BEARING CAPACITY OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS

Terzaghi and Vesic Methods

Date February 4, 2021

Identification Example 6.4

Input Results
Units of Measurement Terzaghi
SI SI or E Bearing Capacity
q ult = 722 kPa
Foundation Information qa= 241 kPa
Shape SQ SQ, CI, CO, or RE
B= 2 m Allowable Column Load
L= 2 m P= 963 kN
D= 1.5 m

Soil Information
c= 0 kPa
phi = 30 deg
gamma = 19 kN/m^3
Dw = 1.2 m

Factor of Safety
F= 3

Copyright 2000 by Donald P. Coduto

 Unit conve 1

Gamma w 9.8
phi (radian 0.523599

Terzaghi Computations
a theta = 3.350802
Vesic Nc = 37.16
Nq = 22.46
1,026 kPa N gamma 20.12
342 kPa gamma' = 9.2
coefficient 1.3
coefficient 0.4
1,368 kN sigma zD' 25.56

Vesic Computation
Nc = 30.14
sc = 1.61
dc = 1.30
Nq = 18.40
sq = 1.58
dq = 1.22
N gamma 22.40
s gamma = 0.60
d gamma = 1.00
B/L = 1
k= 0.75

W sub f 0
BEARING CAPACITY OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS
Terzaghi and Vesic Methods

Date February 4, 2021

Identification Proyecto 005

Input Results
Units of Measurement Terzaghi
SI SI or E Bearing Capacity
q ult = n/a kPa
Foundation Information qa= n/a kPa
Shape RE SQ, CI, CO, or RE
B= 2.5 m Allowable Column Load
L= 5 m P = #VALUE! kN
D= 2 m

Soil Information
c= 5 kPa
phi = 30 deg
gamma = 20 kN/m^3
Dw = 1 m

Factor of Safety
F= 3

Copyright 2000 by Donald P. Coduto

 Unit conve 1

Gamma w 9.8
phi (radian 0.523599

Terzaghi Computations
a theta = 3.350802
Vesic Nc = 37.16
Nq = 22.46
1,370 kPa N gamma 20.12
457 kPa gamma' = 10.2
coefficient 0
coefficient 0
5,707 kN sigma zD' 30.2

Vesic Computation
Nc = 30.14
sc = 1.31
dc = 1.32
Nq = 18.40
sq = 1.29
dq = 1.23
N gamma 22.40
s gamma = 0.80
d gamma = 1.00
B/L = 0.5
k= 0.8

W sub f 0
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Verificación por servicio

2
qB (1−m ) L
S i=
Es
If
If =
√ B
βz

ASENTAMIENTO INSTANTANEO (Si) L/B bz bz

Flexible Rigida
1.00 1.06 1.08
Presión por carga admisibl qadm = 456.6 KN/m 2
2.00 1.09 1.10
Relación de Poisson m = 0.25 3.00 1.13 1.15
Módulo de Elasticidad Es = 27000 KN/m2 5.00 1.22 1.24
Asentamiento permisible Si (max) = 50.0 mm 10.00 1.41 1.41
Ancho de la cimentación B = 2.50 m 2.00 1.10 1.11
Factor de forma If = 1.27 m/m
bz = 1.11

Asentamiento Si = 50.35 mm If = 1.271

Presión por carga qadm = 456.6 KN/m2

Verificacion de carga por asentamiento: 453.4 KN/m2

4.62 Kg/cm2