BEARING CAPACITY OF A SHALLOW FOOTING

THEORETICAL BEARING CAPACITY OF SHALLOWFOUNDATIONS Davis and Booker expressions are the default for Ng
Muni Budhu "Soil Mechanics and Foundations", John Wiley & Sons, NY, 2006 Table of Computed Bearing Capacity Factors - short side failure Contribution to Caquot and Kerisel Meyerhof
Parameter Value Units Basic Rigidity Shape Inclination Base Tilt Ground Slope Embedment Groundwater Bearing Capacity
1. Soil Properties
Undrained Shear strenght, su 0 kPa Help N r s i b g d w
Angle of friction, fp
36 FINAL RESULTS q 37.75 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.06 1.00 1053 kPa
Relative density 75 % SHORT SIDE FAILURE 36.75
Shear modulus, G 0
kPa Ultimate bearing capacity, q ult
3466
kPa c
5.14 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.08 1.00
0 kPa
Bulk unit weight, gb
18 kN/m
3
Net bearing capacity, q u
3439
kPa g
43.90 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
2386 kPa 3061 4829
Saturated unit weight, gs
18 kN/m
3
Computed Factor of Safety, FS 46.0
3439 kPa 4114 5883
2. Proposed Footing Geometry
Depth of embedment, D
1.5
m Nqvalue (rough footing) 37.8
Thickness, T 0 m Table of Computed Bearing Capacity Factors - long side failure Contribution to
Footing length, L , or "d", or "s" st m Ng values (rough footing) Basic Rigidity Shape Inclination Base Tilt Ground Slope Embedment Groundwater Bearing Capacity
Footing width, B 6.600 m Davis and Booker 43.9 N r s i b g d w
Smooth (s) or rough (r) r Caquot and Kerisel (Vesic) 56.3 q 37.75 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.24 1.00 1267 kPa
3. Loading Conditions
Applied Vertical Load, P 535 kN Meyerhof 88.9
HB 0 kN c 5.14 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.32 1.00 0 kPa
MB
0 kNm g 43.90 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 2608 kPa
eL
0.000 m 3874 kPa
HL 0 kN
ML 150 kNm
eB 0.280373832 m
Depth to Groundwater Table, Dw
18 m
Inclination of load to vertical, w 0
Load inclined along length,L, or width,B B
Inclination of load to longitudinal axis, q 0
Base tilt, h 0
Ground Slope, b 0
Unit weight of concrete, gc
25 kN/m
3
5. Target Factor of Safety 3 -
3
Computed Factor of Safety - short side, F 46.03 -
Computed Factor of Safety - long side, F 71.66
Calculated Quantities
Target - Computed Factor of Safety -43.03
Volume of concrete in footing 0.000 m
3
==> Weight of footing, W 0.000 kN
Weight of equivalent soil 0.000 kN
Initial effective overburden pressure, q s
27.000 kPa <==at base of footing (effective stress)
Representative stress level, q r
86.400 kPa <==at B/2 below base of footing (effective stress)
Rigidity index, I r
10000.000 -
Critical rigidity index, I rc
324.884 -
Vertical component of load, N 535.000 kN
Horizontal component of load, T 0.000 kN
Power for inclination factor, n B
2.000 -
Power for inclination factor, n L
2.000 -
Power for inclination factor, n q
2.000 -
Inclination n value to use 2.000
Ultimate bearing capacity, q ult
3439 kPa
Net bearing capacity, q u
3412 kPa
Ultimate net load, Qun
20606.920 kN
Max vertical stress-short side 101.7 kPa
Max vertical stress-longside 81.1 kPa
Friction angle 0.628318531 rad
Inclination of load to vertical, b 0 rad
Inclination of load to longitudinal axis, q 0 rad
Base tilt, a 0 rad
Ground Slope, w 0 rad
Effective width,B' 6.039252336 m
Effective length,L' 1 m
longitudinal axis
minor axis
L
+b
B
P
D
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BEARING CAPACITY OF SHALLOW FOOTINGS USING SPT DATA
Muni Budhu "Foundation Engineering", John Wiley & Sons, NY, 2006
Eq (A)/FS Eq (B) Help
q
a
1033 1102 kPa
r
a
25 C
w1
1
Width of footing 2 m C
w2
0
Depth of footing 0.9 m f
s
1.00
Length of footing 2 m I
c
0.014
Groundwater 5 m z
1
1.70 m
FS 3 Ho 3.3 m
Variation in N 0 f
1
1
Consider ground water No
Depth Unit weight Vertical C
n
C
n
N N
1
effective stress Calc. use
(m) kN/m
3
(kPa)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.6 18.5 11.1 2.9 2.0 25 50
0.9 19 16.8 2.4 2.0 28 56 footing base
1.2 20 22.8 2.0 2.0 33 66
1.5 19 28.5 1.8 1.8 29 53
2.1 19 39.9 1.5 1.5 28 43
2.7 19 51.3 1.4 1.4 29 40
3 20 57.3 1.3 1.3 31 40
3.3 20.5 63.45 1.2 1.2 35 43
4.2 20.5 81.9 1.1 1.1 41 44
Avg 31 48
Eq (A) AASHTO (1998)
Eq (B) Burland and Burbridge (1985)
footing base
f
ult 60 w1 w2
D
q 32N B C C
B

+


a 0.7
s 1 c
q
f f B I
r

No
Yes
BEARING CAPACITY AND SETTLEMENTOF SHALLOW FOOTINGS USING CPT DATA
Muni Budhu "Foundation Engineering", John Wiley & Sons, NY, 2006
Condition 1 Axisymmetric HELP
Settlement 26.3 mm
Bearing capacity 7.7 MPa
q 217 kPa c
D
0.96
D
f
1 m c
t
1.20
g 17 kN/m
3
s
net
200 kPa
B 3 m
L 3 m
I
cp
0.780056
t 1 yr
Layer z Dz z/B I
co
q
c
(I
co
/q
c
)Dz q
c
Dz
m m m MPa MPa.m
0
1 0.20 0.20 0.07 0.19 8.40 0.005 1.68
2 2.90 2.70 0.97 0.54 6.30 0.230 17.01
3 4.60 1.70 1.53 0.24 8.00 0.052 13.60
4 6.00 1.40 2.00 0.00 10.10 0.000 14.14
Sum 0.286 46.43
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
z
/
B

0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
0 0.5 1
Influence factor
Axisymmetric
plane strain
1
2