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DESIGN OF SQUARE FOOTING (CSA A23.3-04)

TEDDS calculation version 1.0.04
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Column details
Column width along X axis; bcol = 400 mm
Column depth along Y axis; hcol = 400 mm
Footing details
Length of footing along X axis; Lx = 5000 mm
Length of footing along Y axis; Ly = 5000 mm
Thickness of footing; tfoot = 150 mm
Clear cover to reinforcement; cc = 75 mm
Position of column footing; Corner
Material details
Yield strength of reinforcement; fy = 1000 MPa
Compressive strength of concrete; f’c = 62 MPa
Concrete density; c = 24 kN/m3
Factored soil bearing resistance; qsr = 150 kN/m2
Reinforcement details in direction of X axis (CSA A23.3-04, cl. 7.8.1)
Cross sectional area of footing; Ag_x = Ly  tfoot = 750000 mm2
Diameter number of steel bar; 15M
Diameter of steel bar; Dx_bar = 16.0 mm
Spacing of steel bars; sx_bar = 225 mm
Total number of steel bars; Nx_bar = 23
Area of steel provided; Ast_x = 4625 mm2
Reinforcement details in direction of Y axis (CSA A23.3-04, cl. 7.8.1)
Cross sectional area of footing; Ag_y = Lx  tfoot = 750000 mm2
Diameter number of steel bar; 15M
Diameter of steel bar; Dy_bar = 16.0 mm
Spacing of steel bars; sy_bar = 125 mm
Total number of steel bars; Ny_bar = 41
Area of steel provided; Ast_y = 8245 mm2
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Min. req. depth above bottom reinf. (cl. 15.7);
Available depth of above bottom reinf. (cl. 15.7);
FAIL - Provided footing depth above bottom reinforcement is not sufficient
Effective depth of footing along X axis;
Effective depth of footing along Y axis;
Average effective depth;
Loading details
Unfactored dead load acting on column;
Unfactored live load acting on column;
Weight of footing;
Factored axial load on footing (Annex C);
Check for footing size
Area of footing provided;
Area of footing required;
Actual load intensity;
dmin = 150 mm
d = tfoot - cc - Dx_bar = 59 mm
dx = tfoot - cc - (Dx_bar / 2) = 67 mm
dy = tfoot - cc - Dx_bar - (Dy_bar / 2) = 51 mm
dav = (dx + dy) / 2 = 59.0 mm
Pdl = 128.00 kN
Pll = 55.00 kN
Pfoot = c  Lx  Ly  tfoot = 90.00 kN
Pfact_foot = 1.25  (Pdl + Pfoot) + 1.5  Pll = 355.00 kN
Aprov = Lx  Ly = 25000000 mm2
Areq = Pfact_foot / qsr = 2366667 mm2
PASS - Provided area of footing is sufficient
qu = Pfact_foot / Aprov = 14.20 kN/m2

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Check for shear capacity
Resistance factor for concrete (cl. 8.4.2); c = 0.65
Resistance factor for steel (cl. 8.4.3); s = 0.85
Modification factor for concrete density (cl. 8.6.5);  = 1.00
Effective shear depth; dv = max (0.9  d, 0.72  tfoot) = 108 mm
Factor for shear resist. of cracked conc. (cl. 11.3.6);  = 0.210
One way action at distance d from face of column along X axis(CSA A23.3, cl. 11.3.4)
Available shear capacity of concrete along X axis; Vcx = c     min ((f’c  1 MPa), 8 MPa)  Ly  dx = 360.06 kN
Shear at dist d along X axis (area DEFG); Vux = qu  (Lx / 2 - bcol / 2 – dx)  Ly = 158.54 kN
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PASS - Footing is safe in one way action along X axis

One way action at distance d from face of column along Y axis(CSA A23.3, cl. 11.3.4)
Available shear capacity of concrete along Y axis; Vcy = c     min ((f’c  1 MPa), 8 MPa)  Lx  dy = 274.07 kN
Shear at dist d along Y axis (area ABCD); Vuy = qu  (Ly / 2 - hcol / 2 – dy)  Lx = 159.68 kN
PASS - Footing is safe in one way action along Y axis
Two way action at distance d / 2 from face of column (CSA A23.3, cl. 13.3.4)
The area to be considered for of two way shear action is total area of footing less area HIJK
Shear force for two way action; Vu = qu  (Aprov - (bcol + dav)  (hcol + dav)) = 352.01 kN
Perimeter of area HIJK; bo = 2  ((bcol + dav) + (hcol + dav)) = 1836 mm
Ratio of long side to short side of column; c = max (bcol, hcol) / min (bcol, hcol) = 1.00
Constant depending upon position of footing; s = 2
Vn1 = (1 + (2 / c))  0.19  c  min (8MPa, (f’c1MPa))  bo  dav
Vn1 = 316.02 kN
Vn2 = ((s  dav/bo) + 0.19)    c  min (8MPa, (f’c1MPa))  bodav
Vn2 = 140.97 kN
Vn3 = 0.38    c  min (8 MPa, (f’c1 MPa))  bo  dav = 210.68 kN
Available shear strength; Vn = min (Vn1, Vn2, Vn3) = 140.97 kN
FAIL - Footing is unsafe in two way action
Ultimate moments
Factor of depth of comp. stress block (cl. 10.1.7); 1 = max (0.67, 0.97 – 0.0025  f’c / 1 MPa) = 0.82
Ratio of avg stress to conc. strength (cl. 10.1.7); 1 = max (0.67, 0.85 - 0.0015  f’c /1MPa) = 0.76
Ultimate moment at column face about X axis; Mux = qu  Lx  (Ly / 2 - hcol / 2)2 / 2 = 187.79 kNm
Moment resistance factor about X axis; Krx = Mux / (Lx  dy2) / 1 MPa = 14.440
Ultimate moment at column face about Y axis; Muy = qu  Ly  (Lx / 2 - bcol / 2)2 / 2 = 187.79 kNm
Moment resistance factor about Y axis; Kry = Muy / (Ly  dx2) / 1 MPa = 8.367
Distance from face of column to edge along X axis; abx = Lx / 2 - xoff - bcol / 2 = 2300 mm
Clear span to overall depth ratio in X axis(cl.10.7.1);abx / dx = 34.33
No deep beam action along X axis
Distance from face of column to edge along Y axis; aby = Ly / 2 - hcol / 2 = 2300 mm
Clear span to overall depth ratio in Y axis(cl.10.7.1);aby / dy = 45.10
No deep beam action along Y axis
Check for area of steel in direction of X axis
Quadratic equation to find percentage of steel along X axis (CAC concrete design handbook, eq. 2.14)
(s2  fy2)  x2 - (s  fy  2  1  f'c  c)  x + (2  1  f'c  c  Kry) = 0
Ax = s2  (fy / 1 MPa)2) = 722500.00
Bx = - s  fy  2  1  f’c  c / (1 MPa)2) = -51862.07
Cx = (2  1  f’c  c  Kry) / (1 MPa) = 510.50
Root_1 = (Bx2 - 4  Ax  Cx)
Percentage of steel required along X axis; x = (- Bx - (Bx2 - 4  Ax  Cx)) / (2  Ax) = 0.01177
Area of steel required along X axis for bending; Ast_x_bend = x  Ly  dx = 3945 mm2
Minimum area of steel required along X axis; Ast_min_x = 0.002  Ag_x = 1500 mm2
Area of steel required for bending along X axis is greater than minimum required area of steel
Area of steel required along X axis; Ast_x_req = max (Ast_min_x, Ast_x_bend) = 3945 mm2
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Area of steel provided along X axis; Ast_x = 4625 mm2

15M bars provided at 225 mm centres
PASS - Area of steel provided along X axis is sufficient
Minimum allowable strain; ty_all= 0.005
Depth of equivalent rectangular stress block; ax = s  Ast_x  fy / (1  c  f’c  Lx) = 26 mm
Balanced neutral axis depth (X axis); cx = ax / 1 = 0.104
Strain in steel (X axis); ty_x= 0.0035  ((dx - cx) / cx) = 0.004
FAIL - Insufficient ductility at ultimate strength, section is over-reinforced
Check for area of steel in direction of Y axis
Quadratic equation to find percentage of steel along Y axis (CAC concrete design handbook, eq. 2.14)
(s2  fy2)  y2 - (s  fy  2  1  f'c  c)  y + (2  1  f'c  c  Krx) = 0
Ay = s2  (fy / 1 MPa)2) = 722500.00
By = - s  fy  2  1  f’c  c / (1 MPa)2) = -51862.07
Cy = (2  1  f’c  c  Krx) / (1 MPa) = 881.06
Root_2 = (By2 - 4  Ay  Cy)
Percentage of steel required along Y axis; y = (- By - (By2 - 4  Ay  Cy)) / (2  Ay) = 0.02760
Area of steel required along Y axis for bending; Ast_y_bend = y  Lx  dy = 7039 mm2
Minimum area of steel required along Y axis; Ast_min_y = 0.002  Ag_y = 1500 mm2
Area of steel required for bending along Y axis is greater than minimum required area of steel
Area of steel required along Y axis; Ast_y_req = max (Ast_min_y, Ast_y_bend) = 7039 mm2
Area of steel provided along Y axis; Ast_y = 8245 mm2
15M bars provided at 125 mm centres
PASS - Area of steel provided along Y axis is sufficient
Depth of equivalent rectangular stress block; ay = s  Ast_y  fy / (1  c  f’c  Ly) = 46 mm
Balanced neutral axis depth (Y axis); cy = ay / 1 = 0.185
Strain in steel (Y axis); ty_y= 0.0035  ((dy - cy) / cy) = 0.000
FAIL - Insufficient ductility at ultimate strength, section is over-reinforced
Design status
Footing is unsafe