BEARING CAPACITY OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONSTerzaghi and Vesic Methods

Date April 17, 2023Identification Example 6.4

Input ResultsUnits of Measurement Terzaghi

E SI or E Bearing Capacityq ult = 15,147 lb/ft^2

Foundation Information q a = 5,049 lb/ft^2Shape SQ SQ, CI, CO, or RE

B = 9.89 ft Allowable Column LoadL = ft P = 494 kD = 3 ft

Soil Informationc = 2000 lb/ft^2

phi = 0 deggamma = 109 lb/ft^3

Dw = 4 ft

Factor of SafetyF = 3

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Unit conve 1000

Gamma w 62.4phi (radian 0

Terzaghi Computationsa theta = 1

Vesic Nc = 5.70Nq = 1.00

14,097 lb/ft^2 N gamma 0.004,699 lb/ft^2 gamma' = 52.9094

coefficient 1.3coefficient 0.4

460 k sigma zD' 327

Vesic ComputationNc = 5.14sc = 1.19dc = 1.12Nq = 1.00sq = 1.00dq = 1.00N gamma 0.00s gamma = 0.60d gamma = 1.00B/L = 1k = 0.303337

W sub f 0