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01 ENB371 Tutorial Week 7 Shallow Foundation

The document contains practice questions and information about shallow foundation design including: 1) Six questions about designing strip and column foundations using Terzaghi's and Meyerhof's bearing capacity theories. Soil properties, loads, dimensions and factors of safety are provided. 2) Explanations of Terzaghi's and Meyerhof's bearing capacity theories including equations for calculating ultimate bearing capacity and relevant factors. 3) Tables of bearing capacity factors and equations for calculating shape, depth, and inclination factors for use in the bearing capacity theories.

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01 ENB371 Tutorial Week 7 Shallow Foundation

The document contains practice questions and information about shallow foundation design including: 1) Six questions about designing strip and column foundations using Terzaghi's and Meyerhof's bearing capacity theories. Soil properties, loads, dimensions and factors of safety are provided. 2) Explanations of Terzaghi's and Meyerhof's bearing capacity theories including equations for calculating ultimate bearing capacity and relevant factors. 3) Tables of bearing capacity factors and equations for calculating shape, depth, and inclination factors for use in the bearing capacity theories.

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Queensland University of Technology

QUT

ENB371: Geotechnical Engineering 2


WEEK 7 PRACTICE QUESTIONS Shallow Foundation
Q1. A strip footing is to be designed to support a dead load of 500 kN/m and an imposed load of 300 kN/m at a depth of 0.7 m in sand. Characteristic values of the 0 shear strength parameters are c= 0, and = 40 . Determine the required with of the footing if a factor of safety of 3.0 against shear failure is specified and assuming that the water table may rise to foundation level. The unit weight of sand above the 3 water table is 17 kN/m and below the water table the saturated unit weigh is 20 3 kN/m . Hint: Use Terzaghis bearing capacity theory. A foundation 2.0 X 2.0 m is located at a depth of 4.0 m in stiff clay of saturated unit 3 weight 21 kN/m . The undrained shear strength at a depth of 4.0 m is given by the characteristic parameters cu = 120 kN/m2 (u = 0). The foundation supports permanent loaf of 1200 kN and a variable load of 700 kN. What is the factor of safety with respect to shear strength? Hint: Use Terzaghis bearing capacity theory A column foundation is 3 x 2 m in plan. Given: Df = 2 m, = 250, c = 50 kN/m2. Using Meyerhof bearing capacity theory, determine the net allowable load that foundation could carry with the factor of safety of 4. The water table is 1 m below the ground surface. Unit weights of soil above and below the water table are 16.8 and 19.4 kN/m3, respectively. Use bearing capacity, shape, and depth factors equations attached with this tutorial. A square column foundation 1.8 x 1.8 located at a depth of 1.2 m in sand is to be designed to carry gross allowable load with the factor of safety 3.0. The water table is located 2 m below the ground surface. The unit weight of sand above the water table is 17.66 kN/m3 and the saturated unit weight of sand below the water table is 19.42 kN/m3. The shear strength parameters for the sand are c = 23.94 kN/m2 and 0 0 = 25 . Determine the gross allowable load if it is inclined at an angle of 10 to the vertical. (Hint: Use Meyerhof bearing capacity theory and bearing capacity, shape, depth, and inclination factor equations given). How to increase the allowable load of foundation? A load of 425 kN/m is carried on a strip footing 2m wide at a depth of 1m in stiff clay of saturated unit weight 21 kN/m3, water table being at the ground level. Determine the factor of safety with respect to shear failure: (a) when cu = 105 kN/m2 and u = 0 (b) When c = 10 kN/m2 and = 280 Using both Terzaghis and Meyerhof bearing capacity theories.

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Q6. A footing 2.5 x 2.5 carries a pressure of 400 kN/m2 at a depth of 1 m in sand. The saturated unit weight of sand is 20 kN/m3 and the unit weight above the water table is 17 kN/m3. The design shear strength parameters are c = 0, and = 400. Determine the factor of safety with respect to shear failure for the following cases: (c) The water table is 5 m below the ground level. (d) The water table 1 m below the ground level. Use Terzaghis bearing capacity theory

ENB371: Geotechnical Engineering 2 (2010 SEM2)

Chaminda Gallage

Queensland University of Technology

QUT

Terzaghis Bearing Capacity Theory (1943). For strip footing

qu = c' N c + qN q + 0.5BN
For square footing:

qu = 1.3c' N c + qN q + 0.4BN
For circular footing

qu = 1.3c' N c + qN q + 0.3BN
Equations for Terzagi bearing capacity factors: Nq = exp(3 / 2 ' ) tan ' 2 cos 2 (450 + ' / 2)

N c = ( N q 1) cot '
N = 1 K p 1 tan ' 2 cos 2 '

Table 1: Terzaghi bearing capacity factors

ENB371: Geotechnical Engineering 2 (2010 SEM2)

Chaminda Gallage

Queensland University of Technology

QUT

Meyerhof (1963) Bearing Capacity Theory

qu = c' N c Fcs Fcd Fci + qN q Fqs Fqd Fqi + 0.5BN Fs Fd Fi


Bearing capacity factors:

' N q = tan 2 450 + e tan ' 2

N c = (N q 1)cot '

N = 2(N q + 1) tan '

Table 2: Meyerhof bearing capacity factors

Shape factors:

B N Fcs = 1 + q L N c

B Fqs = 1 + tan ' L

B Fs = 1 0.4 L

ENB371: Geotechnical Engineering 2 (2010 SEM2)

Chaminda Gallage

Queensland University of Technology

QUT

Depth factors: IF D f 1 B Df B

Df Fcd = 1 + 0.4 B

D Fqd = 1 + 2 tan ' (1 sin ' ) 2 f B


Df Fqd = 1 + 2 tan ' (1 sin ' ) 2 tan 1 B

Fd = 1
Fd = 1

IF

>1

Df Fcd = 1 + (0.4) tan 1 B

Inclination factors

Fci = Fqi = 1 0 90

Fi = 1 '

ENB371: Geotechnical Engineering 2 (2010 SEM2)

Chaminda Gallage

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