GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 2

WALL FOOTING

ENGR. BARTHOLOMEW ATOM BACON

Definition
Wall footing is
simply an
enlargement of the
bottom of a wall
that will
sufficiently
distribute the load
to the foundation
soil (McCormac &
Brown, 2014).
Sample Problem 01
Design a wall footing to support a
300-mm-wide reinforced concrete
wall with a dead load DL=290 kN/m
and a live load LL=220 kN/m. The
bottom of the footing is to be 1.20
m below the final grade, the soil
weighs 15.7 kN/m3, the allowable
soil pressure qa, is 190 kPa. fy=415
MPa and fc=20.7 MPa.
Sample Problem 01 - Answer
STEP 1
Footing Thickness = 500 mm
Footing Width = 3.05 m
qult = 229.508 kPa
STEP 2
Vu = 220.901 kN
Vn = 239.287 kN
STEP 3
Mu = 216.957 kN-m
Main bars spacing = 325 mm
No. of temp bars = 14-16 mm dia.
STEP 4
ld = 592.301 mm
Sample Problem 01
Sample Problem 02
A wall footing 3 m wide and 550 mm thick supports
a 600-mm thick bearing wall. The footing is
provided with 25-mm diameter straight bottom bars.
The clear protective covering is 75 mm. Use fc=21
MPa and fy=345 MPa.
a) Which of the following most nearly gives the
required development length in mm?
b) Which of the following most nearly gives the
furnished development length in mm?
c) If the required area of flexural reinforcement per
meter length of wall is 2840 mm2, which of the
following most nearly gives the required spacing of
bars in mm?
Sample Problem 02 - Answer
a) ld = 488.865 mm
b) ld furnished = 1125 mm
c) Spacing = 150 mm
References:
Wight J. K, & MacGregor J. G.
(2012). Reinforced Concrete
Mechanics & Design 6th Edition.
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey:
Pearson Education, Inc.
McCormac, J. C., & Brown, R. H.
(2014). Design of Reinforced
Concrete 9th Edition. New Jersey:
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.