Bearing_0.xls

BEARING CAPACITY OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS Terzaghi and Vesic Methods Date Identification

March 25, 2019 Example 6.4

Input

Results Units of Measurement E SI or E Foundation Information Shape B= L= D=

SQ SQ, CI, CO, or RE 9.89 ft ft 3 ft

Soil Information c= phi = gamma = Dw =

2000 0 109 4

Factor of Safety F=

3

Copyright 2000 by Donald P. Coduto

lb/ft^2 deg lb/ft^3 ft

Terzaghi Bearing Capacity q ult = 15,147 lb/ft^2 qa= 5,049 lb/ft^2 Allowable Column Load P= 494 k

Vesic 14,097 lb/ft^2 4,699 lb/ft^2 460 k

Unit conve

1000

Gamma w phi (radian

62.4 0

Terzaghi Computations a theta = 1 Nc = 5.70 Nq = 1.00 N gamma 0.00 gamma' = 52.9094 coefficient 1.3 coefficient 0.4 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

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