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BEARING CAPACITY OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS

Terzaghi and Vesic Methods

Date June 27, 2017


Identification Example 6.4

Input Results
Units of Measurement Terzaghi
SI SI or E Bearing Capacity
q ult = 15,038 kPa
Foundation Information qa= 5,013 kPa
Shape SQ SQ, CI, CO, or RE
B= 4 m Allowable Column Load
L= 5 m P= 80,203 kN
D= 2 m

Soil Information
c= 2000 kPa
phi = 0 deg
gamma = 109 kN/m^3
Dw = 4 m

Factor of Safety
F= 3

Copyright 2000 by Donald P. Coduto


Unit conve 1

Gamma w 9.8
phi (radian 0

Terzaghi Computations
a theta = 1
Vesic Nc = 5.70
Nq = 1.00
14,954 kPa N gamma 0.00
4,985 kPa gamma' = 104.1
coefficient 1.3
coefficient 0.4
79,755 kN sigma zD' 218

Vesic Computation
Nc = 5.14
sc = 1.19
dc = 1.20
Nq = 1.00
sq = 1.00
dq = 1.00
N gamma 0.00
s gamma = 0.60
d gamma = 1.00
B/L = 1
k= 0.5

W sub f 0

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