Subject:

SOIL BEARING CAPACITY BY TERZAGHI

FOUNDATION DESIGN
Design Code/Ref: Proj. No. Location: Designer: Date:
Joseph E. Bowles xxxx xxxx 18-Sep-23
CODE REF. dsf

Compute the allowable bearing pressure using Terzaghi equation for the footing and soil parameters shown in
Figure 1.

D = 1.05 footing embedment depth

g = 22 soil density
Ø = 36 deg angle of internal friction
c = 17 kPa cohesion of soil
B = 1.2 footing size D

Footing Type: square

B
Figu
re 1

1.0 Find the bearing capacity. Note that this value is usually the result of geotechnical investigation.

Since:
Ø = 36 deg
Therefore from Table 4-2: From Table 4-1
Nc = 57.8 sc = 1.3
Nq = 2 sγ = 0.8
Nγ = 0.0
 q = 23.1
=D*

qult = ( 1323.6 + 0.00 B ) kPa

qult = 1323.6 kPa
q
q
Eq. 4-1 a S
u

= F
l

t
SF = 2.5 Factor of Safety

qa = 529.4 kPa allowable bearing capacity

Table 4-2
Bearing-capacity factors for the Terzaghi Equations
Values of Ng for f of 0, 34 and 48o are original
Terzagui values and used to back-compute Kpg.
f, deg Nc Nq Ng Kpg
0 5.7 1.0 0.0 10.8
5 7.3 1.6 0.5 12.2
10 9.6 2.7 1.2 14.7
15 12.9 4.4 2.5 18.6
20 17.7 7.4 5.0 25.0
25 25.1 12.7 9.7 35
30 37.2 22.5 19.7 52
34 56.2 36.5 36.0
35 57.8 41.4 42.4 82
40 95.7 81.3 100.4 141
45 172.3 173.3 297.5 298
48 258.3 287.9 780.1
50 347.5 415.1 1153.2 800

Table 4-1
 For: sc sg
strip 1.0 1.0
round 1.3 0.6
square 1.3 0.8
 Subject:
SHALLOW FOUNDT'N/SOIL BEARING CAPACITY BY MEYERHOF
FOUNDATION DESIGN
Design Code/Ref: Proj. No. Location: Designer:
Shallow Foundation xxxx xxxx
CODE/REF. CALCULATIONS & SKECTHES

Shallow P
Foundation, by 1.0 Design Parameters
Braja M. Das
B= 2.00 m
L= 2.00 m
D= 1.35
c= 20.0 kPa
f= F
36 deg G
g= D
22 L
f
B

2.0 Determine the ultimate vertical load that the foundation can cary by using Meyerhof's values.
Eq. 2.83

Eq. 2.66

Eq. 2.67

Eq. 2.72
3.0 From Table 2.3 Meyerhof's bearing capacity factor:
Since:
f = 36 deg

Nc = 50.59
Nq = 37.75
Ng = 0.00
3.1 Refer from Table 2.5 Summary of shape and depth factors.

lcs = 1.77

lqs = 1.385
lgs = 1.385

lcd = 1.265

lqd = 1.132
lgd = 1.132
Therefore: from Eq. 2.83

q = 29.7 kPa

qu = 4023.27 kN/m²

SF = 2.5 Factor of
Safety

qa = 0.09 kN/m²
Y MEYERHOF
Date:
18-Sep-23
Table 2.3
Variation of meyerhof's Bearing Capacity Factors Nc, Nq, and Ng
[Eqs. 2.66), (2.67), and (2.72)]
f Nc Nq Ng
0 5.14 1.00 0.00
1 5.38 1.09 0.002
2 5.63 1.20 0.01
3 5.90 1.31 0.02
4 6.19 1.43 0.04
5 6.49 1.57 0.07
6 6.81 1.72 0.11
7 7.16 1.88 0.15
8 7.53 2.06 0.21
9 7.92 2.25 0.28
10 8.35 2.47 0.37
11 8.80 2.71 0.47
12 9.28 2.97 0.60
13 9.81 3.26 0.74
14 10.37 3.59 0.92
15 10.98 3.94 1.13
16 11.63 4.34 1.38
17 12.34 4.77 1.66
18 13.10 5.26 2.00
19 13.93 5.80 2.40
20 14.83 6.40 2.87
21 15.82 7.07 3.42
22 16.88 7.82 4.07
23 18.05 8.66 4.82
24 19.32 9.60 5.72
25 20.72 10.66 6.77
26 22.25 11.85 8.00
27 23.94 13.20 9.46
28 25.80 14.72 11.19
29 27.86 16.44 13.24
30 30.14 18.40 15.67
31 32.67 20.63 18.56
32 35.49 23.18 22.02
33 38.64 26.09 26.17
34 42.16 29.44 31.15
35 46.12 33.30 37.15
36 50.59 37.75 44.43
37 55.63 42.92 53.27
38 61.35 48.93 64.07
39 67.87 55.96 77.33
40 75.31 64.20 93.69
41 83.86 73.90 113.99
42 93.71 85.38 139.32
43 105.11 99.02 171.14
44 118.37 115.31 211.41
45 133.88 134.88 262.74
46 152.1 158.51 328.73
47 173.64 187.21 414.32
48 199.26 222.31 526.44
49 229.93 265.51 674.91
50 266.89 319.07 873.84
 Subject:
HANZEN - BEARING CAPACITY
FOUNDATION DESIGN Design Code/Ref: Proj. No. Location: Designer: Date:
Joseph E. Bowles xxxx xxxx 18-Sep-23
CODE REF. CALCULATIONS & SKECTHES
1.0 Design Parameters

Columns: Footing: Loads:

B = 20.00 m c1 = 0.40 m P = 1800 kN
L = 0.00 m c2 = 0.40 m Mx = 450 kN-m
My = 360 kN-m
Soil Parameters:
f = 28 deg g = 16 kN/m³
c = 0 kPa d = 6.1 m water table depth
D = 1.5 m SF = 2.5

e
x
My e
y

L X
L '

2
e
x B
'
2
e
y
 2
e
y

V
My

D
d

Figure
1.0

2.0 Required: Allowable soil pressure, if SF = 2.5

ey = 0.25
ex = 0.20

B/6 = 3.33 m > e

Bmin = 1.4 < B given, Ok.

Lmin = 1.2 > B not OK!

B' = 19.50 m( B' > L' ), not ok!

L' = -0.40 m( L' < B' ), not ok!
From: Table 4-4
a f = 28 deg
t
Nc = 26
Nq = 15
Ng = 10.9

Nq/Nc = 0.577
2 tanf(1-sinf)2 = 0.299

D/B = 0.1

sc = -27.13
dc = 1.03

sq = -21.89
dq = 1.02

sy = 20.50 > 0.60 Ok!

dy = 1.0 for all f as per Table 4.5a from J. A. Bowles

ii = 1.0 not 0.0
gi = 1.0 not 0.0
bi = 1.0 not 0.0

qult = 26802 kPa #NAME?

 For SF = 3.0 the allowable soil pressure qa is
qa = 8934 kPa

The actual soil pressure is:

qact = -231 kPa

Note that the allowable pressure qa is very large, and the actual soil pressure qact
is also large. Some geotechnical consultants routenly limit the maximum allowable
soil pressure to around 500 kPa in recommendations to clients for design wheter
settlement is a factor or not. Small footings with large column loads are visually
not very confidence-inspiring during construction, and with such a large load
involved this in cetainly not the location to be excessively conservative.
Table 4-4
Bering-capacity factors for the Meyerhof, Hanzen, and Vesic's, bearing capacity equations
Note that Nc & Nq are the same for all three methods; subscripts identity author for Ng
f Nc Nq Ng(H) Ng(M) Ng(V) Nq/Nc 2 tanf(1-sinf)2
0 5.14 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.195 0.000
5 6.49 1.6 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.242 0.146
10 8.34 2.5 0.4 0.4 1.2 0.296 0.241
15 10.97 3.9 1.2 1.1 2.6 0.359 0.294
20 14.83 6.4 2.9 2.9 5.4 0.431 0.315
25 20.71 10.7 6.8 6.8 10.9 0.514 0.311
26 22.25 11.8 7.9 8.0 12.5 0.533 0.308
28 25.79 14.7 10.9 11.2 16.7 0.570 0.299
30 30.13 18.4 15.1 15.7 22.4 0.610 0.289
32 35.47 23.2 20.8 22.0 30.2 0.653 0.276
34 42.14 29.4 28.7 31.1 41.0 0.698 0.262
36 50.55 37.7 40.0 44.4 56.2 0.746 0.247
38 61.31 48.9 56.1 64.0 77.9 0.797 0.231
40 75.25 64.1 79.4 93.6 109.3 0.852 0,214
45 133.73 134.7 200.5 262.3 271.3 1.007 0.172
50 266.5 318.5 567.4 871.7 761.3 1.195 0.131