CALCULATION OF SBC OF A SQUARE FOOTING WITH VERTICAL LOADING IN COHESIONLESS SOIL, USING SPT "N" VALUES

(General shear failure)

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Sl No Item Value Unit Formula/ Equation Used Remarks/ Reference
1 Width of the Square footing (B) 2.00 m
2 Depth of Footing (Df) 1.50 m
"N" value ( Average of N values below the footing up to a
3 2.25
depth equal to twice the width of the footing)
Net ultimate bearing capacity based on general shear Adapted from Clause 5.2.2.1 of IS 6403 :
4
failure is given by
qd == q0( Nq - 1 ) Sq*dq*iq*Rw + 0.5*γ1*B*Nγ*sγ*dγ*iγ* Rw' 1981
Height of ground water table above the footing base level Use "0", if the GWT level is at or below the
5 0 m
(dw) base of the footing

(1-0.5dw/Df), if the water table is within GL

6 Water table factor (Rw) 1 and base of the footing, and 1, if the water
table is below the base of the footing.

Use "0", if the GWT level is at or above the

7 Depth of water table below the footing base level (dw') 0 m
base of the footing

(0.5+0.5dw'/B), if the water table is within a

8 Water table factor (Rw') 0.5 depth of B below the footing, and 1, if the Clause 5.1.2.4 of IS 6403 : 1981
depth of the water table is more than B.

3 Use Saturated Unit Weight , if the soil is

9 Effective unit weight of soil above footing level (γ0) 18 kN/m
submerged
2
10 Effective overburden pressure at footing level (q0) 27 kN/m γ0 Df
3 Use Saturated Unit Weight , if the soil is
11 Effective unit weight of soil below footing level (γ1) 18 kN/m
submerged
Fig 1. of IS 6403 : 1981 [which is adopted in
Angle of internal friction of soil ( Φ ) [Deduced from N 2 graphical form from Peck, Hanson, and
12 27.8 Degrees Φ (deg.) = 27.1+0.3N-0.00054N
value] Thornburn (1974)], expressed in equation
form by Wolff, 1989
Table 1. of IS 6403 : 1981 [the values of
(πtanΦ) 2
13 Bearing capacity factor (Nq) 14.4 e tan (45+Φ/2) which are computed from the equation of
Vesic (1974) as given in the left side cell]
14 Bearing capacity factor (Nγ) 16.24 2(Nq+1)*tan (Φ) Ditto
15 Shape factor for a square footing (sq) 1.2 Table 2 (iii) of IS 6403 : 1981
16 Shape factor for a square footing (sγ) 0.8 Ditto
1, for Φ<10 and [1+0.1*Df/B*tan(45+Φ/2)],
17 Depth factors (dq = dγ) 1.12 Clause 5.1.2.2 of IS 6403 : 1981
for Φ>10
Clause 5.1.2.3 of IS 6403 : 1981, for vertical
18 Inclination factors (iq and iγ) 1
loads [ie, α = 0]
Net ultimate bearing capacity (qnu)
2
19 617 kN/m Formula @ Sl No.6
20 Factor of Safety adopted (FS) 3
21 Net Safe Bearing Capacity (qns ) 206 kN/m
2
qnu/FS
22 Safe Bearing Capacity (qsafe ) 233 kN/m
2
qnu/FS + γ0 Df
23 Allowable settlement of footing (Sa) 50 mm
After Terzaghi & Peck (1948). [ Fig 9 of IS
Safe Bearing Pressure, based on permissible settlement 2 2
24 -9 kN/m 1.385(N-3)[(B+0.3)/2B] Rw' * Sa :8009 (Part I) :1976 is based on this
of foundation (net load intensity)
equation.]
Allowable Bearing Capacity of Soil based on Shear
25
Failure and Settlement Criteria (for net load)=
-9 kN/m
2
Lower of the above values