Isolated C

Design Data
c1 (long side) 18 inch
Column size
c2 (short side) 15 inch
DL 70 kips
Non factored load
LL 30 kips

Base of footing below final grade Df 6 ft

Allowable soil pressure σ allow 2 ksf

Type of concrete λ 1 N/A

f'c 3 ksi
Strength of materials
fy 60 ksi

Assumed total depth of footing h 15 inch

Covering of rebar cover 3.5 inch

Effective depth of footing d 11 inch

Ratio of long side to short side of

β = c1/c2 1.2 N/A
column

Unit wt. of soil γ 0.12 kcf

40 Interior column
αs 30 Edge column
20 Corner column
β1 0.85
Preliminary Assumption
Assumed width of footing B 7 ft

Assumed length of footing L 7 ft

Non factored DL Moment about width

Mx(DL) 5 kip-in
of footing
Non factored LL Moment about width
Mx(LL) 5 kip-in
of footing
Non factored DL Moment about length
My(DL) 5 kip-in
of footing
Non factored LL Moment about length
My(LL) 5 kip-in
of footing
Non factored Moment about width of
Mx = Mx(DL)+Mx(LL) 10 kip-in
footing
Non factored Moment about length of
My = My(DL)+My(LL) 10 kip-in
footing
Eccentricity for Mx, ex Mx/P 0.10 inch
Eccentricity for My, ey My/P 0.10 inch
L/6 14 inch

Length of Kern zone

 Length of Kern zone
B/6 14 inch

P/LB 2.04 ksf

6Mx/BL 2
0.01 ksf

6My/LB2 0.01 ksf

2P/LB 4.0816327 ksf

4P/3B(L-2ex) 2.73 ksf

Quantities for q max and q min
4P/3L(B-2ey) 2.73 ksf

P/LB + 6Mx/BL2 2.050 ksf

P/LB + 6My/LB 2
2.055 ksf

P/LB - 6Mx/BL2 2.032 ksf

P/LB - 6My/LB2 2.026 ksf

When ex < L/6 , the soil pressure is trapezoidal in the Long direction of footing
q max P/LB + 6Mx/BL2 2.050 ksf
q min P/LB - 6Mx/BL2 2.032 ksf
Use footing size of L= 7 B=
When ey < B/6 , the soil pressure is trapezoidal in the short direction of footing
q max P/LB + 6My/LB2 2.055 ksf
q min P/LB - 6My/LB 2
2.026 ksf
Use footing size of L= 7 B=
When ex = L/6 , the soil pressure is triangular in the Long direction of footing

q max 2P/LB 4.0816327 ksf

q min P/LB= 6M/BL2 0 ksf

Use footing size of L= 7 B=

When ey = B/6 , the soil pressure is triangular in the Short direction of footing

q max 2P/LB 4.0816327 ksf

q min P/LB= 6M/LB2 0 ksf

Use footing size of L= 7 B=
When ex > L/6 , the soil pressure is triangular in the Long direction of footing
q max 4P/3B(L-2ex) 2.73 ksf
q min 0 ksf
Use footing size of L= 7 B=
When ey > B/6 , the soil pressure is triangular in the Short direction of footing

q max 4P/3L(B-2ey) 2.73 ksf

 q min 0 ksf

Use footing size of L= 7 B=

Isolated Column Footing Under Concentic Loading
1. Calculation of effective soil pressure, qeff
Input value Wt. of footing
Input value Wt. of soil on top of footing
Input value Effective soil pressure
Input value
2. Calculation of the footing dimensions
Input value
Actual unfactored loads
Area of footing required
Input value
Assumed width of footing
Required length of footing
Input value

3. Calculation of Net upward pressure, qu

Input value
Total Factored load
Net upward pressure
Input value
4. One way shear/ Beam shear Check

Distance From edge of footing

Input value Selected

Choose value One way shear

Required depth, d1 req

Input value 5. Two way shear/ Punching shear Check

Input value Long side of critical section

Input value Short side of critical section

Input value
Length/perimeter of critical
section
Input value

Input value

Ratio of long side to short side of

footing

Two way/punching shear

Required depth, d1
 αs

Required depth, d2

Selected required depth,

d2 req
6. Final selection of depth
Final required effective depth, d
req
Final selected effetive depth, d
select
7. Design of steel reinforcements for long directi
Selection of "c"

Distance from edge of footing

Moment
Flexural stress, Ru
direction of footing ρ
Increase footing Size Required Steel, As req
Increase footing size Shrinkage As
7
direction of footing Min As flexure
Increase footing Size
Increase footing Size Selected required Steel, As
7 Dia of bar using
direction of footing Spacing, S

Increase footing size Use

OK 8. Design of steel reinforcements for short directi

7 Selection of "c"

direction of footing Distance from edge of footing

Increase footing size Moment

OK Ru
7 ρ
direction of footing Required Steel, As req
Increase footing size Shrinkage As
OK
7 Min As flexure
direction of footing

Increase footing size Selected required Steel, As

OK Dia of bar using

7 Total numbers of bars, n

γs

Band width

No. of bars in band width zone,

n(band)
Remaining bars outside band
width

Use

Place equally divided of

g Under Concentic Loading
1. Calculation of effective soil pressure, qeff
Wf = (h/12)*0.15 0.1875 ksf
Ws = (h/12)* γ 0.150 ksf
q eff = (σ allow) - Wf - Ws 1.663 ksf

2. Calculation of the footing dimensions

P = DL + LL 100 kips
A req = P/q eff 65 sq. ft
B 8.5 ft
L 8 ft

3. Calculation of Net upward pressure, qu

Pu = 1.4 DL + 1.7 LL 149 kips
qu = Pu/(B*L) 2.19 ksf
4. One way shear/ Beam shear Check
L/2 - c1/2 - d 2.33 ft
L/2 - c2/2 - d 2.46 ft
controlling 2.46 ft
B/2 - c1/2 - d 2.58 ft
B/2 - c2/2 - d 2.71 ft
controlling 2.71 ft
Selected 2.71 ft

Vu1 = (L/2 - c/2 - d)*qu*B 50.4 kips

Vu1/ d = 2 ф λ √f'c B 8.38 k/inch

d req = Vu1/ 2 ф λ √f'c B 6.0 inch

5. Two way shear/ Punching shear Check

c1 + d 29 inch

c2 + d 26 inch

bo = 2*(c1 + d) + 2*(c2 + d) 110 inch

β = L/B 0.94 N/A

Vu2 = Pu - qu*(c1 + d)*(c2 + d) 137.5 kips

d1 = Vu2 / 4 ф λ √f'c bo 7.6 inch
d1 = Vu2 / ф (2+4/β) λ √f'c bo 4.9 inch
 40 N/A

d2 = Vu2 / (0.75*(((αs*d)/bo)+2) λ √f'c bo) 5.1 inch

Greater of d1 req and d2 req 7.6 inch

6. Final selection of depth

Greatest of all selected depths 7.6 inch

Greater of d req and d 11.0 inch

7. Design of steel reinforcements for long direction

Greater of c1 and c2 18 inch

l = L/2 - c/2 3.25 ft

Mu = (qu * l2)*B/2 98.36 k-ft

Mu /bd 2
95.6 psi
0.85 f'c/fy [1-{1-((2Ru)/(ф(0.85f'c)))}^0.5] 0.00218 N/A
ρ * bd 2.45 sq. inch
0.0018*bt*fy/60 2.75 sq. inch
(3 √f'c bd)/ fy 3.07 sq. inch
200 bd/fy 3.74 sq. inch
Select 3.74 sq. inch
Greatest of As req, Shrinkage As & Min As flexure 3.74 sq. inch
ф16mm 0.31 sq. inch
12*As(bar)/As req 8.00 in c/c

ф16mm bar spaced @ 8.00

8. Design of steel reinforcements for short direction

Greater of c1 and c2 18 inch

l = B/2 - c/2 3.5 ft

Mu = (qu * l2)*L/2 107.37 k-ft

Mu /bd2 110.9 psi

0.85 f'c/fy [1-{1-((2Ru)/(ф(0.85f'c)))}^0.5] 0.0025 N/A
ρ * bd 2.68 sq. inch
0.0018*bt*fy/60 2.59 sq. inch
(3 √f'c bd)/ fy 2.89 sq. inch
200 bd/fy 3.52 sq. inch
Select 3.52 sq. inch

Greater of As req, Shrinkage As & Min As flexure 3.52 sq. inch

 ф16mm 0.31 sq. inch

As / As (bar) 12.00 nos.

2/(β+1) 1.03 N/A
Dimension equal to the width of footing cut from long
8.5 ft
side

n*γs 13 nos.

n - n*γs 0 nos.

in band
13 ф16mm width
zone of
0 ф16mm outside of band width
 Input value here

BNBC 2006

Take greater one

Take greater one

OK

Use d1 = Vu2 / 4 ф λ √f'c bo

Controlling d1
7.61
 Check if the column is
"Interior=40/edge=30/exterior
column=20" and put value

Depth OK

OK

When f'c >= 4500 psi

When f'c < 4500 psi

Choose bar size and input area

data

inch c/c

When f'c >= 4500 psi

When f'c < 4500 psi
 Choose bar size and input area
data

8.5

outside of band width

 Design o
Design Data
Dimension along
length of footing, cel
Exterior Column
Dimension along
width of footing, ces

Column Size
Dimension along
length of footing, cil
Interior Column

Dimension along
width of footing, cis

DL
Exterior Column

LL
Unfactored Load on column
DL
Interior Column

LL

Allowable soil pressure qa

Depth of footing below final
Df
grade
28 days compressive strength of
f'c
concrete
Yield strength of steel fy
c/c distance of the columns c/c distance l

Distance of property line from

center of exterior column

Assumed total depth of footing h

Assumed effective depth of

d= h-4
footing

Unit weight of soil γs

Depth of soil above footing dsoil = Df - h

Factor for type of concrete λ
Design of Combined Footing
Step 1: Determination of cen

16 inch Taking momnet about the center of t

Distance from center of exterior

16 inch x=
column

Distance of the property line

20 inch x' =
from the resultant load

20 inch Length of footing

Distance of interior edge of

180 kips footing from center of interior
column
120 kips Input Step 2: Determination of the a
value
Sum of all loads from
250 kips Total working loads
both the columns

140 kips Effective upward pressure qu(eff)

5 ksf Required area of footing A(req) =

5 ft Required width of footing B=

4 ksi
Selected size of footing A(select) =
60 ksi
16 ft Provided footing area A(provided)=

2 ft Pu(interior column)
Factored load

36 inch Pu(exterior column)

Pu(interior column) +
32 inch Total factored load
Pu(exterior column)

Input
100 psf Factored upward soil pressure qu =
value
2 ft
 Input
1 Step 3: Determination of the factored shearing force
value

Same as the required

length of the beam for SFD
length of the footing

Factored upward soil

Upward pressure on the beam pressure * width of
footing

Shear at outer face of ext. col. Vu(ext face ext col)

Shear at interior face of ext. col. Vu(int face ext col)

Shear at outer face of int. col. Vu(ext face int col)

Shear at interior face of int. col. Vu(int face int col)

Location of the point of zero

x(zero shear)
shear from int. face of ext. col.

Location of the point of zero

x'(zero shear)
shear from int. face of int. col.

Step 4: Determination of the factored moments a

Moment under ext. column Mu(ext. col.) +/ve

Moment under int. column Mu(int. col.) +/ve

Maximum moment at the

Mu(zero shear) -/ve
location of zero shear
Step 5: Check for one way/b
Maximum shear from the SFD
Vu(max) =
values
Maximum shear the footing shall
Vu1 =
be subjected to
Required effective depth d1(req) =
Step 6: Check for two way/pu
Maximum factored load on
Pu(max)
column
Long side dimension of selected
column
Short side dimension of selected
column
Punching perimeter b0 =
 Punching shear Vu2 =
Required effective depth d2(req) =

Step 7: Calculation of steel for

Maximum moment Mu(max)
Maximum flexural stress Ru(max) =

Steel ratio ρ=

Minimum steel ratio ρ(min) =

Selected minimum steel ratio ρ(min, selected) =

Controlling steel ratio ρ(control) =
Required steel As(req) =
Minimum steel As(min) =

Controlling main steel As(control)

Selected dia of steel, ф

Use 13

Place this steel along long side of footin

Positive moment under ext. col. Mu(ext. col.) +/ve

Flexural stress Ru(ext. col.) =

Steel ratio ρ=

Controlling steel ratio

ρ(beam) =
considering beam action

Steel ratio considering thick slab ρ(slab) =

Controllong steel ratio ρ(control) =

Required steel As(ext. col.)+/ve =

Selected dia of steel, ф

Use 11

Clear distance from exterior face

of exterior column to property
line
Effective depth of footing, d
Controlling distance for
Bandwidth
 Bandwidth
Place this steel along long side of footing under exterior column starting fr

Positive moment under ext. col. Mu(int. col.) +/ve

Flexural stress Ru(int. col.) =

Steel ratio ρ=

Controlling steel ratio

ρ(beam) =
considering beam action

Steel ratio considering thick slab ρ(slab) =

Controllong steel ratio ρ(control) =

Required steel As(ext. col.)+/ve =

Selected dia of steel, ф

Use 12

Clear distance from exterior face

of interior column to interior
edge of footing
Effective depth of footing, d
Controlling distance for
Bandwidth
Bandwidth
Place this steel along long side of footing under interior column starting fr
Step 8: Calculation of steel for s
a. Reinforcement under exterior colum
Net upward pressure in the short
q(net, ext. col.) =
direction

Moment arm

Mu(at face of ext.

Moment
col.) =
Bandwidth
Ru(ext. col.,short dir.)
Flexural stress
=

Steel ratio ρ=

Steel ratio considering thick slab ρ(slab) =

Controllong steel ratio ρ(control) =

Required steel As(ext. col.)-/ve =

Selected dia of steel, ф

 Use 9

Bandwidth

Place this steel all through along short side of footing under exterior colu
bandwidth calculated a
b. Reinforcement under interior colum
Net upward pressure in the short
q(net, int. col.) =
direction

Moment arm

Mu(at face of int.

Moment
col.) =
Bandwidth
Ru(int. col.,short dir.)
Flexural stress
=

Steel ratio ρ=

Steel ratio considering thick slab ρ(slab) =

Controllong steel ratio ρ(control) =

Required steel As(int. col.)-/ve =

Selected dia of steel, ф

Use 12

Bandwidth

Place this steel all through along short direction of footing under interior co
bandwidth calculated a
ting
Step 1: Determination of center of loads

ng momnet about the center of the exterior column

(sum of DL & LL of int. Location of resultant

column*c/c dist.)/sum of loads of 9.04 ft load from exterior
both the columns column

Location of resultant load from

exterior column+Distance of
11.00 ft
property line from center of
exterior column

L= 22 ft

4 ft

Step 2: Determination of the area of footing

(DL+LL) of ext. column+(DL+LL) of

690 kips
int. column =

[qa*1000 - ((h/12)*150) - (dsoil*

4.350 ksf
γs)]/1000
Total load/qu(eff) 158.621 sq. ft

A(req)/L 7.5 ft

L= 22 ft

B= 7.5 ft
LXB 165 sq. ft

1.4DL + 1.7LL 588 kips

1.4DL + 1.7LL 456 kips

1044 kips

Total factored load/A(provided) 6.327 ksf

n of the factored shearing forces at different location of the footing

Supported on the
L= 22 ft two columns under
consideration

Per feet length of

qu * B = 47.455 kip/ft
footing

qu*B*dist. of property line from

63.27 kips
ext. face of ext. col.
Factored load on column -
qu*B*dist. of property line from 329.45 kips
int. face of ext. col.
qu*B*dist. of outer edge of from
150.27 kips
ext. face of ext. col.
Factored load on column -
qu*B*dist. of interior edge of 358.64 kips
footing from int. face of col.

6.94 ft

7.56 ft

tion of the factored moments at different location of the footing

qu*B*[(dist. Of property line
from center of ext. col. - 42.18 kip-ft
(cel*0.5/12))^2]*0.5

qu*B*[(Distance of interior edge

of footing from center of int. col. 237.93 kip-ft
- (cil*0.5/12))^2]*0.5

1278.90 kip-ft

Step 5: Check for one way/beam shear

358.64 kips

Vu(max) - (d/12)*qu*B 232.09 kips

Vu1/(2фλ√f'c B) 27.18 inch Depth OK

Step 6: Check for two way/punching shear

Pu(int. col.) & Pu(ext. col.) 588 kips

cl 20 inch

cs 20 inch

2(cl + d)+2(cs+d) 17.333 ft

 Pu(max) - qu*(cl+d)*(cs+d) 469.19 kips
Vu2/(4фλ√f'c b0) 11.89 inch Depth OK

Step 7: Calculation of steel for long direction

1278.90 kip-ft
Mu(max)/Bd 2
166.52299 psi
0.85 f'c/fy
0.0032
[1-{1-((2Ru)/(ф(0.85f'c)))}^0.5]
200/fy 0.0033 when f'c < 4500 psi
(3√f'c)/fy 0.0032 when f'c >= 4500 psi
0.0033
0.0033
ρ(control)*B*d 9.60 sq. in
((0.0018*B*h)/60)*fy 5.83 sq. in
For long direction
9.60 sq. in
negative moment
mm bar
25 with area 0.76 sq. in
of

with 3 inch concrete clear cover

mm dia
25 all through near top face of
bar
footing along long direction
is steel along long side of footing as the top most bar

42.18 kip-ft

Mu(ext. col.)/Bd2 5.492 psi

0.85 f'c/fy
0.0001
[1-{1-((2Ru)/(ф(0.85f'c)))}^0.5]

0.0033

0.0018

0.0018
ρ(control)*B*d 5.184 sq. in
mm bar
20 with area 0.49 sq. in
of

with 3 inch concrete clear cover

mm dia
20 under exterior column along
bar
long direction up to band width

16 inch

32 inch

16 inch
 5.5 ft
nder exterior column starting from property line up to the bandwidth distance calculated
above
237.93 kip-ft

Mu(int. col.)/Bd2 30.980705 psi

0.85 f'c/fy
0.0006
[1-{1-((2Ru)/(ф(0.85f'c)))}^0.5]

0.0033

0.0018

0.0018
ρ(control)*B*d 5.832 sq. in
mm bar
20 with area 0.49 sq. in
of

with 3 inch concrete clear cover

mm dia
20 under exterior column along
bar
long direction up to band width

38 inch

32 inch

32 inch

7 ft
nder interior column starting from interior edge of footing up to the bandwidth distance
calculated above
Step 8: Calculation of steel for short direction
forcement under exterior column for short direction

Pu(exterior column)/B 60.8 kip/ft

Change this if
3.083 ft
eccentric
q(net, ext. col.)*0.5*moment
289.01 kip-ft
arm^2 =
5.5 ft
Mu(at face of ext.
51.32 psi
col.)/(Bandwidth*d^2)
0.85 f'c/fy
0.0010
[1-{1-((2Ru)/(ф(0.85f'c)))}^0.5]

0.0018

0.0018
ρ(control)*Bandwidth*d 4.28 sq. in
mm bar
20 with area 0.49 sq. in
of
 with 3 inch concrete clear cover
mm dia
20 under exterior column along
bar
short direction up to band width

From property line up

width 5.5 ft
to this distance
e of footing under exterior column below long direction steel i.e. bottom face up to the
bandwidth calculated above
forcement under interior column for short direction

Pu(interior column)/B 78.40 kip/ft

Change this if
2.917 ft
eccentric
q(net, int. col.)*0.5*moment
333.47 kip-ft
arm^2 =
7.0 ft
Mu(at face of int.
46.52 psi
col.)/(Bandwidth*d^2)
0.85 f'c/fy
0.0009
[1-{1-((2Ru)/(ф(0.85f'c)))}^0.5]

0.0018

0.0018
ρ(control)*Bandwidth*d 5.44 sq. in
mm bar
20 with area 0.49 sq. in
of

with 3 inch concrete clear cover

mm dia
20 under interior column along
bar
short direction up to band width

From interior edge of

width 7.0 ft footing up to this
distance
tion of footing under interior column below long direction steel i.e. bottom face up to the
bandwidth calculated above
 Desig
Design Data
Dimension along
15
length of footing, cel

Exterior Column
Dimension along
15
width of footing, ces
Column Size

Dimension along
15
length of footing, cil
Interior Column
Dimension along
15
width of footing, cis

DL 75
Exterior Column
LL 60
Unfactored Load on column DL 120
Interior Column
LL 90

Allowable soil pressure qa 4

Depth of footing below final

Df 9
grade
28 days compressive strength of
f'c 3.6
concrete
Yield strength of steel fy 60

c/c distance of the columns c/c distance l 20

Distance of property line from

0.625
center of exterior column

Assumed total depth of footing h 20

Assumed effective depth of

d= h-4 16
footing
Unit weight of soil γs 100
Depth of soil above footing dsoil = Df - h 7.33333333333
Factor for type of concrete λ 1
Assumed total depth of strap
t(strap) = 32
beam

Shear stregth reduction factor ф(shear) = 0.75

 Flexural strength reduction
ф(flexure) = 0.9
factor
Factor for compressive strength
β1 = 0.85
of concrete
Design of Strap Footing
Step 1: Selecting footing dime

Assumed width of exterior footing

inch B(ext. footing) =
(along strap beam long axis)

inch Eccentricity of exterior footing e(ext. footing) =

inch Distance between footing reaction l=

inch Eccentric moment (of ext. col.) M=

kips Shear produced by this Moment V=

kips Reaction of exterior footing R(ext. footing) =
kips Net soil bearing capacity qu(net) =

kips Input Required area of exterior footing A(req, ext. footing) =

value

Required Length of footing (dimension

ksf L(ext. footing) =
orthogonal to width of footing)

ft
Selected dimension of exterior footing
ksi

ksi Reaction of interior footing R(int. footing) =

A(req, interior
ft Required area of interior footing
footing) =

Assumed width of interior footing

ft B(int. footing) =
(along strap beam long axis)

Required Length of footing (dimension

inch L(int. footing) =
orthogonal to width of footing)

inch
Selected dimension of interior footing
pcf
ft Step 2: Determination of moment and shea
Factored load on exterior column Pu(ext. col.) =
Factored column load on interior
inch Input Pu(int. col.) =
column
value
Factored eccentric moment Mu(factored) =
Input
value

Factored shear Vu(factored) =

R(ext. footing,
Factored exterior footing reaction
factored) =
Factored footing pressure per ft of qu(ext. footing,
exterior footing factored)
R(int. footing,
Factored interior footing reaction
factored) =
Factored footing pressure per ft of qu(int. footing,
interior footing factored)
a. Shear values at different locatio

Shear at interior face of exterior

Vu(point1) =
column (point 1)

Shear at the interior edge of exterior

Vu(point 2) =
footing (point 2)

Shear at the interior edge of interior

Vu(point 3) =
footing (point 3)

Shear at interior face of interior

Vu(point 4) =
column (point 4)

Shear at exterior face of interior

Vu(point 5) =
column (point 5)

b. Moment values at different locati

Moment at interior face of exterior

Mu(point1) =
column (point 1)

Moment directly under the interior

Mu(point 2) =
edge of exterior footing (point 2)
Moment at the interior edge of interior
Mu(point 3) =
footing (point 3)

Moment at interior face of interior

Mu(point 4) =
column (point 4)

Moment at exterior face of interior

Mu(point 5) =
column (point 5)

Step 3: Design of Strap Be

a(i). Checking Shear strength requireme
Controlling width of column

Width of Strap beam b(strap) =

Assumed effective depth of strap beam d(strap) =

Factored shear Vu(factored) =

Shear strength of Strap beam фVc =

One half shear strength of strap beam фVc/2 =

 Selected x-section of Strap beam

b(ii). Steel calculation of strap

ф(flexure)fy2

1.53*f'c*b(strap)*d(strap)*fy

Mu(max)

1.7*f'c*b(strap)*Mu(max)

As(strap,main
Negative main steel of strap beam
steel)-/ve

Selected main steel of strap beam As(select, strap)

Selected dia of steel, ф

Use 9

Step 4: Design of Exterior footing as

Depth of footing base below final
D(footing base)
grade

Depth of soil above beam D(soil) =

Weight of soil acting on per linear feet

W(soil,DL) =
of beam

Self weight of strap beam W(strap,self wt.) =

Dead load from exterior column W(DL) =

Live load from exterior column W (LL) =
Assumed total depth of exterior
t(ext. footing) =
footing
a. Calculation of effective soil p
W(self wt., ext.
Self weight of exterior footing
footing) =
 Weight of soil fill on top W(soil,footing) =

Effective soil pressure below footing q(effective) =

b. Calculation of width of footing per ft len

Factored load on strap beam at Pu(strap, ext. footing)
exterior footing =

Net Pressure qu(net) =

c. Check for one way shear/bea

Effective depth of exterior footing d(ext. footing) =

length of critical section lc(ext. footing) =

Vu(one way, ext.

One way shear/beam shear
footing) =
One way shear stress

Required effective depth of exterior

d(req, ext. footing) =
footing

Selected total depth of exterior footing

d. Calculation of steel

Moment arm

Moment at the face of the exterior

Mu(ext. footing) =
column

Flexural stress Ru =

Steel ratio ρ=

Minimum steel ratio ρ(min) =

Controlling minimum steel ratio

Shrinkage steel ratio ρ(min,shrinkage) =
Controlling steel ratio ρ(min,controls) =
Selected steel ratio ρ(select) =
As(main, ext. footing)
Controlling total main steel
=

Selected dia of steel, ф

Use 11

As(shrinkage, ext.
Total shrinkage steel
footing) =
 Selected dia of steel, ф

Use 8

Step 5: Design of Interior footing as a

Depth of footing base below final
D(footing base)
grade

Depth of soil above beam D(soil) =

Weight of soil acting on per linear feet

W(soil,DL) =
of beam

Self weight of strap beam W(strap,self wt.) =

Dead load from interior column W(DL) =

Live load from interior column W (LL) =

Assumed total depth of interior footing t(int. footing) =

a. Calculation of effective soil p

W(self wt., int.
Self weight of interior footing
footing) =

Weight of soil fill on top W(soil,footing) =

Effective soil pressure below footing q(effective) =

b. Calculation of width of footing per ft len

Factored load on strap beam at interior Pu(strap, int. footing)
footing =

Net Pressure qu(net) =

c. Check for one way shear/bea

Effective depth of interior footing d(int. footing) =

length of critical section lc(int. footing) =

Vu(one way, int.

One way shear/beam shear
footing) =
One way shear stress

Required effective depth of interior

d(req, int. footing) =
footing

Selected total depth of interior footing

c. Calculation of steel
 Moment arm

Moment at the face of the interior

Mu(int. footing) =
column

Flexural stress Ru =

Steel ratio ρ=

Minimum steel ratio ρ(min) =

Controlling minimum steel ratio

Shrinkage steel ratio ρ(min,shrinkage) =
Controlling steel ratio ρ(min,controls) =
Selected steel ratio ρ(select) =
As(main, int. footing)
Controlling total main steel
=

Selected dia of steel, ф

Use 11

As(shrinkage, int.
Total shrinkage steel
footing) =

Selected dia of steel, ф

Use 8

Use (optional) 8
ng
Step 1: Selecting footing dimensions

6.83 ft Input data

Exterior footing width/2 -

distance of property line
2.79 ft
from center of exterior
column

c/c distance of columns -

17.21 ft
e(ext. footing)

Sum of DL & LL of ext. col. *

376.65 kip-ft
e(ext. footing)

M/l 21.8855316676351 Kips

DL + LL + V 156.885531667635 Kips
qa - h*0.15 - γs*dsoil 3.01666666666667 ksf

R(ext. footing)/qu(net) 52.01 sq. ft

A(req)/B(ext. footing) 8 ft

L(ext. footing) = 8 ft

B(ext. footing) = 6.83 ft

DL + LL - V 188.11 kips

R(int. footing)/qu(net) 62.36 sq. ft

8 ft Input data

A(req)/B 8.0 ft

L(int. footing) = 8.0 ft

B(int. footing) = 8.0 ft

Determination of moment and shear in the strap footing
1.4DL + 1.7LL 186 kips

1.4DL + 1.7LL 288 kips

(1.4DL+1.7*LL)*e(ext.
518.94 kip-ft
footing)
 Mu(factored)/l 30.15 kips

Pu(ext. col.) + Vu(factored) 216.15 kips

R(ext. footing,
31.648 kips/ft
factored)/B(ext. footing)

Pu(int. col.) - Vu(factored) 257.85 kips

R(int. footing,
32.2 kips/ft
factored)/B(int. footing)
a. Shear values at different location of footing

qu(ext. footing, factored)*

dist. Of property line from
-146.44 kips
interior face of ext. col. -
Pu(ext. col.)

qu(ext. footing, factored)*

30.15 kips
B(ext. footing) - Pu(ext. col.)

Vu(point 2) 30.15 kips

Vu(factored) + qu(int.
footing, factored) * distance
of interior face of interior 138.93 kips
column from interior edge
of interior footing

qu(int. footing, factored) *

distance of exterior edge of -108.78 kips
interior footing
b. Moment values at different location of footing

qu(ext. footing, factored)*

(dist. Of property line from
-91.53 kip-ft
interior face of ext. col.)^2 -
Pu(ext. col.)*cel*0.5

qu(ext. footing, factored)*

(B(ext. col.)^2)*0.5 - Pu(ext.
col.)*dist. Of center of -415.97 kip-ft
column from the interior
edge of exterior footing
 qu(ext. footing, factored)*
B(ext. footing)*(clear dist.
Between the two footings +
B(ext. footing)*0.5) - Pu(ext.
-120.61 kip-ft
col.)* (clear dist. Between
the two footings + dist. Of
center of ext. col. From the
int. edge of exterior footing)

qu(ext. footing, factored)*

B(ext. footing)*(clear dist.
Between the two footings +
B(ext. footing)*0.5 + (B(int.
footing)-cil)*0.5) - Pu(ext.
col.)* (clear dist. Between
the two footings + dist. Of 164.72 kip-ft
center of ext. col. From the
int. edge of exterior footing
+ (B(int. footing)-cil)*0.5) +
qu(int. footing,
factored)*0.5*(B(int.
footing)-cil)^2

qu(int. footing,
factored)*0.5*(B(int. 183.56 kip-ft
footing)-cil)^2
Step 3: Design of Strap Beam
Checking Shear strength requirement of strap beam
15 inch
6 inches shall be
Controlling width of column equally divided to
21 inch
+ 6 inch either side of the
two columns

17.5 inch

30.15 kips
2ф(shear)λ√f'c
33.08 kips
b(strap)d(strap)

ф(shear)λ√f'c Provide strirrups

16.54 kips
b(strap)d(strap) @ max spacing
 b(strap) = 21 inch

t(strap) = 22 inch

b(ii). Steel calculation of strap beam

3240 kip2/in4

-121451.4 kip2/in2

Press
"ctrl+shift+enter"
415.97 kip-ft
to run the cell
formula

641519.622495759 kip2

31.1 sq. in

6.4 sq. in

6.4 sq. in

25 mm bar with area of 0.76 sq. in

with 3 inch concrete clear cover all

25 mm dia bar through the length of the beam as
top bar
Step 4: Design of Exterior footing as a wall footing

9 ft

D(footing base) - t(strap) - 6

6.667 ft
inch
(γs*volume of soil above Acting along the
beam)/length of beam on 1.167 kips/ft length of the strap
footing beam
b(strap)*t(strap)*unit wt. of
0.48125 kips/ft
concrete
DL/length of beam 12.1 kips/ft
LL/length of beam 9.7 kips/ft

15 inch Input data

a. Calculation of effective soil pressure

t(ext. footing)*unit wt. of
0.1875 ksf
concrete
 (γs*volume of soil above
0.78 ksf
beam)/area of footing

qa - W(self wt., ext. footing)

3.04 ksf
- W(soil, footing)

culation of width of footing per ft length of strap beam

1.4DL + 1.7LL 35.67 kips Per ft

Pu(strap, ext. footing)/L(ext.

4.46 ksf
footing)
c. Check for one way shear/beam shear
t(ext. footing) - 3.5 inch 11.5 inch
L(ext. footing)/2 - d(ext.
2.167 ft
footing) - b(strap)/2

qu(net)*lc(ext. footing) 9.66 kips

2ф(shear)λ√f'c*b 1.080 ksi b=12 inch

Vu(one way, ext.
OK, But check for
footing)/one way shear 8.94 inch
economy
stress

t(selected, ext. footing) = 15 inch

d. Calculation of steel

L(ext. footing)/2 - b(strap)/2 3.125 ft

(qu(net)*(moment
21.77 kip-ft/ft
arm^2)*b)/2
Mu(ext. footing)/bd(ext.
164.61 psi
footing)^2
0.85 f'c/fy
[1-{1-((2Ru)/(ф(0.85f'c)))}^0. 0.0031
5]
200/fy 0.0033
(3√f'c)/fy 0.0030
0.0033
0.0018*fy/60 0.0018
0.0033
0.0033
ρ(select)*B(ext. along L(ext.
3.14 sq. in
footing)*d(ext. footing) footing)

16 mm bar with area of 0.31 sq. in

with 3 inch concrete clear cover all

16 mm dia bar through at bottom face of footing
along the direction of L(ext. footing)

ρ(min,shrinkage)*L(ext. along B(ext.

2.59 sq. in
footing)*t(ext. footing) footing)
 16 mm bar with area of 0.31 sq. in

with 3 inch concrete clear cover all

through at bottom face of footing
16 mm dia bar
on top of main steel along the
direction of B(ext. footing)

Step 5: Design of Interior footing as a wall footing

9 ft

D(footing base) - t(strap) - 6

6.667 ft
inch
(γs*volume of soil above Acting along the
beam)/length of beam on 1.16666666666667 kips/ft length of the strap
footing beam
b(strap)*t(strap)*unit wt. of
0.48125 kips/ft
concrete
DL/length of beam 25.9 kips/ft
LL/length of beam 19.5 kips/ft

20 inch Input data

a. Calculation of effective soil pressure

t(int. footing)*unit wt. of
0.25 ksf
concrete
(γs*volume of soil above
0.73 ksf
beam)/area of footing

qa - W(self wt., int. footing) -

3.02 ksf
W(soil, footing)

culation of width of footing per ft length of strap beam

1.4DL + 1.7LL 71.71 kips Per ft

Pu(strap, int. footing)/L(int.

8.96 ksf
footing)
c. Check for one way shear/beam shear
t(int. footing) - 3.5 inch 16.5 inch
L(int. footing)/2 - d(int.
1.750 ft
footing) - b(strap)/2

qu(net)*lc(int. footing) 15.69 kips

2ф(shear)λ√f'c*b 1.080 ksi b=12 inch

Vu(one way, int.
OK, But check for
footing)/one way shear 14.53 inch
economy
stress

t(selected, int. footing) = 20 inch

c. Calculation of steel
L(int. footing)/2 - b(strap)/2 3.125 ft

(qu(net)*(moment
43.77 kip-ft/ft
arm^2)*b)/2
Mu(int. footing)/bd(int.
160.77 psi
footing)^2
0.85 f'c/fy
[1-{1-((2Ru)/(ф(0.85f'c)))}^0. 0.0031
5]
200/fy 0.0033
(3√f'c)/fy 0.0030
0.0033
0.0018*fy/60 0.0018
0.0033
0.0033
ρ(select)*B(int. along L(int.
5.28 sq. in
footing)*d(int. footing) footing)

20 mm bar with area of 0.49 sq. in

with 3 inch concrete clear cover all

mm dia bar as main
20 through at bottom face of footing
steel
along the direction of L(int. footing)

ρ(min,shrinkage)*L(int. along B(ext.

3.46 sq. in
footing)*t(int. footing) footing)

20 mm bar with area of 0.49 sq. in

with 3 inch concrete clear cover all

mm dia bar as through at bottom face of footing
20
shrinkage steel on top of main steel along the
direction of B(int. footing)

with 3 inch concrete clear cover all

mm dia bar as through in both directions as top
20
shrinkage steel shrinkage steel if total depth of
footing exceeds 24 inches.
 a(ii). Calculation of stirrups to be provided in strap beam
Area of shear rebar Av = 0.22

Avfy/0.75√f'cb(strap) 13.968

Maximum Spacing of shear rebar S(max) =

Avfy/50b(strap) 12.5714285714286

d/2 8.75

24 inch 24

Selected Maximum spacing of

S(max, selected) = 8.0
stirrups
 ф(shear)Avfyd(strap)/
Spacing of strirrups S= -59.2996822839755
V(factored)-ф(shear)Vc

Use ф10mm stirrups @ S(control) = 8

b(i). Selection of x-section of strap beam

Controlling width of
Controlling width of Strap beam b(strap) = 21
column + 6 inch

Assumed depth of Strap beam t(strap) = 22

Effective depth of Strap beam d(strap) = t(strap) - 4.5 = 17.5

Maximum steel ratio for tension 0.85β1*(f'c/

ρ(max) = 0.0163
controlled section fy)*(0.003/0.008)

(Mu/
(ф(flexure)ρ(max)b(str
Required effective depth d(req) = 18.00
ap)fy(1-0.59ρ(max)
(fy/f'c))))^0.5

Selected dimension of Strap b(strap) = 21

beam
t(strap) = 22
rap beam
sq. in

inch c/c

inch c/c

inch c/c

inch c/c

inch c/c
 inch c/c

all through the length

inch c/c
of the strap beam

inch

inch Input value

Assuming 2 layer of
inch
main steel

inch Increase depth

inch

inch