CALCULATION OF SBC OF A SQUARE FOOT

(General sh
Enter Values in Yellow Cells
Sl No Item Value Unit
1 Width of the Square footing (B) 2.00 m
2 Depth of Footing (Df) 1.00 m
Net ultimate bearing capacity based on general shear qd = C*Nc*Sc*dc*i
3
failure is given by  0.5*γ1*B*Nγ*sγ*dγ*
Height of ground water table above the footing base level
4 0 m
(dw)

5 Water table factor (Rw) 1

6 Depth of water table below the footing base level (dw') 20 m

7 Water table factor (Rw') 1

8 Effective unit weight of soil above footing level (γ 0) 18 kN/m3
9 Effective overburden pressure at footing level (q 0) 18 kN/m2
10 Effective unit weight of soil below footing level (γ1) 18 kN/m3
Cohesion of Soil (C) 10 kN/m2
11 Angle of internal friction of soil (Φ) 25 Degrees

12 Bearing capacity factor (Nq) 10.66

Bearing capacity factor (Nc) 20.72
13 Bearing capacity factor (Nγ) 10.87
Shape factor for a square footing (sc) 1.2
14 Shape factor for a square footing (sq) 1.2
15 Shape factor for a square footing (sγ) 0.8

16 Depth factors  (dq = dγ) 1.08

Depth factor  (dc) 1.16

17 Inclination factors (ic, iq and iγ) 1

18 Net ultimate bearing capacity (qnu) 683 kN/m2

19 Factor of Safety adopted (FS) 3
20 Net Safe Bearing Capacity (qns ) 228 kN/m2
21 Safe Bearing Capacity (qsafe ) 246 kN/m2
TING WITH VERTICAL LOADING IN C‐Φ SOIL
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Formula/ Equation Used Remarks/ Reference

c + q0*( Nq ‐ 1 )* Sq*dq*iq*Rw +
 Adapted from Clause 5.1.2 of IS 6403 : 1981
*iγ* Rw' 
Use "0", if the GWT level is at or below the
base of the footing

(1‐0.5dw/Df), if the water table is within GL

and base of the footing, and 1, if the water
table is below the base of the footing.

Use "0", if the GWT level is at or above the

base of the footing

(0.5+0.5dw'/B), if the water table is within a

depth of B below the footing, and 1, if the Clause 5.1.2.4 of IS 6403 : 1981
depth of the water table is more than B.
Use Saturated Unit Weight , if the soil is
submerged
γ0 * Df
Use Saturated Unit Weight , if the soil is
submerged

Use "0" for purely cohesive soils
Table 1. of IS 6403 : 1981 [the values of
e(πtanΦ)  tan2(45+Φ/2) which are computed from the equation of
Vesic (1974) as given in the left side cell]
(Nq‐1)*Cot(Φ) Ditto
2(Nq+1)*tan (Φ) Ditto
Table 2 (iii) of IS 6403 : 1981
Ditto
Ditto
1, for Φ<10 and [1+0.1*Df/B*tan(45+Φ/2)],
Clause 5.1.2.2 of IS 6403 : 1981
for Φ>10
1+0.2*Df/B*tan(45+Φ/2) Ditto
Clause 5.1.2.3 of IS 6403 : 1981, for vertical
loads [ie,  α = 0]
Formula @ Sl No.3
qnu/FS 
qnu/FS + γ0 Df