CALCULATED SAFE BEARING PRESSURES AND SETTLEMENTS FOR

LOOSE SAND
A. STRIP FOOTINGS

SAFE BEARING PRESSURE (AND SETTLEMENT) FOR

FOOTINGS FOUNDED FOOTING WIDTH
AT DEPTH 90 (3) =90kPa (3mm)

0.3m 0.5m 0.75m 1.0m 1.5m

0.5m 90 (3) 100 (6) 120 (11) 130 (17) 160 (31)
0.8m 130 (5) 140 (9) 160 (15) 170 (22) 210 (40)
1.0m 160 (6) 170 (11) 190 (18) 200 (25) 230 (44)

B. PAD FOOTINGS

SAFE BEARING PRESSURE (AND SETTLEMENT) FOR

FOOTINGS FOUNDED FOOTING WIDTH
AT DEPTH 90 (3) =90kPa (3mm)

0.5m 1.0m 1.5m 2.0m 2.5m

0.5m 90 (3) 120 (7) 150 (14) 170 (21) 200 (30)
0.8m 140 (4) 160 (10) 190 (17) 210 (25) 240 (36)
1.0m 160 (5) 190 (11) 210 (19) 240 (29) 270 (41)

Assumptions:

1. Values are in kPa with a factor of safety of 2.5.

2. Water table is assumed to be well below footing, i.e. > 1.5B
3. Soil unit weight of 16 kN/m3,  = 30.
4. For strip footings QULT = D(Nq -1)+ 0.5 BN (nett pressure)
For pad footings QULT = D(Nq -1)+ 0.4 BN (nett pressure)
5. Nq = 22.5 and N = 20.1 (after Terzaghi)
6. Maximum footing settlements (in mm) = Cd pB 1-v2
E
7. Elastic Modulus E = 15 MPa, v = 0.3
8. Cd = 1 for pad footings; Cd = 2.10 for strip footings with L = 5
B
Note: For critical footings, do a specific calculation for the site conditions.

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 CALCULATED SAFE BEARING PRESSURES AND SETTLEMENTS FOR
MEDIUM DENSE SAND
A. STRIP FOOTINGS

SAFE BEARING PRESSURE (AND SETTLEMENT) FOR

FOOTINGS FOUNDED FOOTING WIDTH
AT DEPTH 150 (2) =150kPa (2mm)

0.3m 0.5m 0.75m 1.0m 1.5m

0.5m 150 (2) 170 (4) 200 (7) 230 (11) 290 (21)
0.8m 220 (3) 240 (6) 270 (10) 300 (14) 360 (26)
1.0m 260 (4) 280 (7) 310 (11) 340 (16) 400 (29)

B. PAD FOOTINGS

SAFE BEARING PRESSURE (AND SETTLEMENT) FOR

FOOTINGS FOUNDED FOOTING WIDTH
AT DEPTH 160 (2) =160kPa (2mm)

0.5m 1.0m 1.5m 2.0m 2.5m

0.5m 160 (2) 210 (5) 260 (9) 300 (14) 350 (20)
0.8m 230 (3) 280 (6) 320 (11) 370 (17) 420 (24)
1.0m 270 (3) 320 (7) 370 (13) 420 (19) 460 (26)

Assumptions:

1. Values are in kPa with a factor of safety of 2.5.

2. Water table is assumed to be well below footing, i.e. > 1.5B
3. Soil unit weight of 18 kN/m3,  = 33.
4. For strip footings QULT = D(Nq -1)+ 0.5 BN (nett pressure)
For pad footings QULT = D(Nq -1)+ 0.4 BN (nett pressure)
5. Nq = 32.2 and N = 33.3 (after Terzaghi)
6. Maximum footing settlements (in mm) = Cd pB 1-v2
E
7. Elastic Modulus E = 40 MPa, v = 0.3
8. Cd = 1 for pad footings; Cd = 2.10 for strip footings with L = 5
B
Note: For critical footings, do a specific calculation for the site conditions.

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 CALCULATED SAFE BEARING PRESSURES AND SETTLEMENTS FOR
DENSE SAND
A. STRIP FOOTINGS

SAFE BEARING PRESSURE (AND SETTLEMENT) FOR

FOOTINGS FOUNDED FOOTING WIDTH
AT DEPTH 250 (2) =250kPa (2mm)

0.3m 0.5m 0.75m 1.0m 1.5m

0.5m 250 (2) 300 (4) 350 (6) 410 (10) 520 (19)
0.8m 360 (3) 410 (5) 470 (8) 520 (12) 640 (23)
1.0m 440 (3) 480 (6) 540(10) 600 (14) 710 (25)

B. PAD FOOTINGS

SAFE BEARING PRESSURE (AND SETTLEMENT) FOR

FOOTINGS FOUNDED FOOTING WIDTH
AT DEPTH 270 (2) =270kPa (2mm)

0.5m 1.0m 1.5m 2.0m 2.5m

0.5m 280 (2) 370 (4) 460 (8) 550 (13) 640 (18)
0.8m 380 (2) 480 (5) 570 (10) 660 (15) 750 (21)
1.0m 460 (3) 550 (6) 640 (11) 730 (17) 820 (23)

Assumptions:

1 Values are in kPa with a factor of safety of 2.5.

2 Water table is assumed to be well below footing, i.e. > 1.5B
3 Soil unit weight of 20kN/m3,  = 36.
4 For strip footings QULT = D(Nq -1)+ 0.5 BN (nett pressure)
For pad footings QULT = D(Nq -1)+ 0.4 BN (nett pressure)
5 Nq = 47.2 and N = 56.7 (after Terzaghi)
6 Maximum footing settlements (in mm) = Cd pB 1-v2
E
7 Elastic Modulus E = 80 MPa, v = 0.3
8 Cd = 1 for pad footings; Cd = 2.10 for strip footings with L = 5
B
Note: For critical footings, do a specific calculation for the site conditions.

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