FOOTING FAILURE

12/9/2015
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Footing failures are classified into three category:

General Shear failure

Punching failure

Local shear failure

General Shear failure :

A general shear failure involves total rupture of the unde
shear failure of the soil (solid lines) from below the footing
load is plotted versus settlement of the footing, there is a d
fails, and this is designated Qu. The value of Qu divided by
footing is considered to be the ultimate bearing capacity (q
The ultimate bearing capacity has been defined as the be
catastrophic failure of the foundation. Its failure ruptures an
of the footing.
For actual failures in the field, the soil is often pushed up o
subsequent tilting of the structure. A general shear failure o
or hard state.

general shear failure

Punching

Shear

A punching shear failure does not develop the distinct shear surfaces associa
shear, the soil outside the loaded area remains relatively uninvolved and there
the footing. The process of deformation of the footing involves compression o
vertical shearing of soil around the footing perimeter.
The load settlement curve does not have a dramatic break, and for punching
the first major nonlinearity in the load-settlement curve. A punching shear failu
state.

punching shear failure

Local

Shear

Local shear failure involves rupture of the soil only immediate

bulging on both sides of the footing, but the bulging is not as si
shear failure can be considered as a transitional phase betw
shear. Because of the transitional nature of local shear failu
defined as the first major nonlinearity in the load-settlement
settlement rapidly increases. A local shear failure occurs for so
firm

local shear failure