Spread footings special cases

April 2009

Specific structural & site conditions

Precast structure elements precast footings
Steel columns cast in place reinforced concrete
footings

Wood columns cast in place reinforced concrete

footings
Uneven settlements of spread footings strap beams

Flexible Precast
Individual Footing
Socket
footing

Hp

la

5cm 1

Hp

Hs
2
11
1 .2 l s 3

Hp

50cm 4

Hp

Hp

max 1,2,3,4

thickness of the socket Hf to resist the punching effect

N1cap

As ml Rtb

Af

ls

hf

N2

P N1cap

N2

N2cap

U
hf

hf
hf

bs

hf

2 ls 2 bs 4 hf

15cm

20cm
25cm

.
for one storey building:
for common industrial applications:
for heavy loads in industrial applications:

N2cap U h f Rtb

Aav 0. 8 Ra

pmed Af

1. 5 U h f Rtb

pmed Af

reinforcing the lateral sides

M1
T1
N

Np

Mr

0 .8

M1
T
M
M1
0 .8 H p

a
2

0 .4 M

T1

0. 045 N la , Mc

0. 02 N la

typical reinforcement of the lateral sides

Strap cantilever footing

K gr

10

K st

R1

P1

R2

P2

S1

R1
p lim

e
L gr

P1 e
L gr