Annex E: Footing on Soil

Project: Bridgetowne STP, Cistern, Park, and Pedestrian Crossing (Hardscape Area
BH-5, 6, 9, 10)
Location: Bridgetowne, Pasig City
Soil Parameters:

layer thickness (m)  2 2 9 50 

unit weight (kN/m^3)  17 17 17 18  *phi reduced by
friction angle (deg)   0.9tan(phi), where 0.9
 24 24 22 24 
c (kPa) or s'c (kPa) SP1 := estimated from Vesic and
GW (0 or 1)  0 0 0 2  Dr = 30%
Modulus (kPa)  0 1 1 1

 
 12000 12000 9000 14000 

Footing Parameters:
T T
Min Width (m), Max Width (m), Footing Depth (m): FP1 := ( 1 3 1 ) FP2 := ( 1 3 1.5 )
Slope angle: α1 := 0deg

Analysis Parameters:
Unit weight of water: γw = 9.81
Maximum settlement: δ1 := 25
Poisson's Ratio: μ = 0.3
Shape Factor: IP = 1
Factor of Safety: FS1 := 2.5
Number of Points: BNum = 40
Influence Depth Factor: IF = 2
Cϕ1 := Cϕplot( SP1 , 500 )

Strength Envelopes
300 q all1 := q all( SP1 , FP1 , IF , B ( FP1) , δ1 , FS1 , α1)

q all2 := q all( SP1 , FP2 , IF , B ( FP2) , δ1 , FS1 , α1)

Shear Stress (kPa)

200

100

0
0 100 200 300 400 500

Effective Normal Stress (kPa)

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 Allowable Bearing and Load Capacity:

Allowable Bearing Capacity w/Settlement

115

110
Allowable Bearing Capacity (kPa)

105

100

95

90
Footing Embedment = 1.0-m
Footing Embedment = 1.5-m
85
1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3

Footing Width (m)

Allowable Load Capacity

3
Footing Embedment = 1.0-m
2.8 Footing Embedment = 1.5-m

2.6

2.4
Footing Width (m)

2.2

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.2

1
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45 0.5 0.55 0.6 0.65 0.7 0.75 0.8 0.85 0.9

Allowable Load Capacity (MN)

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