BEARING CAPACITY OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS

Terzaghi and Vesic Methods

Date October 6, 2023

Identification Example 6.4

Input Results
Units of Measurement Terzaghi
si SI or E Bearing Capacity
q ult = 15,147 kPa
Foundation Information qa= 5,049 kPa
Shape SQ SQ, CI, CO, or RE
B= 9.89 m Allowable Column Load
L= m P = 493,853 kN
D= 3 m

Soil Information
c= 2000 kPa
phi = 0 deg
gamma = 109 kN/m^3
Dw = 4 m

Factor of Safety
F= 3

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Gamma w 9.8
phi (radian 0

Terzaghi Computations
a theta = 1
Vesic Nc = 5.70
Nq = 1.00
14,097 kPa N gamma 0.00
4,699 kPa gamma' = 100.1909
coefficient 1.3
coefficient 0.4
459,619 kN sigma zD' 327

Vesic Computation
Nc = 5.14
sc = 1.19
dc = 1.12
Nq = 1.00
sq = 1.00
dq = 1.00
N gamma 0.00
s gamma = 0.60
d gamma = 1.00
B/L = 1
k= 0.303337

W sub f 0