Design Of Wall Footing

Design of Wall Footing

Design Methods:
1. Bending
2. Factored Upward Pressure
3. Shear Stress
4. Design Moment
5. Steel Area Requirement
6. Main Bars
7. Temperature Bars
 Design of Wall Footing
 
Bending
qnet= Allowable soil pressure – pressure due to wt of soil and concrete

Area=

Factored Upward Pressure:

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Shear stress:
; let x be distance from edge of footing to d distance from wall
 Design of Wall Footing
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Design Moment:

; let x be distance from halfway between the middle and the end
of the wall to the edge of the footing if it supports masonry wall
ELSE face of wall to edge of footing
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Steel Area Requirement:

; value not less than

Spacing Main Bar:

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Temperature Bars:

MPa

Max spacing of temp bars

Example:
A  wall footing is to support a 300 mm wide reinforced concrete wall with a dead load of
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290 kN/m and a live load of 220 kN/m. The bottom of the footing is 1.2m below the
final grade. Assume the soil weighs 15.74 and the allowable soil pressure is 193 kPa, fc’
= 20.7 Mpa, = 415 Mpa. Use 75 mm as steel covering. Concrete weighs 23.5 .
a. Compute the width and depth of footing.
b. Compute the spacing of 22 mm main bars and 12 mm longitudinal temperature and
shrinkage steel.
c. Compute the development length required if
Bar location factor = 1.0
Coating factor = 1.0
Size factor = 1.0
Normal weight concrete = 1.0
Solution:

a.   Effective soil pressure:

Considering m strip of wall:

Ultimate soil pressure:

Considering m strip of wall:

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Total thickness of footing = 500 mm

Width of footing = 3 m
b.  Spacing
 of 22 mm bars:
  

Use
Using
   22 mm

Temp. bars (16 mm

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c.  Required development length:
Available development length:
Ld = 1.5 – 0.075 – 0.15
Ld = 1.275 m = 1275 mm
C = 75 (side cover)

Use
  

Ld = 32.8(22)
Ld = 721.6 mm < 1275 mm ok
Development required = 721.6 mm
Design of Square Footing
 Design of Square Footing

Design Methods:
1. Soil Bearing
2. Factored Upward Pressure
3. Beam Shear
4. Punching Shear
5. Design Moment
6. Steel Reinforcement
 Design of Square Footing
  
Bending

qnet= Allowable soil pressure – pressure due to wt of soil and concrete

Area=

Factored Upward Pressure

 Design of Square Footing
  
Beam Shear
; let x be distance from edge of footing to d distance from wall

Punching Shear
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 
Design Moment

Steel Reinforcement

; value not less than

Example:
A  rectangular
 footing 2.5 m wide along the y –axis, 3 m long along the x – axis,
supports a circular pedestal , 0.45 m in diameter. The horizontal force acting at
the top of the pedestal along the x- axis of the footing is 144 kN. The total axial
load from the pedestal is 1200 kN. Thickness of the footing is 0.70 m, height of
backfill on the top of the footing is 1.5 m, depth of the top of pedestal to the base
of the footing is 2.5 m. Concrete unit weight = 24 . Unit weight of soil =17 .
Compute the max. net soil pressure.
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Example:
A  rectangular
 footing is subjected to the following service loads:
Axial load : DL = 580 kN
LL = 420 kN
Moment about the x-axis:
= 105 kN.m
= 45 kN.m
Moment about the y-axis:
= 140 kN.m
= 110 kN.m
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Height of earth fill above the footing =1.5 m
Soil unit weight = 17 kN/
Concrete unit weight = 24 kN/

a. Calculate the maximum net soil pressure.

b. Calculate the minimum net soil pressure.
c. Calculate the required soil bearing capacity.
Solution:

a.   Maximum net soil pressure.
Solution:

b.   Minimum net soil pressure.

c. Required soil bearing capacity.

Example:
The figure show a spread footing subjected to an axial load and a moment as
indicated. Allowable bearing pressure is 240 kPa. A one third increase in bearing
pressure is allowed for wind and earthquake loads. Neglecting weights of over
burden and concrete. Compute the minimum size of square spread footing with
the given loads and moment.

Load Axial Load (kN) Moment (kN.m)

DL 1350 60
LL 650 20
WIND 650 0
SEISMIC 1118.5 0
Solution:
Minimum
   size of spread footing:
For gravity loads only

Trial and error: L = 3 m

for 
 lateral and gravity loads:

Trial and error: L = 3.2 m

Example:
The figure show a spread footing subjected to an axial load and a moment as
indicated. Allowable bearing pressure is 240 kPa. A one third increase in bearing
pressure is allowed for wind and earthquake loads. Neglecting weights of over
burden and concrete. Compute the minimum size of square spread footing for
combined gravity and seismic load.

Load Axial Load (kN) Moment (kN.m)

DL 2780 70
LL 1670 30
SEISMIC 1037.8 0
Solution:
  
Minimum size of spread footing:
For combined gravity and seismic loads:

Trial and error:

Example:
The figure show a spread footing subjected to an axial load and a moment as
indicated. Allowable bearing pressure is 240 kPa. A one third increase in bearing
pressure is allowed for wind and earthquake loads. Neglecting weights of over
burden and concrete. Compute the minimum size of square spread footing for
combined gravity and wind load.

Load Axial Load (kN) Moment (kN.m)

DL 2000 68
LL 1200 28
SEISMIC 1463 200
Solution:
  
Minimum size of spread footing:
For combined gravity and seismic loads:

Trial and error: