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    Shallow Foundations: Ultimate Bearing Capacity

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    This document discusses methods for calculating the ultimate bearing capacity of foundations under eccentric loading conditions. It covers the effective area method proposed by Meyerhoff, which determines the effective foundation width and calculates capacity based on that. It also discusses the Prakash and Saran theory, which models the failure surface and calculates capacity based on a factor incorporating load eccentricity. Formulas are provided for calculating ultimate load, average load per unit area, and factor of safety against bearing capacity failure for one-way eccentric loading of continuous foundations.

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    This document discusses methods for calculating the ultimate bearing capacity of foundations under eccentric loading conditions. It covers the effective area method proposed by Meyerhoff, which determines the effective foundation width and calculates capacity based on that. It also discusses the Prakash and Saran theory, which models the failure surface and calculates capacity based on a factor incorporating load eccentricity. Formulas are provided for calculating ultimate load, average load per unit area, and factor of safety against bearing capacity failure for one-way eccentric loading of continuous foundations.

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    This document discusses methods for calculating the ultimate bearing capacity of foundations under eccentric loading conditions. It covers the effective area method proposed by Meyerhoff, which determines the effective foundation width and calculates capacity based on that. It also discusses the Prakash and Saran theory, which models the failure surface and calculates capacity based on a factor incorporating load eccentricity. Formulas are provided for calculating ultimate load, average load per unit area, and factor of safety against bearing capacity failure for one-way eccentric loading of continuous foundations.

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    Shallow Foundations: Ultimate Bearing Capacity

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    This document discusses methods for calculating the ultimate bearing capacity of foundations under eccentric loading conditions. It covers the effective area method proposed by Meyerhoff, which determines the effective foundation width and calculates capacity based on that. It also discusses the Prakash and Saran theory, which models the failure surface and calculates capacity based on a factor incorporating load eccentricity. Formulas are provided for calculating ultimate load, average load per unit area, and factor of safety against bearing capacity failure for one-way eccentric loading of continuous foundations.

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    Ajloun National University

    Civil Engineering Department


    Geotechnical Engineering
    Lecturer: Eng. Hadeel N. Alzghool

    Shallow Foundations: Ultimate Bearing Capacity

    Part 2

    Summer semester, 2020

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    4.10 Eccentrically Loaded Foundations
    ■ In several instances, as with the base of
    a retaining wall, foundations are
    subjected to moments in addition to the
    vertical load.

    ■ In such cases, the distribution of


    pressure by the foundation on the soil is
    not uniform.

    2
    4.10 Eccentrically Loaded Foundations
    ■ The nominal distribution of pressure is:

    ■ Figure 4.17b shows a force system


    equivalent to that shown in Figure 4.17a.
    The distance (e) is the load eccentricity.

    3
    4.10 Eccentrically Loaded Foundations
    ■ Substituting Eq. (4.46) into Eqs. (4.44) and (4.45)
    gives:
    ■ If e < B/6

    ■ Note that, in these equations, when the eccentricity e


    becomes B/6, qmin is zero.

    4
    4.10 Eccentrically Loaded Foundations
    ■ If e > B/6, qmin will be negative.
    which means that tension will develop. Because soil
    cannot take any tension, there will then be a separation
    between the foundation and the soil underlying it.

    The nature of the pressure distribution on the soil will be


    as shown in Figure 4.17a.
    ■ The value of qmax is then:

    5
    4.10 Eccentrically Loaded Foundations
    ■ Figure 4.18 shows the nature of failure surface in soil for a surface strip foundation subjected
    to an eccentric load.

    ■ The factor of safety for such type of loading against bearing capacity failure can be evaluated
    as:

    6
    4.11 Ultimate Bearing Capacity under Eccentric
    Loading—One-Way Eccentricity
    Effective Area Method (Meyerhoff, 1953)
    The following is a step-by-step procedure for
    determining the ultimate load that the soil
    can support and the factor of safety against
    bearing capacity failure:
    ■ Determine the effective dimensions of
    the foundation (Figure 4.19a)

    7
    4.11 Ultimate Bearing Capacity under Eccentric
    Loading—One-Way Eccentricity
    Effective Area Method (Meyerhoff, 1953)
    ■ Use Eq. (4.26) for the ultimate bearing
    capacity:

    8
    4.11 Ultimate Bearing Capacity under Eccentric
    Loading—One-Way Eccentricity
    Effective Area Method (Meyerhoff, 1953)
    ■ The total ultimate load that the
    foundation can sustain is:

    ■ The factor of safety against bearing


    capacity failure is:

    9
    4.11 Ultimate Bearing Capacity under Eccentric
    Loading—One-Way Eccentricity
    Effective Area Method (Meyerhoff, 1953)
    It is important to note that qu is the ultimate bearing
    capacity of a foundation of width B’= B - 2e
    with a centric load (Figure 4.19a).
    ■ However, the actual distribution of soil reaction at
    ultimate load will be of the type shown in Figure
    4.19b. In Figure 4.19b,
    ■ qu(e) is the average load per unit area of the
    foundation:

    10
    4.11 Ultimate Bearing Capacity under Eccentric
    Loading—One-Way Eccentricity
    Effective Area Method (Meyerhoff, 1953)

    11
    4.11 Ultimate Bearing Capacity under Eccentric
    Loading—One-Way Eccentricity
    Prakash and Saran Theory
    ■ Prakash and Saran (1971) analyzed the problem of
    ultimate bearing capacity of eccentricallyand vertically
    loaded continuous (strip) foundations by using the
    one-sided failure Surface in soil, as shown in Figure
    4.18.
    ■ According to this theory, the ultimate load per unit
    length of a continuous foundation can be estimated as:

    12
    4.11 Ultimate Bearing Capacity under Eccentric
    Loading—One-Way Eccentricity
    Prakash and Saran Theory

    13
    4.11 Ultimate Bearing Capacity under Eccentric
    Loading—One-Way Eccentricity
    Prakash and Saran Theory

    14
    4.11 Ultimate Bearing Capacity under Eccentric
    Loading—One-Way Eccentricity
    Prakash and Saran Theory

    15
    4.11 Ultimate Bearing Capacity under Eccentric
    Loading—One-Way Eccentricity
    Prakash and Saran Theory
    ■ According to this theory, For rectangular foundations,
    the ultimate load can be given as:

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    4.11 Ultimate Bearing Capacity under Eccentric
    Loading—One-Way Eccentricity
    Prakash and Saran Theory

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