Little-Known Trick We Share With Our Students That Solves This Dilemma


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