Design of Spread Footing

Design of a Spread Footing

Ref: PCI notes section 15, (pg 1131)

1) Inputs
Dead load=
1941
Kips
Live load=
927
Kips
surcharge=
0.1
ksf
Assume average weight of soil and
concrete above footing base=
Allowable soil pressure at bottom of fooring=
Column Dimensions=
fc'=
Sqrt(fc')=
Assume
footing thickness=
Cover=
, Shear=
s=
fy=
2) Determination of Base Area

40

20

5000
70.7

psi

59
5
0.75
40
60000

in
in

100
9.21

pcf
ksf

in
min=
rebar dia
Side cover

0.0018
1 in
3 in

psi

Base area is determined using service (unfactored) loads with net permissible soil pressure
Net allowable soil pressure=
8.46 ksf
(find out why 0.75 has been subtracted)
Required base area of footing=
339.0 ft2
use
18 X 18
ft square footing
Area of footing, Af=
324 ft2
3) Factored loads and soil reaction:
Pu=
Load intensity, qs=

3812.4 Kips
11.8 ksf

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Date: Jan 10 2015

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4) Depth of Footing
Footing depth is determined based in shear strength without shear reinforcement.Both wide-beam action and two-way action
for strength computation need to be investigated
Footing effective thickness, d=
a) Wide Beam Action
bw for beam action=
Tributary area=
Shear force, Vu=
Shear Capacity, Vn=
DC Ratio=

4.5 ft
18 ft2
21.0 ft2
247.1 Kips
1237.2 Kips
0.20 OK

b) Two-way Action
Tributary area for two way action=
Perimeter of Critical Section, bo=
Shear Force, Vu=
=

Vn=
DC Ratio=

275.7 ft2
336 in
3244.0 Kips
2.0

1282974.5

4.0

8.4
3849 Kips
0.84 OK

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5) Design for Footing Reinforcement

Rebar fy=
60000 psi
qs=
11.8 ksf
Footing length=
18 ft
a) Critical section for moments is at face of column
Critical section location=
8.166666667 ft
Mu=
7063 kip-ft
=
0.9
b) Compute Required As assuming tension-controlled section (=0.9)
Required Rn=
150 Psi
=
d=

0.0025
54 in

(gross area)=

0.0023

c) Check Minimum As required for footings of uniform thickness; for Grade 60

min=
(gross area) > min
d) Required area of Steel, As
As=
One Rebar dia=
One Rebar area=
No. of rebar required =
Total Area=

0.0018 (from 7.12.2.1)

0.78 OK

29.6 in2
1 in
0.79 in2
38 nos
29.8 in2

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e) Check Maximum rebar spacing

Concrete side cover=
Actual spacing=
Maximum limit of rebar spacing=
Maximum spacing limit is

3 in
5.6
18 in
OK

Ref: 15.10.4

Note: lesser amount of reinforcement is required in the perpendicular direction due to lesser Mu, but for ease uniform
reinforcement will be provided.

f) Check Net Tensile Strain

Depth of compression block, a=
Neutral Axis Depth, c=
Footing depth,d=
tensile strain, t=
Minimum tensile streain (10.3.5)=

1.95
2.29
54 in
0.0676
0.004

OK
Since the actual tensile strain is more than the minimum required
the section is tension-controlled and initial assumption is valid.
g) Check the development reinforcement
The critical section for development is the same as that for moment

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ate: Jan 10 2015

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