OVERVIEW OF

FOUNDATION DESIGN
USING EUROCODE

By
SYED SALMAN HYDER
 FOUNDATION = FOOTING + PEDESTAL
FOOTING DESIGN
 STABILITY OF FOOTING
 Sliding
 Overturning
 Loss of Contact (Uplift)
 Stress Ratio
 Crack Check (As per Code)
 DESIGN OF FOOTING (Strength)
 Flexure (As per Code)
 Bottom Reinforcement
 Top Reinforcement

 Shear (As per Code)

 One Way (Beam Shear)
 Two Way (Punching Shear)
STABILITY - SLIDING
 Fs = [Fx^2+Fz^2]^0.5
Fy Fz
 Fr = μN

Fx

N
STABILITY - OVERTURNING

Fy Fz

Fx

TOE
STABILITY – LOSS OF CONTACT
STABILITY – STRESS RATIO
 Stress Ratio = q/SBC
Fy Fz

Fx

Base Pressure = q
STABILITY – CRACK CHECK
 Find maximum crack width ‘wmax’ from Tables
4.1, 7.1 and Annexure E
 Read max bar dia and spacing from Tables 7.2N,
7.3N
STRESS BLOCK DIAGRAM AS PER CODE
 Using First Principles
STRAIN DIAGRAM AS PER CODE
 Determine (x/d) ratio for limiting case while
ensuring ductility

Єc

x
d

Єs
FINAL MATHEMATICS
 K = M/(fck*b*d^2)
 K’ = 0.168

 K <= K’

 Lever Arm, z = min{ 0.5d[1+(1-3.53K)^0.5] ,

0.95d}
FLEXURE DESIGN
 Bottom Reinforcement
 Base pressure
 Top Reinforcement
 Soil surcharge
 Base pressure
ONE WAY SHEAR – CRITICAL SECTION
ONE WAY SHEAR
 Applied Shear is increased – Factored Surcharge
 Applied shear = (Shear from base pressure) + (Shear
due to Surcharge)*(av/2d)
 Applied Shear <= VEd,max

av
Surcharge

Base Pressure

 Shear Strength of footing = VRD,c

 Check till av=2d
TWO WAY SHEAR – CRITICAL SECTION
Pedestal not shown for clarity
TWO WAY SHEAR
 VED,red = VED – δVED
 VEd = β*(VED,red)/(Shear Area)
VED (Max pedestal load)

av av

δVED (Upward force due to base pressure)

 Enhanced Shear Strength = VRD*(2d/av)

 Check till av=2d
TWO WAY SHEAR
 β value:
 (u1/u1*)+(k/W)(u1)(e) (for edge columns)
 (u1/u1*) (for corner columns)
 1+(k/W)(u1)(e) (for inner columns)
 W: Area based on push-pull effect on control perimeter
 u1: Basic Control Perimeter

 u1*: Reduced Basic Control Perimeter