Bearing Capacity

PROJECT: Trinity River Corridor Project

PROJECT #: 352010
CREATED BY: Mark Kacmarcik/CVO DATE: 03/23/2009__ MODIFIED: ___________
REVIEWED BY: ________________________ DATE: ___________
Given: Soil strength data from geotechnical investigation and laboratory analyses.
Find: Allowable Bearing Capacity for design of shallow footings.
Assumptions: Noted below in calculation.
References: Bowles, J. Foundation Analysis and Design. 5th ed. McGraw Hill. San Francisco, 1996.
pp. 263-266.
Cernica, J. Geotechnical Engineering: Soil Mechanics. Wiley. New York, 1995. pp.
418-420.
Material Properties:
Assume that foundations are constructed in the Upper Clay Unit or Flaggy Zone.
24deg := Effective stress friction angle from results of ICU triaxial tests..
c 0psf := Effective stress cohesion. Conservatively assumed to be 0 psf..

m
120pcf := Moist unit weight..

sat
125pcf := Saturated unit weight.

water
62.4pcf := Unit weight of water.

buoy

sat

water
:=
buoy
62.6 pcf = Buoyant unit weight.
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Footing Geometry:
D
ftg
12ft := Footing depth.

zD
D
ftg

buoy
:= Effective stress at footing depth, assumed GWT at ground surface.
zD
751.2 psf =
B
ftg
10ft := Footing width
L
ftg
100000ft := Footing length, (extremely large for strip footings, set equal to B.ftg for square footings).
0deg := 0 deg = Assume horizontal ground surface.
Vesic's Bearing Capacity Formula:
q
ult
c N
c
s
c
d
c
i
c
b
c
g
c

zD
N
q
s
q
d
q
i
q
b
q
g
q
+ 0.5 B N

+ =
where: s
c
, s
q
, s

= shape factors
d
c
, d
q
, d

= depth factors
i
c
, i
q
, i

= load inclination factors

b
c
, b
q
, b

= base inclination factors

g
c
, g
q
, g

= ground inclination factors

Bearing Capacity Factors:
N
q
e
tan ( )
tan 45 deg

2
+

2
:= N
q
9.603 =
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N
c
5.14 0 = if
N
q
1
tan ( )
otherwise
:= N
c
19.324 =
N

2 N
q
1 +
( )
tan ( ) :=
N

9.442 =
Footing Shape Factors
s
c
1.0
N
q
N
c

B
ftg
L
ftg

+ := s
c
1 =
s
q
1.0
B
ftg
L
ftg

tan ( ) + := s
q
1 =
s

1.0 0.4
B
ftg
L
ftg

:= s

1 =
Depth Factors:
D
ftg
B
ftg
1.2 =
k
D
ftg
B
ftg
D
ftg
B
ftg
1.0 if
atan
D
ftg
B
ftg

otherwise
:= k 0.876 =
d
c
1 0.4 k + := d
c
1.35 =
d
q
1 2 tan ( ) 1 sin ( ) ( )
2
k + := d
q
1.275 =
d

1.00 := for all d

1 =
Inclination Factors:
P 0kip := Component of load that acts perpendicular to bottom of footing.
V 0kip := Component of load that acts parallel to bottom of footing.
A B
ftg
L
ftg
:= Base area of footing
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Indicate direction of load Inclination by enabling appropriate scenario:
Loads inclined in B direction. Loads inclined in L direction
m
2
B
ftg
L
ftg
+
1
B
ftg
L
ftg
+
:= m
2
L
ftg
B
ftg
+
1
L
ftg
B
ftg
+
:=
i
c
1
m V
A c N
c

:= i
c
1 =
i
q
1
V
P
A c
tan ( )
+

m
:= i
q
1 =
i

1
V
P
A c
tan ( )
+

m 1 +
:= i

1 =
Ground Factors:
g
c
1

147deg
:= g
c
1 =
g
q
1 tan ( ) ( )
2
:= g
q
1 =
g

g
q
:= g

1 =
Base Factors:
0deg := Angle of inclination of base of footing.
b
c
1

147deg
:= b
c
1 :=
b
q
1
tan ( )
57deg

2
:= b
q
1 :=
b

b
q
:= b

1 :=
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q
ult
c N
c
s
c
d
c
i
c
b
c
g
c

zD
N
q
s
q
d
q
i
q
b
q
g
q
+ 0.5
buoy
B
ftg
N

+ :=
q
ult
12.15 ksf =
q
allow
q
ult
3
:=
q
allow
4.05 ksf =
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