BEARING CAPACITY OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS

Terzaghi Method

Date December 15, 2017

Identification Example 6.4

INPUT Terzaghi Results

Units of Measurement
SI SI or E Bearing Capacity
q ult = 2,433 kPa
Foundation Information qa= 608 kPa
Shape SQ SQ, CI, CO, or RE
B= 2 m Allowable Column Load
L= 2 m P= 2,244 kN
D= 2 m

Soil Information
c= 40 kPa
phi = 30 deg
gamma = 18 kN/m^3
Dw = 0 m

Factor of Safety
F= 4

Terzaghi Computations

Unit conversion 1 aq= 3.350802

gw= 9.8 Nc = 37.16
f (radians) 0.523599 Nq = 22.46
W footing 189 Ng= 20.12
g conc 23.6 g'= 8.2
coefficient #1 = 1.3
coefficient #3 = 0.4
s zD' = 16.4
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BEARING CAPACITY OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS
Meyerhof Method

Date December 15, 2017

Identification Example 4-2
INPUT
Units of Measurement Meyerhof Results
(Vertical Load)
E SI or E

Bearing Capacity
Foundation Information q ult = 246 lb/ft^2
Shape RE SQ, CI, CO, or RE qa= 82 lb/ft^2
B= 3 ft
L= 4.16 ft Allowable Column Load
D= 2 ft P= -3 k

Soil Information
c= 0 lb/ft^2
f= 0 deg
g= 123 lb/ft^3
Dw = 10 ft (Assumed)

Factor of Safety
F= 3

Meyerhof Computations

Unit conversion 1000 Nc = 5.14

gw= 62.4 sc = 1.14
f (radians) 0 dc = 1.13
W footing 3744 Nq = 1.00
g conc 150 sq = 1.00
dq = 1.00
Ng= 0.00
sg = 1.00
dg= 1.00
g' = 123
Kp = 1
B/L = 0.721154
D/B = 0.666667
s zD' = 246