CVLE451

Online Lecture 7
 Problem on Design Chart (Past MT question)
A design chart is prepared for square footings
6000
to be designed for a project, showing bearing
capacity and settlement lines.
Design Chart 32 mm
(a) What should be the minimum footing size
5000
25 mm
for a column load of 1600 kN if tolerable
settlement is 25 mm?
B= 1.75 m
4000 19 mm
Column load, P, kN

(b) What would be the footing size for the

same column load, if the tolerable settlement
3000 was chosen to be 13 mm?
13 mm B=2. 75 m

2000
(c) What is the bearing capacity for a footing
of size 2.5 m x 2.5 m?
Pcolumn = 3800 kN
6.5 mm Therefore qall=3800/2.5x2.5= 608 kPa.
1000

(d) Is it economical to choose a footing of 3.5

m x 3.5 m to carry 2200 kN column load if the
0 tolerable settlement is 25 mm? If not what
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 size of footing would you recommend?
Footing width, B,m No. It is too large. 2.25 x 2. 25 m would be OK
 Problem on Design Chart (Past MT question)
6000
A design chart is prepared for a rectangular combined footing to 5500 50 mm
be designed for a specific project, showing bearing capacity and
settlement lines. The length ,L=5.0 m 5000 30 mm

(a) What should be the width, B of the footing to be able to carry 4500
two column loads of 1200 kN and 1800 kN and not to fail in bearing 4000 20 mm
capacity? P= 3000 kN, from the graph intersects the BC line at

∑Column loads, kN
B=2.25 m. 3500
3000
(b) If tolerable settlement is 30 mm, will this size be safe in
settlement? No. B has to be minimum 2.8 m. 2500
(c) What is the bearing capacity for a footing width, B of 2.5 m, if 2000
the tolerable settlement is 30 mm? qall = 2500 kN/2.5 x 5= 200 kPa 1500
(d) Is it economical to choose a footing width, B of 4.5 m to carry a 1000
total column load of 4500 kN, if the tolerable settlement is 30 mm?
500
B=4.0 is the min required. It can be bigger but not 4.5 m.
0
(e) If not, what size of footing would you recommend? 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0
B=4-4.25 m Footing width, B (m)

(f) How much load a 4.5 m x 5 m footing can carry, provided

tolerable settlement is 30 mm? P= 5250 kN
 Problem on BC and Settlement (Past MT question)

(a) Correct the field N values to N60 using the

following field data: standard sampler, safety
hammer (USA), borehole diameter= 60 mm, rod
length= 1.0 m.
(b) Determine the allowable bearing capacity of the foundation- 0.5
uniform sand, using Terzaghi’s approach. Is the chosen foundation
size safe to carry the given column load? (FS=3)

(c) Determine a suitable size of foundation for the given data.

(d) Determine the elastic settlement of the footing-sand system
under the given load using the strain-influence factor method
within a time period of 10 years (Determine the soil stiffness, Es
using the average CPT results)
(e) Determine the over-consolidation ratio (OCR) of the (f)
clay using the appropriate empirical approach.

(f) Estimate the consolidation settlement of the clay layer

and determine the total settlement to be expected under
the given load and foundation size. Is it an acceptable limit
if the tolerable settlement is 25 mm?
(e)
 Problem on BC solved by Vesic’s Approach
A column is to be supported on a 1.5 m deep square footing,
subjected to a vertical downward load of 1200 kN, a horizontal
load of 600 kN and a moment of 300 kN-m in one direction.
(a) Determine the allowable bearing capacity (qall) using Vesic’s
approach.
(b) What will be the allowable bearing capacity if the water table
rises to the ground level?
(c) What will be the allowable bearing capacity if the ground
inclination = 10?
(c)