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1. A 400 mm concrete wall supports a
dead load D=205kN/m and a live load
of 146kN/m. The allowable bearing
pressure is qa=216kPa and the level at
the bottom footing, which is 1.20m
below grade the wall footing has an
effective depth of 225mm and total
depth of 300mm. fc’=21.73MPa,
fy=276.5MPa. Assume concrete
weights 23,5kN/m3 and that of soil is
15.7kN/m3. Design the footing.
2. Design a wall footing to support a
300mm reinforced concrete wall with
DL=292kN/m, LL=200kN/m. The
bottom of the footing is 1.2m below
the final grade, the soil weights
15,700N/m3. The allowable soil
pressure is 190 kPa, fy=276.5MPa,
fc’=27.5MPa.
3. Design a plain concrete footing for a
300mm reinforced concrete wall that
supports a dead load of 176kN/m
including the weight of wall and an
88kN/m live load. The base footing is
to be 1.5m below the final grade.
fc’=20.7kPa and allowable soil
pressure is 190kPa, weight of soil
15.7kN/m3.
4. Design a spread footing for a column
480mm x 480mm in section to carry a
dead load of 900kN and a live load of
1000kN. Allowable soil pressure at
service load is 170kPa. Neglect the
weight of soil above the footing. Use
fc’=20MPa, fy=400MPa.
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5. A square footing 2.75m on side is to
carry a central load of 675kN DL and
900kN LL through a 0.40m square
column. fc’=27.6MPa, fy=414MPa.Use
strength design method.
6. A square footing 2.6m x 2.6m is
supporting a column 560mm x 560mm
with a service dead load of 1780kN.
The footing is 0.5m deep with an
effective depth of 0.4m. fc’ =17.24kPa.
7. A column 450mm x 450mm square
width fc’=27.65MPa reinforced with 8-
25mm bars of fy=345.58MPa supports
a dead load of 1003kN and a live load
780kN. The allowable bearing pressure
is 240kPa. The base of the footing is
1.5m below the grade fc’=27.56MPa,
fy=345.59MPa. Assume weight of soil
and concrete to have an average unit
wt of 19.7kN/m3.
8. A square spread footing supports
450mm square column supporting a
service dead load of 1784kN and a
service live load of 1204kN. The
column is built of fc’=34.6MPa and has
a 8-28mm diameter with fy=414.7MPa.
Design a spread footing to be
constructed using fc’=20.7MPa,
fy=414.7MPa. The top of the footing
will be covered with 150mm of fill with
a density of 18880N/m3 and a 150mm
of concrete basement floor. The
allowable bearing pressure of soil is
288kPa.
9. Design the square footing having a
column dimension of 600mm x
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600mm and carries an axial load of
1340kN (dead load) and 720kN (live
load). Allowable soil pressure is 260
kPa. There is 0.6m earth overburden
having a unit weight of 15.7kN/m3,
fc’=20.7MPa, fy=276.5MPa.
10. Design a reinforced concrete footing
to support a 450mm square tied
column carrying a dead load = 800kN
and a live load = 800kN. The width of
footing is limited to 2.0m. Allowable
soil pressure = 250kPa, fc’ for column =
28MPa, fc’ for footing = 20MPa, fy for
all steel = 276MPa and longitudinal
steel column consists of 25mm
diameter bars.
11. A 400mm thick bearing wall of rigid
frame building carries a vertical load of
300kN dead load and 300kN live load
per linear meter, together with a
moment of 90kN-m dead load and
90kN-m live load per linear meter of
length. Design the footing to support
the bearing wall for a uniform soil
pressure. Allowable soil pressure =
300kPa. Use fy=280MPa, fc’ = 20MPa.
Use ACI 318-83 code.
12. A 550mm square column carries a
concentric dead load and live load,
420kN and 540kN, respectively, aside
from clockwise moment of 230kN-m
due to dead load and 250kN-m due to
live load for this column design a
square footing that such two soil
pressure will be uniform. Allowable
soil pressure = 150kPa, fy=415MPa. Use
ACI 318-83 code.
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13. Design a square footing to support a
350mm x 350mm column carrying a
dead load of 320kN, live load of
560kN, a dead load moment of 12kN-m
and a live load moment of 18kN-m.
Allowable soil pressure = 200kPa, fc’ =
350MPa. Use ACI 318-83.
14. From the wall footing. Determine the
total shear at the critical section:
fc’=28MPa.
Use weight of concrete = 24kN/m3
Unit weight of soil = 16kN/m3
Allowable soil pressure – 200kPa
Use F.S. of 1.5 form moment
15. Design a spread footing to carry a PDL-
=420kN, PLL=535kN and a MDL=228kN-
m, MLL=250kN-m plus horizontal thrust
of HDL=42kN, HLL=53kN acting at the
top of the footing. The column has a
dimension of 500mm x 500mm,
fy=400MPa, fc’=28MPa. For footing:
fc’=21MPa, fy=400MPa. Allowable soil
pressure is 150kPa. Assume a uniform
soil pressure acting at the bottom of
the footing.
16. Design a spread footing to support a
350mm x 350mm column carrying a
dead load of 300kN and a live load of
500kN. The footing is subjected to a
bi-axial moment produced by the
effect of dead load, live load and
earthquake load. The unfactored
moments are tabulated below.
MDX=50kN-m MDY=30kN-m
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MLX=60kN-m MLY=50kN-m
MEX=36kN-m MEY=29kN-m
Allowable soil bearing capacity is
192MPa, fc’=21MPa, fy=414MPa.
17. Design a footing supported by piles to
carry a DL of 625kN and a LL of 800kN.
The column is 450mm x 450mm.
Allowable load of 270kN/pile and a
working load of 180kN/pile.
fc’=20.7MPa, fy=276MPa.
18. Design a combined footing to support
the exterior column having a
dimension of 400mm x 560mm with a
dead load of 930kN and a live load of
620kN and the interior column having
a diameter of 500mm carrying a dead
load of 1070kN and a live load of
710kN. The center of the exterior
column should not exceed 380mm
from the edge of the property line.
The two columns are spaced 5.48m,
center to center. Allowable soil
pressure = 240kPa, fc’=20.7MPa,
fy=276.5MPa. Use ACI 318-83.
19. The base of the footing is 1.8m below
the ground surface. It has a surcharge
of 4.8kPa on the ground surface. The
thickness of the footing is 1.2m.
Allowable bearing pressure of the soil
is 280kPa. Weight of concrete
2.4kN/m3 and soil is 18kN/m3.
a. Determine the effective
bearing pressure of the
soil
b. Determine the distance of
the resultant force from
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the extreme face of the
column in order to have a
uniform distribution of
pressure.
c. Determine the dimension
of the footing.
20. Design a combined footing to support
an exterior column carrying a dead
load of 935kN and a live load of 625kN,
an interior column carrying a dead
load of 1070kN and a live load of
715kN. The exterior column is 400mm
x 400mm while the interior column is
450mm x 450mm. Distance center to
center of columns is 5.50m. The
footing cannot extend more than
400mm from the center of the
exterior column. Allowable soil
pressure = 240kPa, fc’=20MPa,
fy=276MPa. Use 318-83.
21. Design a combined footing for a given
set of loads tabulated below.
Allowable soil pressure is 96kPa.
Assume the location of the footing to
be 1.8m below the grade, weight of
soil is 15.7kN/m3, fc’=20.7MPa,
fy=414.7MPa.
Exterior column Interior column
300mm x 300mm 375mm x
375mm
DL=268kN DL=490kN
LL=266kN LL=490kN
MDL=27kN-m MDL=40.5kN-m
MLL=27kN-m MLL=40.5kN-m
Spacing of column = 4.6m
Center to property line of exterior
column = 0.15m
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24kN/m3 and soil is 18kN/m3. Design
22. Design a combined footing for a the footing.
300mm exterior wall whose outside
face is on a property line, 6m from the
center of a 500mm x 500mm interior
column. the load on the wall is 300kN
dead load and 600kN live load and the
load on the column is 400kN dead load
and 600kN live load. Allowable soil
pressure is 250kPa, fc’=28MPa, and
fy=414MPa. Use ACI 318-83 code.

23. Design a trapezoidal footing to

support two 500mm x 500mm column
5.50m apart. Column 1 carries a dead
load of 1200kN and a live load of
800kN. Column 2 carries a dead load
of 900kN and a live load of 660kN.
Allowable soil pressure = 190kPa,
fc’=21MPa, fy=415MPa.

24. The base of the footing is 1.8m below

the ground surface. It has a surcharge
of 4.8kPa on the ground surface. The
thickness of the footing is 1.2m.
Allowable bearing pressure of the soil
is 280kPa. Weight of concrete is

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