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The substructure, or foundation, is the part of a structure
that is usually placed below the surface of the ground and
that transmits the load to the underlying soil or rock.
The Two Essential Requirements
(1) Total Settlement
(2) Differential Settlement
To limit settlements as indicated, it is necessary to
(1) transmit the load
(2) spread the load
If adequate soil is not found, use deep foundations. However, If
satisfactory soil is found, use spread foundations.
Spread footings can be classified as wall and column footings
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A wall footing is simply a strip of reinforced concrete, wider
than the wall that distributes its pressure.
Single column footings are most economical type.
Combined footings or strap footings are used that enable one to
design a footing that will not project beyond the wall column.
Mat foundation or raft foundation consists of a solid reinforced
concrete slab that extends under the entire building.
Piles are used to transfer the loads to firmer deeper strata if the
bearing capacity of the upper soil layers is insufficient for a
spread foundation.
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The Kern of footing is defined as the part of footing where the whole footing undergoes compressive
pressure when the load is applied in other places except for the center. Loading on
the Kern boundary caused the pressure at edge of footing to become zero.
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1. A continuous strip footing is to be located concentrically under a 300 mm wall that delivers service dead
load of 365 KN/m and live load of 220 KN/m to the top of the footing. The bottom of the footing will be
1.30 m below the final ground surface. The soil has a density of 19 KN/m3 and allowable bearing capacity
of 380 KPa. The material strengths are fc’ = 20.7 Mpa and fy = 414 Mpa. Find the
(a) the required width of the footing
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(b) the required effective and total depth

(c) the required flexural steel area

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2. The rectangular footing has width of 2.5 m and supporting

the 400 mm x 400 mm column carrying the following loads
𝑃dead load = 800𝑘𝑁 𝑃live load = 530𝑘𝑁
𝑀dead load = 100𝑘𝑁.𝑚 𝑀live load = 80𝑘𝑁.𝑚
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Service surcharge load 5 KPa

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