IS 6403-1981 METHOD
0-0.5 m browny silty sand mixed with gravels
0.5 - 4.6 m Dense brownish gravels mixed with boulders non-cohesive soil
4.6 - 9 m completely to moderately weathered basalt rock
Compressive strength of
Sample collected from depth Failure load
soil, quc
m kn kg/cm2 kn/m2 depth, m
6-7.5 168.2 722.04 70807.93566 6-7.5
7.5-9 252.2 1082.63 106169.734895 7.5-9
7.5-9 188.25 807.9 79227.92535 6-7.5
6-7.5 - - -
7.5-9 230.2 988.19 96908.334635 7.5-9
7.5-9 222.2 953.85 93540.731025 7.5-9
qnet cNc+q(Nq-1)+(0.5*ϒ*B*Nϒ)
c Cohesion
Nc Bearing capacity factor
q Effective surcharge at the base level of foundation
Nq Bearing capacity factor
ϒ Unit weight of soil
B Width of footing
Nϒ Bearing capacity factor
φ Angle of internal friction
Area cross check cohesion, c Dry density Unit weight of soil,ϒ
cm2 kn/m2 kn/m2 t/m3 kn/m3
0.00237463 70832.0875252 35403.96783 2.779 26.487
0.00237463 106206.019464 53084.8674475 2.864 27.0756
0.00237463 79275.5081844 39613.962675 2.883 26.1927
- - - 2.224 -
0.00237463 96941.418242 48454.1673175 2.825 26.5851
0.00237463 93572.4723431 46770.3655125 2.852 26.8794
quc=2 tan43 0.9325
(Nq-1)cotφ πtan43 2.93
of foundation e^(πtan43) 18.73
Tan2(450-φ/2)e^(πtanφ) φ/2 21.5
tan^2(45-21.5) tan^2(23.5) 0.19
2(Nq+1)tanφ
assuming 43 degree
Angle of
internal Nq Nc Nϒ Df q,ϒDf B qnet,kn/m2
friction
Tan2(450-φ/ (Nq- 2(Nq+1)tan cNc+q(Nq-
φ 2)e^(πtanφ) 1)cotφ φ Assume kn/m2 m 1)+(0.5*ϒ*B*Nϒ)
43 3.5587 1.707636 13.6613967 0.9 23.8383 1 60699.00595268
43 3.5587 1.707636 13.6613967 0.9 24.36804 1 90896.92073778
43 3.5587 1.707636 13.6613967 0.9 23.57343 1 67885.45625789
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43 3.5587 1.707636 13.6613967 0.9 23.92659 1 82984.89099488
43 3.5587 1.707636 13.6613967 0.9 24.19146 1 80112.25859499
D=1.5B
for 2.1-2.4 φ=38-43 Ref: Fig.1 of IS 6403: 1981
FOS SBC, kn/m2 SBC, tonne/m2
qnet/Fs + ϒDf
3.5 17366.411429 1769.637324649
3.5 25994.916822 2648.882024185
3.5 19419.418075 1978.838701854
3.5 23733.895446 2418.483945915
3.5 22913.408201 2334.876295725
Type of soil Murum
Unit weight of soil ϒ
Depth of soil above footing Df
Ultimate BC qu
Surcharge q=ϒDf
Net BC qnet=qu-q
SBC qf=(qnet/FOS) + q
FOS
Internal angle of friction θ
friction coefficient tanθ
Typical factor of safety for bearing capacity calculations in different situations
Category Typical structure Characteristics of the category
Maximum design load likely to
Railway Bridges, warehouses, blast, furnances,
A occur often; consequences of
hydraulic, retaining walls, silos
failure disastrous
Maximum design load likely to
B Highway bridges, light industrial and public buildings occur occasionally; consequences
of failure serious
Maximum design load unlikely to
A Apartment and office buildings
occur
25.3098 kn/m3
0.6 m 1
15.18588 kn/m2
2
343.233 kn/m2 qnet= 820.1178 kn/m2
2.5
40 degree
-1.117215 3
nt situations
4
Design factor of safety
Through Limited soil
and exploration
complete
soil 5
3 4
2.5 3.5
2 3
Presumtive BC table
type of soil/rock
Broken shattered bed rock
Soft Rock
Cosrse compact, dry sand gravel, sand and gravel
Hard or stiff clay
Medium compact, dry sand
Loose gravel or sand gravel or loose coarse dry sand
medium clay which can be indented with thumb nail
Fine sand, silt
Moist clay, sand clay mixture which can be indented with strong thumb pressure
soft clay, made up ground , black cotton soil
e BC table
kn/m2
900
450
250
150
To be determined after proper soil investigation or 50
Depth of pedestal = dia of
total clear cover
- - bottom
depth of footing
mesh
750 - 50 - 10
624
dia of clear
dia of pedestal
- bottom - - cover of
longitudinal bar/2
mesh pedestal
- 10 - 6 - 50