BEARING CAPACITY OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS

Terzaghi Method

Date August 29, 2018

Identification Example 6.4

INPUT Terzaghi Results

Units of Measurement
SI SI or E Bearing Capacity
q ult = 598 kPa
Foundation Information qa= 299 kPa
Shape CI SQ, CI, CO, or RE
B= 2 m Allowable Column Load
L= 2 m P= 939 kN
D= 0 m

Soil Information
c= 0 kPa
phi = 40 deg
gamma = 18 kN/m^3
Dw = 0 m

Factor of Safety
F= 2

Terzaghi Computations

Unit conversion 1 aq= 5.388036

gw= 9.8 Nc = 95.66
f (radians) 0.698132 Nq = 81.27
W footing 0 Ng= 121.45 100.19728
g conc 23.6 g'= 8.2
coefficient #1 = 1.3
coefficient #3 = 0.3
s zD' = 0

a c b
E X D
57.8 172.3 0
0 114.5

A C B #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

5.7 9
E X D
5.7 9 2
4 3.3

A C B 1.65 7.35
30 32 34
26.85
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BEARING CAPACITY OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS
Meyerhof Method

Date August 29, 2018

Identification Example 4-2
INPUT
Units of Measurement Meyerhof Results
(Vertical Load)
si SI or E

Bearing Capacity
Foundation Information q ult = 65,446 kPa
Shape CI SQ, CI, CO, or RE qa= 21,815 kPa
B= 4 m
L= 1.00 m Allowable Column Load
D= 0 m P= 274,140 kN

Soil Information
c= 0 kPa
f= 40 deg
g= 123 kN/m^3
Dw = 10 m (Assumed)

Factor of Safety
F= 3

Meyerhof Computations

Unit conversion 1 Nc = 75.31

gw= 9.8 sc = 4.68
f (radians) 0.69813 dc = 1.00
W footing 0 Nq = 64.20
g conc 23.6 sq = 2.84
dq = 1.00
Ng= 93.69
sg = 2.84
dg= 1.00
g' = 123
Kp = 4.59891
B/L = 4
D/B = 0
s zD' = 0