BEARING CAPACITY OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS

Terzaghi and Vesic Methods

Date February 6, 2018

Identification Example 6.4

Input Results
Units of Measurement Terzaghi
SI SI or E Bearing Capacity
q ult = 2,433 kPa
Foundation Information qa= 811 kPa
Shape SQ SQ, CI, CO, or RE
B= 2 m Allowable Column Load
L= 2 m P= 3,244 kN
D= 2 m

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

Factor of Safety
F= 3

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Gamma w 9.8
phi (radian 0.523599

Terzaghi Computations
a theta = 3.350802
Vesic Nc = 37.16
Nq = 22.46
3,442 kPa N gamma 20.12
1,147 kPa gamma' = 8.2
coefficient 1.3
coefficient 0.4
4,589 kN sigma zD' 16.4

Vesic Computation
Nc = 30.14
sc = 1.61
dc = 1.40
Nq = 18.40
sq = 1.58
dq = 1.29
N gamma 22.40
s gamma = 0.60
d gamma = 1.00
B/L = 1
k= 1

W sub f 0