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Shallow Founda, Ons: Dr. Ali Sobhanmanesh
Shallow Founda, Ons: Dr. Ali Sobhanmanesh
Design [EV402]
Shallow
Founda,ons
Effect
of
Soil
Compressibility
Eccentrically
Loaded
Founda9ons
Dr.
Ali
Sobhanmanesh
Contents
Ø Effect
of
Soil
Compressibility
on
Bearing
Capacity
Ø Eccentrically
Loaded
Founda,ons
Ø Ul,mate
Bearing
Capacity
under
Eccentric
Loading:
• One-‐way
eccentricity:
– Effec,ve
Area
Method
(Meyerhoff,
1953)
–
Prakash
and
Saran
Theory
–
Reduc,on
Factor
Method
(For
Granular
Soil)
• Two-‐way
eccentricity
• Inclined
eccentricity
Effect
of
Soil
Compressibility
•
The
change
of
failure
mode
is
due
to
soil
compressibility,
to
account
for
which
Vesic
(1973)
proposed
the
following
modifica,on
equa,on:
3
Effect
of
Soil
Compressibility
Step
2.
The
cri,cal
rigidity
index,
Ir(Cr)
can
be
expressed
as
The varia,ons of , Ir(Cr) with B/L are given in Table.
For φ = 0:
5
Effect
of
Soil
Compressibility
Example
7
Eccentricity
Load
• In
several
instances,
founda,ons
are
subjected
to
moments
in
addi,on
to
the
ver,cal
load
• The
distribu,on
of
pressure
by
the
founda,on
on
the
soil
is
not
uniform.
e < B/6 :
e
>
B/6
à
qmin
<
0
(nega,ve)
à
tension
will
develop
As
the
soil
cannot
take
any
tension,
there
will
then
be
a
separa,on
between
the
founda,on
and
the
soil
underlying
it.
Considera,on
of
eccentric
load
:
B’
=
B
-‐2eB
L’
=
L
–
2eL
Note:
If
the
load
acts
at
the
center
of
the
founda,on,
B’
=
B
and
L’
=
L.
eB
>
B/6
or
eL
>
L/6,
then
tension
develop.
Since
tensile
strength
of
soil
is
approximately
zero,
part
of
the
foo,ng
will
not
transmit
loads
to
soil.
You
should
design
the
foo9ng
eB
<
B/6
and
eL
<
L/6
Q
L
eL
B
eB
10
Ul9mate
Bearing
Capacity
under
Eccentric
Loading
One-‐Way
Eccentricity
Effec+ve
Area
Method
(Meyerhoff,
1953)
Step
1.
Determine
the
effec,ve
dimensions
of
the
founda,on
(Figure
1b):
B’
=
effec,ve
width
=
B
-‐
2e,
L’
=
effec,ve
length
=
L
Note:
if
the
eccentricity
were
in
the
direc,on
of
the
length
of
the
founda,on,
the
value
of
L’
would
be
equal
to
L
-‐
2e.
The
value
of
B’
would
equal
B.
The
smaller
of
the
two
dimensions
(i.e.,
L’
and
B’)
is
the
effec,ve
width.
• To
evaluate
shape
factors,
use
effec,ve
dimensions
(L’
and
B’)
instead
of
L
and
B
• To
evaluate
depth
factors,
do
not
replace
B
with
B’
(Use
B)
Step 3. The total ul,mate load that the founda,on can sustain is
Step
4.
The
factor
of
safety
against
bearing
capacity
failure
is
Prakash
and
Saran
Theory
The
ul,mate
load
per
unit
length
of
a
con,nuous
founda,on
can
be
es,mated
as
For
rectangular
founda,ons,
the
ul,mate
load
can
be
given
as:
Prakash
and
Saran
Theory
Prakash
and
Saran
Theory
Reduc9on
Factor
Method
(For
Granular
Soil)
Purkayastha
and
Char
(1977)
carried
out
stability
analysis
of
eccentrically
loaded
con,nuous
founda,ons
supported
by
a
layer
of
sand.
a
and
k
are
func,ons
of
the
embedment
ra,o
Df
/B
(calculate
from
Table)
Reduc9on
Factor
Method
The
ul,mate
load
per
unit
length
of
the
founda,on
can
then
be
given
as
B = 2 m