Design of Isolated Spread

Footings
Design objectives:

Determine the required footing
Area/footing Size.

Governed by the Bearing Pressure formula

Determine the required thickness of the
footing.

Determine the required amount of
reinforcement.

The process of which is exactly the same as RC
beams.
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Footings
Getting the required footing area:
Column is to rest directly on the Will result in a situation where the
soil. footing will penetrate through the
soil.
Pcol
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Footings
Getting the required footing area:
Pcol
The footing distributes the column
load over a larger area thus
preventing the column to
penetrate through the soil.
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Footings
Getting the required footing area:
Pcol

q q

The footing will be supported by the

Soil Bearing Capacity (q) of the soil
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Footings
Getting the required footing area:
Pcol Following the Bearing Formula:

Pcol
q=
A
Where:
Pcol = Total Column load
Inclusive of Floor loads, weight
of the column, & weight of the
q q footing.
(assumed to be 10% of the sum
of the other loads)
A = required footing Area
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Footings
Example: The total load from the column was computed
to be 500 KN. If the q = 96 Kpa what will be the
required footing dimension?
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Footings
Determining the required footing thickness:

The thickness of the footing will be governed by three
aspects:

Due to bending

Due to beam shear
Note:

Due to punching shear Instead of computing for the required
thickness, it is easier to assume first
then check against the allowable
stresses.
As per NSCP, the minimum
1.20 m thickness for ISF is 300mm
Standard depth t
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Footings
Determining the required footing thickness:

Due to beam shear
c B-c
Note:
2
d = t – Cc – ( φb / 2 )
d x
Cc for footings = 75mm

q
Area critical for beam shear

B
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Footings
Determining the required footing thickness:

Due to beam shear
Allowable beam shear:
Fv = .09 fc’
B-c
c 2
Applied beam shear:

B d x fv = Vs / B d

Vs = q ( B )(x)

Area critical for beam shear fv < Fv

L
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Footings
Determining the required footing thickness:

Due to punching shear
c
Note:
d = t – Cc – ( φb / 2 )
d/2 d/2
Cc for footings = 75mm

q
Area critical for punching

L
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Footings
Determining the required footing thickness:

Due to punching shear

l Allowable punching shear:

d/2 c d/2 Fp = .17 fc’

d/2 Applied beam shear:

B fp = Vp / Ap
a h
Vp = Ptot - q ( l )(h)
d/2
Ap = 2(l+h) (d)
Area critical for punching
fp < Fp
L
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Footings
Determining the required footing thickness:

Due to bending
c B-c
Note:
2
The behavior of footings
analyzed due to bending is
exactly the same as
Cantilever Beams.
2
t B-c
q
2
Mmax =
2

Area critical for bending

L
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Footings
Example: Determine if the assumed thickness of the
previous problem is adequate and compute the required
reinforcement. Use 16mm rebars for main
reinforcement and fc’= 21 Mpa fy = 275 Mpa. The
column size is 300mmx300mm