RECTANGULAR FOOTING

Problem

A 450 mm square interior column carries a dead load of 825 kN and a live load of 668 kN. A
rectangular footing is required to carry the column loads such that the length of the long side
must be equal to twice the width of the short side. Assume base of footing is 1.5 m below the
ground surface. Allowable bearing pressure of soil is 192 kPa. fc’=27.6 MPa, fy=415 MPa, weight of
3 3
soil is 15.74 kN/m and that of concrete is 23.5 kN/m .
DL = 825 kN/m
 Determine the dimensions of the rectangular footing. LL = 668 kN/m
 Determine the longitudinal steel requirements.
 Determine the steel requirements in short direction.

0.90 m

1.5 m

0.60 m
Solution
Dimensions of the rectangular footing: ( )
Assume total depth of 600 mm.
4.28

Effective soil pressure:

( ) ( )
2.14

Area required:

1.39
d=0.525

( )
Ultimate upward soil pressure: [( )( ) ( ) ]

√
( ) ( )
( )
√ ( )

Considering one way shear: ( )

( )( ) use 2.14 m x 4.28 m x 0.60 m rectangular
footing
√

4.28
√ ( )

( )
450

Considering two-way shear (punching 975 450 2.14

shear):
975
Longitudinal steel requirements:
( )( )( )
4.28

( )

0.45 ( )( )( ) ( )
0.45 2.14 ( )

1.915

( )

1.915

qu = 224.76 kPa
 ( )( )

using 25mm ϕ bars

( )

Use 10 – 25 mm ϕ bars
Reinforcement in short direction:
( )( )( ) ( )
4.28 ( )

0.845

( )

( )( )( )
( )( )
( )
 ( ) ( )

( )
n = 2.9 say 3 bars

Using 22 mm ϕ bars
( )
Rectangular Footings
Design Procedure (through Sample Problem)

Design a rectangular spread footing to carry 235 kips dead load and 115 kips live load
from an 18-in. square tied column that contains #9 bars. One dimension of the footing is
limited to a maximum of 7 ft. The allowable soil pressure is 5500 psf. neglect the effect
of overburden. Use fc’ = 3000 psi, fy = 40000 psi, and the strength method of the ACI
Code.
(A)

Determine plan of footing. Assume a footing depth of 2 ft, or 300 psf.

Space limitation prevents one dimension

from exceeding 7 ft; thus

Try 7 ft x 9 ft 8 in. (Area = 67.7 sq ft).

(B)

Determine depth required for shear Making the nominal shear strength Vn=Vc so
strength. This footing may be long enough that shear reinforcement is not required,
for one-way beam action to govern. In such which means
a case, a direct solution for the effective
depth d is reasonably practical. The ( √ )
factored column load is
( )( )
( √ ) ( )( )
( ) ( )
( )
The net upward pressure under factored
load condition is
Total depth = 17.9 + 3 (cover) + 1 √ √ [ (
(estimated bar diameter) = 21.9 in. Try 22
)]( )
in. for total depth. Check this depth for two-
way shear action as a slab, using critical
section with d = 18 in. ( )
[ ]

[ ( ) ( )]

For βc = 9.67/7 = 1.38 < 2, and b0/d = 4(18 +

18)/18 = 8 < 20 for a four-sided critical
section,