Delta University - Faculty of Engineering

Civil Engineering Department

Course Title: Foundation Engineering
Course Code: CIV 222
Assignment # 1 (Due Date: Sunday 18/4/2021
By: Dr. RAMI BAKR

1. Explain the safety factors that should be attained in the design of

the foundation.
2. Design a reinforced concrete isolated footing to support the
followings column loads at the ground surface: VL = 1000 kN, and
ML = 200 kN.m. Given that: column dimensions, 30cm x 100cm,
qall = 150 kN/m2 and F.L. = -2.0 m from ground level.
3. For the case shown in the Figure select and design a suitable
foundation type. Given that: No projection is allowed from the
LHS, and (qall) = 125 kN/m2 at the foundation level.

4. Design a wall footing for a masonry brick wall (250*120*60 mm).

The wall thickness is 250mm. The wall is 5-m-high and foundation
level (-1.60 m) from the ground. The roof will weigh about 2.0 kPa,
and snow load is 3.0 kPa per linear meter of the wall. The allowable
soil pressure is 100 kPa.
5. An underground bookstore is to be constructed as part of a library
extension. The store is a box-type structure with outer dimensions
of 20 × 20 m in plan and 10 m deep. The wall thickness is 0.5 m
throughout, and the concrete has a unit weight of 24 kN/m 3. The
upper surface of the store roof is 2 m below ground level, and the
surrounding soil has γ = 19 kN/m3. Determine the minimum depth
of the water table below the ground surface at which the ULS
(uplift) is satisfied:

a. immediately after construction when the store is empty;

 b. during service, when half of the store’s internal volume is filled
with books having a unit weight of 3.5 kN/m3.
c. If the water table can rise to the ground surface, determine the
additional restraining force that tension piles would need to
provide to satisfy the ULS.
6. A foundation beam as shown in the Fig. a has vertical loads and
moments acting thereon. The width of the beam is 0.70 m and depth
0.50 m. A uniform load of 16 kN/m (including the weight of the
beam) is imposed on the beam. Draw:
a. the base pressure distribution,
b. the shear force diagram, and
c. the bending moment diagram. The length of the beam is 8 m.

7. The following information is given for proportining a cantilever

footing shown below.
Pc1 = 1455 kN, Pc2 =1500 kN
Size of columns a1= b1 = a2 = b2 = 0.5 m
L = 6.0 m,
The contact pressure under footing 2 = 384 kN / m2

It is required to determine the size of the footings for columns 1 and 2.

8. The following data are given with reference to Fig. 14.3(b):
Column Loads: Pc1 = 2016 kN, Pc2 = 1560 kN.
Size of columns: 0.45 x 0.45 m.
Lc = 5.5 m.
Determine the dimensions L, B1 and B2 of the trapezoidal footing.
The net allowable bearing pressure qm =190 kPa.