DESIGN OF ISOLATED FOOTING

SQUARE FOOTING

Given: Dead Load: 880 kN

Live Load: 710 kN
Allow. Soil Pressure (qa): 235 KPa
Unit Weight of Concrete (γc): 23.5 kN/m3
Unit Weight of Soil (γs): 15.6 kN/m3
Yield Strength of Steel (ƒy): 275 MPa
Compressive Strength of Concrete (ƒ'c): 27.5 MPa
Footing RSB Diameter (⌀f): 25 mm
Column RSB Diameter (⌀c): 25 mm
Square Tied Column Side (s): 400 mm
Depth (d): 1500 mm

DESIGN PROCEDURE
1. Initial Estimate of Footing Depth:
L= 2.6 m
�𝑓𝑡�= L2 = □(64&"Unfactored Loads" /"qa" )

hc= 595 mm
say 600 mm ℎ�=20%(L*1000)+75

2. Effective Soil Bearing Capacity:

q e= 206.86 Kpa ��=�𝑎−��ℎ�−��ℎ�

3. Dimensions of Square Footing

L= 2.77 m
�𝑓𝑡�= L2 = □(64&"Unfactored Loads" /("q" �))
say 2.8 m

4. Check for the Adequacy of Depth of Footing:

A. Wide Beam Shear
qu = ��=(𝐹𝑎�𝑡𝑜𝑟�� 𝐿𝑜𝑎�)/(�𝑟�𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝐹𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑛�)
0.311097 MPa

�=(��(𝐿−�))/(.85/3
d= 354.189 mm √(ƒ′�)+2��)

ll
Lc
L

L/2 -Lc/2
 L/2 -Lc/2

B. Two-way or Punching Shear

a= 6.2543470784 �=(−�±√(�2−4𝑎�))/2𝑎
b= 2626.1776069
𝑤ℎ�𝑟�:𝑎=(4𝑘+��)
c= -2389224.49 �=(4𝑘�+2���)
k= 1.4858125349 �=−[��(𝐿2−�2)]
d= 442.806 mm 𝑘=.85/3(√(ƒ′�))
d= -862.703 mm

d= 442.806 mm

L Lc

Lc+d

use d= 442.806 mm
say 445 mm

Required hc= ℎ�=�+1.5⌀𝑓+75

557.5 mm
say 560 mm SAFE

Lc

d
 5. Design of Steel Reinforcement
Mu= 627.171 kN.m. ��=��(�)(�𝑜𝑚. �𝑟𝑚)

��=��/(∅��2)
Ru= 1.257 MPa

"ρ"=.85ƒ′�/ƒ𝑦 [1−√(1−(2��/
ρ= 0.0047 (.85ƒ^′ �)))]

ρmin= 0.005091 �𝑚𝑖𝑛=1.4/ƒ𝑦

use ρ= 0.005091

As= 6343.273 mm2 ��=���

# of bars= 12.922 bars

say 13 bars

Finally:
Adopt 2.8m x 2.8m with d= 445mm square footing with
13-25mm⌀ Reinforcing Steel Bar (RSB) applied on each
side of the footing widths.