Load Capacity in Shallow Foundations
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CALCULATION REPORT
DETERMINATION OF LOAD CAPACITY IN SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS
PURELY COHESIVE SOIL
ACCORDING TO NTC DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF FOUNDATIONS, 2004
For the calculation of the allowable bearing capacity of the soil, the following expression proposed in the
RCDF:
= +
Where:
qa Allowable soil bearing capacity
cu Apparent cohesion determined in unconsolidated undrained triaxial test (UU)
Nc Load-bearing capacity coefficient given by:
= . + . + .
For Df/B < 2 and B/L < 1
Where:
Df Depth of foundation
L Length of the foundation
FR Resistance factor
pv Total vertical pressure at the depth of foundation due to the self-weight of the soil.
Df B L c pv qa
Df/B B/L Nc FR
m m m to/with2 to/m2 to/and2
0.60 1.00 1.00 0.60 1.00 7.20 4.92 0.90 0.35 13.29
0.60 2.00 2.00 0.30 1.00 6.81 4.92 0.90 0.35 12.63
0.60 3.00 3.00 0.20 1.00 6.68 4.92 0.90 0.35 12.41
1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 7.71 4.92 1.51 0.35 14.79
1.00 2.00 2.00 0.50 1.00 7.07 4.92 1.51 0.35 13.68
1.00 3.00 3.00 0.33 1.00 6.85 4.92 1.51 0.35 13.31
1.50 1.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 8.35 4.92 2.28 0.35 16.66
1.50 2.00 2.00 0.75 1.00 7.39 4.92 2.28 0.35 15.00
1.50 3.00 3.00 0.50 1.00 7.07 4.92 2.28 0.35 14.45
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9 Df = 0.60 m
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7 Df = 1.00 m
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