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    Bearing capacity refers to the maximum pressure that can be applied to soil by a foundation. There are two types: allowable bearing capacity, which ensures safety against shear failure and acceptable settlement; and ultimate bearing capacity, the minimum pressure that would cause shear failure. Ultimate bearing capacity is calculated using factors that account for soil properties like cohesion and friction angle, foundation geometry, and shape. Two common methods are by Terzaghi, Brinch Hansen, and Meyerhof. For a given soil and foundation example, the document calculates ultimate and net bearing capacities using different methods, and divides the net capacity by a safety factor of 3 to determine the allowable/net admissible pressure.

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    Bearing capacity refers to the maximum pressure that can be applied to soil by a foundation. There are two types: allowable bearing capacity, which ensures safety against shear failure and acceptable settlement; and ultimate bearing capacity, the minimum pressure that would cause shear failure. Ultimate bearing capacity is calculated using factors that account for soil properties like cohesion and friction angle, foundation geometry, and shape. Two common methods are by Terzaghi, Brinch Hansen, and Meyerhof. For a given soil and foundation example, the document calculates ultimate and net bearing capacities using different methods, and divides the net capacity by a safety factor of 3 to determine the allowable/net admissible pressure.

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    Bearing capacity refers to the maximum pressure that can be applied to soil by a foundation. There are two types: allowable bearing capacity, which ensures safety against shear failure and acceptable settlement; and ultimate bearing capacity, the minimum pressure that would cause shear failure. Ultimate bearing capacity is calculated using factors that account for soil properties like cohesion and friction angle, foundation geometry, and shape. Two common methods are by Terzaghi, Brinch Hansen, and Meyerhof. For a given soil and foundation example, the document calculates ultimate and net bearing capacities using different methods, and divides the net capacity by a safety factor of 3 to determine the allowable/net admissible pressure.

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    Bearing capacity of shallow foundation

    Geotechdata.info, A. Koliji www.geotechdata.info Last update: March 2015

    Allowable bearing capacity: The maximum pressure that can be applied to the soil from the foundation so that the
    two requirements are satisfied:
    i. Acceptable safety factor against shear failure below the foundation
    ii. Acceptable total and differential settelement

    Ultimate bearing capacity: The minimum pressure that would cause the shear failure of the supporting soil
    immediately below and adjacent to the foundation.

    Utimate bearing capacity according to Terzaghi


    Ultimate bearing capacity
    Net ultimate bearing capacity

    Soil Properties
    Cohesion C [kPa] 1 Project information
    Friction angle Phi [°] 35 Projetc
    Specific weight gamma [kN/m3] 22 Date

    Foundation information
    Width of foundation B [m] 25
    Length of foundation L [m] 20
    Depth of foundation D [m] 1

    Bearing capacity factors


    Surcharge contribution Nq [-] 33.30
    Cohesion contribution Nc [-] 46.12
    self-weight contribution Ng [-] 40.71 (Brinch Hansen)
    [-] 37.15 (Meyerhof)
    Shape factors (rectangular)
    Shape factor sq [-] 1.00
    Shape factor sc [-] 1.20
    Shape factor sg [-] 0.75 (Terzaghi and Peck)

    Ultimate bearing capacity


    Strip footing qf kPa 10996 11973
    (Meyerhof) (Brinch Hansen)
    Rectangular footing qf kPa 8451 9183

    Net ultimate bearing capacity


    Strip footing qfn kPa 10974 11951
    (Meyerhof) (Brinch Hansen)
    Rectangular footing qfn kPa 8429 9161

    Safety factor SF [-] 3

    Net admissible pressure


    Strip footing qn kPa 3680 4006
    (Meyerhof) (Brinch Hansen)
    Rectangular footing qn kPa 2832 3076

    REFERENCES:
    Tezaghi, K. (1943): Theoretical soil mechanics, John Wiley and sons, New York
    Hansen, J. B. (1968): A revised extended formula for bearing capacity. Danish Geotechnical Institute Bulletin, No. 28
    Meyerhof, G. G. (1963). Some recent research on the bearing capacity of foundations. Canadian geotechnical journal Vol. 1 No. 1
    Terzaghi, K. and Peck, R. B. (1967): Soil mechanics in engineerin practice (2nd ed). John Wiley and Sons, New York

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