CEE 452/598 Foundation Engineering HW #4

HW#4 Lateral Earth Pressure and Contact Pressure

Text book (3d edition)

3.15
6.4
6.7 (note the load is one-way eccentric)

The problems are attached in the second page. Note that some additional
requirements were provided and shown using bold fonts.

The solutions can be handwritten or typed. Include sketches and diagrams as

needed.
CEE 452/598 Foundation Engineering HW #4

3.15 A footing with an embedment of 2 m is embedded in a sand with a unit weight of

125 lb/ft3 and a ϕ′ of 36°. If the footing is subjected to a horizontal load that causes it to move
horizontally, compute the magnitude and direction of total active and passive resultant forces
acting on the footing. Sketch a footing and show the resultant active lateral earth force and
the resultant passive earth force on the footing, indicating their magnitude and location.

6.4 A 400 kN vertical downward column load acts at the centroid of a 1.5 m square footing. The
bottom of this footing is 0.4 m below the ground surface and the top is flush with the ground
surface. The groundwater table is at a depth of 3 m below the ground surface. Sketch the
problem and Compute the bearing pressure.

6.7 A 5 ft square, 2 ft deep spread footing is subjected to a concentric vertical load of 60 k and an
overturning moment of 30 ft-k. The overturning moment acts parallel to one of the sides of the
footing, and the top of the footing is flush with the ground surface and the groundwater table is at
a depth of 20 ft below the ground surface. Determine whether the resultant force acts within the
middle third of the footing, compute the minimum and maximum bearing pressures and show the
distribution of bearing pressure in a sketch. Determine the size of the equivalent uniformly
loaded footing and compute the equivalent bearing pressure.