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    Calculation of SBC of A Square Foot: SL No Item Value Unit

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    This document provides a calculation of the safe bearing capacity of a square footing. It includes inputs like footing dimensions, soil properties, and formulas. The calculation determines the net ultimate bearing capacity, applies a factor of safety, and calculates the net and gross safe bearing capacities.

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    Calculation of SBC of A Square Foot: SL No Item Value Unit

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    This document provides a calculation of the safe bearing capacity of a square footing. It includes inputs like footing dimensions, soil properties, and formulas. The calculation determines the net ultimate bearing capacity, applies a factor of safety, and calculates the net and gross safe bearing capacities.

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    SBC of Soil by C-phi values

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    This document provides a calculation of the safe bearing capacity of a square footing. It includes inputs like footing dimensions, soil properties, and formulas. The calculation determines the net ultimate bearing capacity, applies a factor of safety, and calculates the net and gross safe bearing capacities.

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    Calculation of SBC of A Square Foot: SL No Item Value Unit

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    Nicholas Thompson
    This document provides a calculation of the safe bearing capacity of a square footing. It includes inputs like footing dimensions, soil properties, and formulas. The calculation determines the net ultimate bearing capacity, applies a factor of safety, and calculates the net and gross safe bearing capacities.

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    CALCULATION OF SBC OF A SQUARE FOOT

    (General sh
    Enter Values in Yellow Cells
    Sl No Item Value Unit
    1 Width of the Square footing (B) 2.00 m
    2 Depth of Footing (Df) 1.00 m
    Net ultimate bearing capacity based on general shear qd = C*Nc*Sc*dc*i
    3
    failure is given by  0.5*γ1*B*Nγ*sγ*dγ*
    Height of ground water table above the footing base level
    4 0 m
    (dw)

    5 Water table factor (Rw) 1

    6 Depth of water table below the footing base level (dw') 20 m

    7 Water table factor (Rw') 1

    8 Effective unit weight of soil above footing level (γ 0) 18 kN/m3
    9 Effective overburden pressure at footing level (q 0) 18 kN/m2
    10 Effective unit weight of soil below footing level (γ1) 18 kN/m3
    Cohesion of Soil (C) 10 kN/m2
    11 Angle of internal friction of soil (Φ) 25 Degrees

    12 Bearing capacity factor (Nq) 10.66

    Bearing capacity factor (Nc) 20.72
    13 Bearing capacity factor (Nγ) 10.87
    Shape factor for a square footing (sc) 1.2
    14 Shape factor for a square footing (sq) 1.2
    15 Shape factor for a square footing (sγ) 0.8

    16 Depth factors  (dq = dγ) 1.08

    Depth factor  (dc) 1.16

    17 Inclination factors (ic, iq and iγ) 1

    18 Net ultimate bearing capacity (qnu) 683 kN/m2


    19 Factor of Safety adopted (FS) 3
    20 Net Safe Bearing Capacity (qns ) 228 kN/m2
    21 Safe Bearing Capacity (qsafe ) 246 kN/m2
    TING WITH VERTICAL LOADING IN C‐Φ SOIL
    hear failure)
    Use Pass Word  123  to Unprotect the Sheet
    Formula/ Equation Used Remarks/ Reference

    c + q0*( Nq ‐ 1 )* Sq*dq*iq*Rw +
     Adapted from Clause 5.1.2 of IS 6403 : 1981
    *iγ* Rw' 
    Use "0", if the GWT level is at or below the
    base of the footing

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


    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


    base of the footing

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


    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.
    Use Saturated Unit Weight , if the soil is
    submerged
    γ0 * Df
    Use Saturated Unit Weight , if the soil is
    submerged

    Use "0" for purely cohesive soils
    Table 1. of IS 6403 : 1981 [the values of
    e(πtanΦ)  tan2(45+Φ/2) which are computed from the equation of
    Vesic (1974) as given in the left side cell]
    (Nq‐1)*Cot(Φ) Ditto
    2(Nq+1)*tan (Φ) Ditto
    Table 2 (iii) of IS 6403 : 1981
    Ditto
    Ditto
    1, for Φ<10 and [1+0.1*Df/B*tan(45+Φ/2)],
    Clause 5.1.2.2 of IS 6403 : 1981
    for Φ>10
    1+0.2*Df/B*tan(45+Φ/2) Ditto
    Clause 5.1.2.3 of IS 6403 : 1981, for vertical
    loads [ie,  α = 0]
    Formula @ Sl No.3
    qnu/FS 
    qnu/FS + γ0 Df

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