UNF PROJECT

CALCULATION SHEET

DESIGN OF BLOCK FOUNDATION

1 DIMENSION DATA
xg

le
H

he
Q

zg

h
d1
d2

z
L

d3

B
L
he
be
le
xg
zg
d1
d2
d3
h

=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

5.00
12.00
4.00
4.00
12.00
0.30
0.20
0.40
0.40
0.40
3.00

m
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
m

kN

, footing width
, footing length
, height of equipment
, width of equipment
, length of equipment

Rubble/LeanConcrete
1. DESIGN LOAD
1) EQUIPMENT LOADING DATA
Empty Weight (Qe)
= 400.0 KN
Operation Weight (Qo)
= 700.0 KN

4) SEISMIC CALCULATION
Seismic Point
=
Maximum Seismic Coefficien=
Equipment Seismic Force, H=

0.90
0.30
210

2) WEIGHT OF STRUCTURAL PROPER

Soil (s)
= 18.0 KN/m3
Reinforced concrete (rc)
= 23.5 KN/m3
Plain concrete (pc)
= 22.0 KN/m3
Ground water (w)
= 10.0 KN/m3
*) assumed ground water level GL-0.0m shall be considered on design

5) WIND CALCULATION
Wind Pressure (Wo)
=
Height Factor (K)
=
Aerodynamic Factor
=
Height of Scaffolding
=
Equipment Wind Force (Hw)=

380
0.60
2.1
4.6
32

3) LOAD COMBINATION
For soil bearing capacity & stability check
Components A
B
C
D
FDN Weight 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
1.0
Empty
Operation
1.0 1.0
1.0
Wind
1.0 1.0
Earthquake
0.7
*) see to 6464 C200-00100 Engineering Standard for
Civil & Buildings

6) FOUNDATION WEIGHT
Footing Weight (Wf)
=
Rubble Concrete (Wrc)
=

1128
564

kN
kN

7) BOUYANT FORCE
Bouyant Force (Bf)

480

kN

2. SOIL BEARING CHECK

3.1 ALLOWABLE BEARING CAPACITY
For fixed load
Qaf = 150.0 kN/m2
For combined load
Qac = 225.0 kN/m2

3. SLIDING CHECK

Pa

m
kN

Hw < 0.7He, L/C B is neglective

: Friction coefficient = 0.5

F
: Actual safety ratio
N
: Wf + Qo - Bf
Due to Load Case C:
N
0.5 x 1048.00
F =
=
= 16.38 > 1.25 OK
32.0
Hw
3.2 ACTUAL BEARING PRESSURE
qmax : P/Af + Mx/Sfx + Mz/Sfz, Maximum soil reaction, kN/m2
Due to Load Case D:
qmin : P/Af - Mx/Sfx - Mz/Sfz, Minimum soil reaction, kN/m2
0.5 x 1348.00
N
> 1.25 OK
=
= 4.59
F =
0.7*He
147.0
P
: Q + Wf + Wrc, Total Vertical Load, kN
Mx
: H * (h + d1 + d2 + d3) + Q * zg , Total Moment about X-Axis, kN-m
Mz
: Q * xg , Total Moment about Z-Axis, kN-m
4. OVERTURNING CHECK
MR : Resisting moment
60 m2, B * L, Area of Footing
Af
:
50 m3, (L * B2) / 6, Section Modulus of Footing about X-Axis MO : Overturning moment
Sfx :
120 m3, (H * L2) / 6, Section Modulus of Footing about Z-Axis N : Wf + Qo - Bf
Sfz :
Due to Load Case C:
B
5.00
Ratio Judge
CASE P (kN) Mx (kN) Mz (kN) qmax qmin
MR = N
= 1048.0
x
= 2620.0 kNm
0.27
OK!
2392
0
0
2
2
A
40
40
0.18
OK!
2092
28
C
249
210
42
Mo = 121.6
kNm
OK!
0.24
640
D
2392
210
54
25
MR
2620.0
6 RE-BAR ARRANGEMENT
=
= 21.55 > 1.25 OK
F
=
Moe
121.6
This foundation is a block foundation.
So, re-bar requirement is only shrinkage requirement.BS 8110-1 3.12.11. Due to Load Case D:
B
5.00
Total reinforcement area is more than 0.25% of the concrete gross area.
MR = N
= 1348.0
x
= 3370.0 kNm
D16 @ 250
2
2
Top Bar
D16 @ 250
Bottom Bar
Mo = 558.6
kNm
Ast
= 804.25 mm2
MR
Asb = 804.25 mm2
3370.0
> 1.25 OK
F
=
= 6.03
=
Moe
Ast + Asb 0.0025Ac
558.6
<
2000 NG
804
+ 804
= 1608