BEARING CAPACITY OF A SHALLOW FOOTING

THEORETICAL BEARING CAPACITY OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS US

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Select units SI Direct shear
Parameter Value Units Warning: 0 Triaxial
1. Soil Properties
Undrained Shear strength, su 0 kPa Help Davis and Booker expressions are the default for N Direct simple shear
Select test used to obtain'p Direct shear FINAL RESULTS Table of Computed Bearing Capacity Factors - short side failure Contribution to Caquot and Kerisel Meyerhof Correlation e.g. SPT
Angle of friction, p 36 LONG SIDE FAILURE Basic Rigidity Shape Inclination Base Tilt Ground Slope Embedment Groundwater Bearing Capacity 9.8
Design angle of friction, p 36 Ultimate bearing capacity, qult 829 kPa N r s i b g d w 2.5
Relative density 80 Net bearing capacity, qu 821 kPa q 37.75 1.00 1.73 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.10 0.45 558 kPa
Shear modulus, G 44000 kPa Computed Factor of Safety, FS 12.8 36.75
Bulk unit weight, b 17.8 kN/m^3 Nqvalue 37.8 c 5.14 1.00 1.20 0.00 1.00 1.00 1.13 1.00 0 kPa
Saturated unit weight, s 17.8 kN/m^3 43.90 1.00 0.60 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.45 263 kPa 338 533
2. Proposed Footing Geometry N values 821 kPa 896 1091
Depth of embedment,
Embedment depth, Df Df 1m Davis and Booker 43.9
Footing thickness, t 3m Caquot and Kerisel (Vesic) 56.3 Table of Computed Bearing Capacity Factors - long side failure Contribution to

Footing length, L, or "d", or "s" or "st" sm Meyerhof 88.9 Basic Rigidity Shape Inclination Base Tilt Ground Slope Embedment Groundwater Bearing Capacity
Footing width, B 2.500 m N r s i b g d w
Smooth (s) or rough (r) r SEISMIC - SHORT SIDE q 37.75 1.00 1.73 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.10 0.45 558 kPa
3. Loading Conditions Utimate bearing capacity, quE kPa
Applied load,
Vertical Vertical
Vn Load, P 450 kN Computed Factor of Safety, FS c 5.14 1.00 1.20 0.00 1.00 1.00 1.13 1.00 0 kPa
HB 0 kN Critical acceleration, kh* 0.000 43.90 1.00 0.60 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.45 263 kPa
MB 0 kN.m Would seismic settlement occur? NO 821 kPa
eL 0.000 m Seismic
HL 0 kN q 37.75 kPa
ML 0 kN.m 43.90 kPa
eB 0.000 m kPa
Depth to Groundwater Table, Dw 0 m
Inclination of load to vertical, 0.0
Load inclined along length,L, or width,B B
Inclination of load to longitudinal axis, 0
Base tilt, 0
Ground Slope, 0 Find saturated unit weight from and S longitudial axis
Unit weight of concrete, c 25 1 Gs 2.7
4. Seismic Acc. factors 18.5 kN/m^3
Horiz. Accl. Coeff. kh 0 S 0.7 P
Vertical accl. Coef.kv 0 e 0.68
Friction angle 0 sat 19.7 kN/m^3
5. Target Factor of Safety 3-
3 Find unit weight from w% and S
Computed Factor of Safety - short side, F 12.83 - Gs 2.7
Computed Factor of Safety - long side, F 12.83 Water content 40 % L
Calculated Quantities S 1
Hcrit 3.88 m e 1.08
Volume of concrete in footing 18.8 m^3 sat 17.8 kN/m^3
==> Weight of footing, W 468.8 kN minor axis
Weight of equivalent soil 149.8 kN
Initial effective overburden pressure 8.0 kPa <==at base of footing (effective stress)
Initial total overburden pressure 17.8 kPa <==at B/2 below base of footing (effective stress) B
Representative stress level, qr 18.0 kPa
Rigidity index, Ir 10000.0 -
longitudinal axis
Critical rigidity index, Irc 134.3 - Find unit weight from e and S
Vertical component of load, N 450.0 kN Gs 2.7 P
Horizontal component of load, T 0.0 kN e 0.57
Power for inclination factor, nB 1.500 - S 1
Power for inclination factor, nL 1.500 - 20.4 kN/m^3
Power for inclination factor, n 1.500 - sat 20.4 kN/m^3
Inclination n value to use 1.500

Ultimate net load, Qun 5132.3 kN

Max vertical stress-short side 72.0 kPa Df
Max vertical stress-longside 72.0 kPa
Friction angle 0.628 rad
Inclination of load to vertical, 0 rad
0 rad B
Inclination of load to longitudinal axis,
Base tilt, 0 rad
Ground Slope, 0 rad
Effective width,B' 2.50 m
Effective length,L' 2.50 m
Seismic
Critical acceleration
friction angle (rad) 0.000
(rad) 0.000
(rad) 0.000
a (rad) 0.000
AE 0.000
tan(AE) 0.000
Initial fluidization, kh* 0.000
Depth of failure surface , Hcr 1.97 m

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ELASTIC AND CONSOLIDATION SETTLEMENT
Total settlement 36.7 mm Help
Select units SI
Elastic Settlement
Quantity
Soil Properties Inputs Units
Allowable Vertical Load Qa 250 kN
Elastic Modulus Eu 40000 kPa
Poisson's ratio, u 0.3

Foundation Factors
Shape factor, s 0.45
Neglect embedment factor YES
Neglect side wall factor YES
Embedment Factor, emb 1.00
Side wall Factor, wall 1.00

Foundation Parameters
Footing type Non-circular
Length of circumscribed rectangle, L1 1.6 m
Width of circumscribed rectangle, B1 1.6 m
Embedment Depth, Df 0 m
Footing thickness 0.3 m
Perimeter of Footing 6.4 m

Outputs
Actual area of Base, Ab 2.56 m^2
Actual area of wall in contact with embedded portion of wall, Aw 1.92 m^2
Elastic Settlement, e 3.2 mm
Primary Consolidation Settlement Calculation
Help
Inputs Units
Soil Parameters
Preconsolidation Stress, 'zc 2677.5 kPa
Current Vertical Effective Stress, 'zo 427.4 kPa
Current Void Ratio, eo 0.57
Applied Vertical Stress Increase, z 26.3 kPa
Thickness of Soil Layer, Ho 58 m
Compression index, Cc 0.16
Recompression index, Cr 0.035

Results Outputs Units

Final Vertical Effective Stress, 'fin 453.7 kPa
Overconsolidation Ratio, OCR 6.3
Primary Consolidation Settlement, pc 33.5 mm
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BEARING CAPACITY AND SETTLEMENT OF SHALLOW FOUNDATION USING SPT DATA
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Select units SI No
Eq. 7.62a/FS Eq. 7.69 Help SI
qa 645 1589 kPa US
a 25 mm Cw1 0.5 9.8
Width of footing 2.25 m Cw2 0.5 N value

Depth of footing 0.5 m fs 1.00 Standard

20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Length of footing 2.25 m Ic 0.023 0 US without liners
Groundwater 0 m z1 4.50 m
0.2
FS 3 Ho 1 m
0.4

Depth
Variation in N 1 f1 0.40
Consider groundwater Yes CS 1 0.6
Relative density, Dr 70 Depth/width 0.22 0.8
kPa
1
Sampler Standard
Borehole size,CB 1 1.2
N
Equipment, CE 0.8 1.4 N corrected

Rod length from surface to anvil 1 m

1.6
Is soil above base weaker than below it? No
Correct fully to N1,60 No
Depth Unit weight Rod length Vertical Porewater Vertical Cn Cn N N1,60
correction stress pressure effective stress Calc. use
m kN/m3 CR kPa kPa kPa
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1.5 12 1 18 14.7 5 2.3 2.0 22 44

Avg 22 44
STD #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
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BEARING CAPACITY AND SETTLEMENTOF SHALLOW FOOTINGS USING CPT DATA 1
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Condition 1 Axisymmetric HELP
Settlement -465.4 mm
Influence factor
Bearing capacity 7.2 MPa

0 2 4 6 8 10 12
q 431 kPa cD 0.98 0
Df 1m ct 1.20
D 2m 2

z/B
17 kN/m3 4
net or qnet 397 kPa
B 0.6 m 6 Axisy m
metric
L 0.6 m
8 plane
Icp 0.818645 strain

t 1 yr 10

Layer z z z/B Ico qc (Ico/qc)z qcz

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m m m MPa MPa.m
0
1 0.60 0.60 1.00 0.55 8.80 0.037 5.28
2 4.30 3.70 7.17 -2.82 6.50 -1.605 24.05
3 6.00 1.70 10.00 -4.37 8.00 -0.928 13.60

Sum 6.00 Sum -2.496 42.93