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Caisson Design Based on 2018 IBC & 2019 CBC

DESIGN CRITERIA
1. The caisson is designed to rest on an underlying stratum of rock or satisfactory soil
and is used when unsatisfactory soil/water exists. If caisson bottom end not belled,
the caisson has to be drilled into hard stratum 3'-0' minimum.
2. All vertical/axial loads are supported by the bottom end hard stratum. The lateral
loads are supported by the embedded soil, Lembd, based on IBC/CBC Chapter 18.

INPUT DATA & DESIGN SUMMARY

DIMENTION Lembd = 24 ft, (7.32 m)
Lcant = 10 ft, (3.05 m)
D= 48 in, (1219 mm)
STEEL PLATE THICKNESS ts = 0.375 in, (10 mm), zero for no tube.
STEEL YIELD STRESS Fy = 50 ksi, (345 MPa)
CONCRETE STRENGTH fc' = 5 ksi, (34 MPa)
THE MAX CONCRETE STRESS b= 0.85 fc' (0.85 on ACI, 1.0 on AISC)
VERTICAL REINFORCEMENT 12 # 11
(zero for no bars.)
TOP LOADS (LRFD / SD level) Mu = 450 ft-kips, (610 kN-m)
Pu = 260 kips, (1157 kN)
Vu = 80 kips, (356 kN) THE DESIGN IS ADEQUATE.

ALLOW SOIL PRESSURE IN BOTTOM END STRATUM Qa = 18 ksf, ( 861.845 kN / m2)

ALLOWABLE LATERAL SOIL-BEARING PRESSURE IN EMBEDMENT Pp = 0.25 ksf / ft, ( 39.2719 [kN/m2] / m)

ANALYSIS
CHECK SOIL END BEARING CAPACITY (ACI 318-19 13.3.1.1)
0.7 Pu + 0.25 p D2 (gc - gs) (Lembd + Lcant) = 216.18 kips, (962 kN)
< 0.25 p D2 Qa = 226.19 kips, (1006 kN) [Satisfactory]
Where gc = 0.15 kcf, one cubic foot of caisson weight gs = 0.07 kcf, soil/water weight

CHECK CAISSON EMBEDMENT LENGTH, Lembd, (IBC/CBC 1807.3)

By trials, use pole depth, d = Lembd = 24.00 ft, (7.32 m)
Lateral bearing @ bottom, S3 = 2 Pp Min( d , 12' ) = 6.00 ksf, ( 287.282 kN / m2)
Lateral bearing @ d / 3, S1 = 2 Pp Min( d / 3 , 12' ) = 3.21 ksf, ( 153.638 kN / m2)
Require Depth is given by

19.24 ft, (5.87 m) < Lembd [Satisfactory]

A 4.36h 
d 1  1   for nonconstrained 
2 A 0.7
 V =
Where P= u 56 kips, (249 kN) A = 2.34 P / (D S1) = 10.2095
h = Mu / Vu + Lcont = 15.625 ft, (4.76 m)
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CHECK FLEXURAL & AXIAL CAPACITY

f Pn (k)


0
0

f Mn- (ft-k) Solid Black Line - Tension Controlled
Solid Red Line - Transition
Dash Line - Compression Controlled


     2
  f 'C  2   c     c   , for 0   c   o  s E s , for  s   ty
e
fC    o    o   , fS
f Mn = 5159 ft-kips @ Pu =  f , for  s   ty
260 kips kips
'  y
> [Vu (Lcant + 0.67 Lembd) + Mu ] =   e f C , for  c   o
= 2906.0 ft-kips, (3940 kN-m)

2  e f 'C  fy  ty , for compression controlled
[Satisfactory] o  ,  ty  , t  
Ec Es  ty  0.003 , for tension controlled
CHECK SHEAR CAPACITY (ACI 318 13.2.7.2 & 22.5) '
Vu / f = E2cA 57 29000ksi ,  e  1.0 ,  cu  0.003
(f ')0.5f C= , E s  248.0
106.7 kips, (474 kN) < c c kips, (1103 kN) [Satisfactory]
where Ac = 1753.5 in (2
1131256 mm ) 2
f= 0.75
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Flagpole Footing Design Based on Chapter 18 of IBC & CBC
INPUT DATA & DESIGN SUMMARY
IS FOOTING RESTRAINED @ GRADE LEVEL ? (1=YES,0=NO) 0 no P
LATERAL FORCE @ TOP OF POLE P= 56.00 k
HEIGHT OF POLE ABOVE GRADE h= 15.63 ft
DIAMETER OF POLE FOOTING b= 4 ft h
LATERAL SOIL BEARING CAPACITY S= 0.25 ksf / ft
ISOLATED POLE FACTOR (IBC 09 1806.3.4) F= 2
FIRST TRIAL DEPTH ===> d = 24 ft

Use 4 ft dia x 19.24 ft deep footing unrestrained @ ground level d

ANALYSIS

LATERAL BEARING @ BOTTOM : S 3  FS Min  d , 12 '

LATERAL BEARING @ d/3 : d 
S 1  FS Min  , 12 ' 
3 
2.34 P
A
bS 1
A 4.36h 
 1  1   , FOR NONCONSTRAINED
REQUIRD DEPTH : 2  A 
d 
 4.25 Ph , FOR CONSTRAINED
 bS 3


NONCONSTRAINED CONSTRAINED
LATERAL FORCE @ TOP OF POLE P => 56.00 k 56.00 k
HEIGHT OF POLE ABOVE GRADE h => 15.6 ft 15.6 ft
DIAMETER OF POLE FOOTING b => 4.00 ft 4.00 ft
LATERAL SOIL BEARING CAPACITY FS => 0.50 ksf / ft 0.50 ksf / ft

1ST TRIAL TRY d1 => 24.00 ft 24.00 ft

LAT SOIL BEARING @ 1/3 d S1 => 4.00 ksf 4.00 ksf
LAT SOIL BEARING @ 1.0 d S3 => 6.00 ksf 6.00 ksf
CONSTANT 2.34P/(bS1) A => 8.19 - -
REQD FOOTING DEPTH RQRD d => 16.60 ft 12.45 ft

2ND TRIAL : TRY d2=> 20.30 ft 18.22 ft

LAT SOIL BEARING @ 1/3 d S1 => 3.38 ksf 3.04 ksf
LAT SOIL BEARING @ 1.0 d S3 => 6.00 ksf 6.00 ksf
CONSTANT 2.34P/(bS1) A => 9.68 - -
REQD FOOTING DEPTH RQRD d => 18.57 ft 12.45 ft

3RD TRIAL : TRY d3=> 19.43 ft 15.34 ft

LAT SOIL BEARING @ 1/3 d S1 => 3.24 ksf 2.56 ksf
LAT SOIL BEARING @ 1.0 d S3 => 6.00 ksf 6.00 ksf
CONSTANT 2.34P/(bS1) A => 10.12 - -
REQD FOOTING DEPTH RQRD d => 19.12 ft 12.45 ft

4TH TRIAL : TRY d4=> 19.28 ft 13.89 ft

LAT SOIL BEARING @ 1/3 d S1 => 3.21 ksf 2.32 ksf
LAT SOIL BEARING @ 1.0 d S3 => 6.00 ksf 6.00 ksf
CONSTANT 2.34P/(bS1) A => 10.20 - -
REQD FOOTING DEPTH RQRD d => 19.23 ft 12.45 ft

5TH TRIAL : TRY d5=> 19.25 ft 13.17 ft

LAT SOIL BEARING @ 1/3 d S1 => 3.21 ksf 2.19 ksf
LAT SOIL BEARING @ 1.0 d S3 => 6.00 ksf 6.00 ksf
CONSTANT 2.34P/(bS1) A => 10.21 - -
REQD FOOTING DEPTH RQRD d => 19.24 ft 12.45 ft