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Bearing Capacity Of Shallow

Foundation: IS: 6403-1981

Dr. Ravi Kant Mittal

BITS Pilani Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
BITS Pilani
Pilani Campus

Further Developments

• Skempton (1951)
• Meyerhof (1953)
• Brinch Hanson (1961)
• De Beer and Ladanyi (1961)
• Meyerhof (1963)
• Brinch Hanson (1970)
• Vesic (1973, 1975)

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IS6403-1981

5.2.3 Method Based on Static Cone Penetration Test — The static

cone point resistance ‘qc’ shall be determined as per IS : 4968
(Part III)-1976† at number of selected points at intervals of 10 to
15 cm. The observed values shall be corrected for the dead weight
of sounding rods. Then the average value at each one of the
location shall be determined between the level of the base of the
footing and the depth equal to 1.5 to 2 times the width of the
footing. The average of the static cone point resistance values shall
be determined for each one of the location and minimum of the
average values shall be used in the design. The ultimate bearing
capacity of shallow strip footings on cohesionless soil deposits shall
be determined from Fig. 2.

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𝑞𝑛𝑢 𝐵 𝐷𝑓
= 1+
𝑞𝐶 14 𝐵
CHART
FOR
STATIC
CONE
TEST-Fig
2 of IS
6403

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AASHTO LRFD BRIDGE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS,

NINTH EDITION, 2020

The nominal bearing resistance, in ksf (=47.88kPa), for footings on

cohesionless soils based on CPT results may be taken as:

qc = average cone tip resistance within a depth range, B, below the

bottom of the footing (ksf)
B = footing width (ft) (1 feet =0.305 m)
Cwq, Cwγ = correction factors to account for the location of the
groundwater table as specified in Table 10.6.3.1.2a-2 (dim)
Df = footing embedment depth taken to the bottom of the footing (ft)

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Robertson and Campanella (1983):

OR

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Kulhawy and Mayne (1990):For Sand

qc and σʹeffective stress in kPa 9

10

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Dr using qc

Jamiolkowski et al. (1985) recommended the following

formula to estimate Dr
where qc and σ'v0 are expressed in t/m2

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Dr using qc

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Kulhawy and Mayne 1991

where QA = 1.2 + 0.05 log(t/100) is an ageing correction factor, t is time (years),

QC is the sand compressibility factor (QC has values of 0.9, 1, and 1.1 for high,
medium, and low compressibility, respectively),
QOCR = OCR0.2 is a factor accounting for the degree of overconsolidation

n=0.5
for sand

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IS6403

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CHART FOR STATIC CONE TEST-IS6403

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BEARING CAPACITY FACTORS FOR LAYERED COHESIVE SOIL

DEPOSITS

• qd = c1 Nc
– where Nc may be
obtained from
Fig.