BEARING CAPACITY OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS

Terzaghi and Vesic Methods

Date October 29, 2014
Identification Example 6.4
Input Results
Units of Measurement Terzaghi
E SI or E Bearing Capacity
q ult = 15,147 lb/ft^2
Foundation Information q a = 5,049 lb/ft^2
Shape SQ SQ, CI, CO, or RE
B = 9.89 ft Allowable Column Load
L = ft P = 494 k
D = 3 ft
Soil Information
c = 2000 lb/ft^2
phi = 0 deg
gamma = 109 lb/ft^3
Dw = 4 ft
Factor of Safety
F = 3
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Unit conversion 1000
Gamma w = 62.4
phi (radians) 0
Terzaghi Computations
a theta = 1
Vesic Nc = 5.70
Nq = 1.00
14,097 lb/ft^2 N gamma = 0.00
4,699 lb/ft^2 gamma' = 52.9094
coefficient #1 = 1.3
coefficient #3 = 0.4
460 k sigma zD' = 327
Vesic Computation
Nc = 5.14
sc = 1.19
dc = 1.12
Nq = 1.00
sq = 1.00
dq = 1.00
N gamma = 0.00
s gamma = 0.60
d gamma = 1.00
B/L = 1
k = 0.303337
W sub f 0