Foundation Engineering I CE-325: Chapter 3: Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations
Foundation Engineering I CE-325: Chapter 3: Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations
Foundation Engineering I CE-325: Chapter 3: Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations
CE-325
Chapter 3: Bearing capacity of shallow
foundations
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Foundations in Civil Engineering 2
Foundations
Shallow Deep
foundations foundations
Piles Caissons
Spread Mat
footings Anchors Auger-cast Drilled
piles shafts
Mat foundations are also known as raft foundations. They are always
made of reinforced concrete. Mats are considered if:
1. The structural load are so high or soil conditions so poor that spread footings
would be exceptionally large. As a general rule of thumb, if spread footing
would cover more than 50 % of the building footprint area, a mat or some type
of deep foundation will usually be more economical.
3. The uplift loads are larger than spread footings can accommodate. The greater
weight and continuity of a mat may provide sufficient resistance.
GWT
D
where
q = bearing pressure
P = vertical column load
Wf = weight of foundation, including the weight
of soil above the foundation, if any
A = base area of foundation
ud = pore water at bottom of foundation (i.e. at
a depth D below the ground surface
Bearing pressure – continuous footings 9
B = 1 m or 1 ft
Example-1 10
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Example-2 11
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Distribution of bearing pressure 12