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BEARING CAPACITY OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS

Meyerhof Method

Date July 17, 2021

Identification CANAL ESCALONADO PICACHA
INPUT
Units of Measurement Meyerhof Results
(Vertical Load)
SI SI or E

Bearing Capacity
Foundation Information q ult = 201 kPa
Shape RE SQ, CI, CO, or RE qa= 67 kPa
B= 1m
L= 1.7 m Allowable Column Load
D= 0.6 m P= kN

Soil Information
c= 5.2 kPa
f= 22.6 deg
g= 17 kN/m^3
Dw = 0m (Assumed)
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Factor of Safety
F= 3

Meyerhof Computations

Unit conversion 1 Nc = 17.59

gw= 9.8 sc = 1.26
f (radians) 0.3947169031049 dc = 1.18
W footing 24 Nq = 8.33
g conc 23.6 sq = 1.13
dq = 1.09
Ng= 4.52
sg = 1.13
dg= 1.09
g' = 7.2
Kp = 2.249638
B/L = 0.588235
D/B = 0.6
s zD' = 4.32
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