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Soil Details

Results

g
c' (or cu)
f
mv
E
n
Water Table

20
0
35
0.13
55
0.5
20

kN/m
kN/m
deg
m/MN
MN/m
m

Foundation Details
Shape
Width
Length
Founding Depth
Load

sq
Square
6
m
1
m
2
m
7200 kN

Unit weight of soil (gamma)

Square foundation
For undrained soils use phi' = 0
6m x 6m
Angle of friction (phi')
Drained Analysis
Coefficient of volume compressibiliActual Bearing Stress
Young's Modulus
200
Poisson's ratio
Net Bearing Stress
Depth to Water Table
160
Ultimate Bearing Stress

3676
sq=Square, re=Rectangular, st=StrAllowable Bearing Stress
Enter only a width for this fou
1494
Width of foundation
Actual Safety Factor
Length not used for this foundation
22.7
Depth to Base of foundation
OK
Actual Bearing Stress <=
Applied load - includes weight of foundation
Elastic

Safety Factor
2.5

Consolidation
Total

Required safety factor

Bearing Capacity Calculations

Bearing Capacity Factors
Nq=
33.30
Nc=
0.00
Ng=
40.71
Ng=
37.15
Shape Factors (Terzaghi
sq=
sc=
sg=

(Prandtl-Reisner)
(Prandtl-Reisner)
(Brinch-Hansen)
(Meyerhof)

& Peck)
1.20
1.30
0.80

Depth Factors (Brinch-Hansen)

dq= 1.08
dc=
1.13
dg= 1.00

Load Inclination Factors (Meyerho

iq=
1.00
ic=
1.00
ig=
1.00

Ultimate Bearing Capacity using B

Inclination angle a
g (BH for Brinch-Hansen)
(M for Meyerhof)
Depth to water table
below foundation, Dw
tive unit weight (gamma')

0 degrees
bh

qu=cNc+1/2gamma'BNg+gamma'D(N

qu (Including shape factors)

qu (Including shape and depth factor
qu (Including shape, depth and inclin

18 m
20.00 kN/m

Settlement Calculations
Total Depth/Width

2.5

Total Depth

15.00 m

Thickness, dz

1.00 m

Depth Depth
to
to
Layer layer
layer centre
No.base (m)z (m)
m
1 1.00 0.50 6.00
2 2.00 1.50 2.00
3 3.00 2.50 1.20

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n
6.00
2.00
1.20

Influence
Factor
Ir
1.00
0.93
0.78

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Equivalent
Radius, R

3.39 m

dz/R=

0.30 m

4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

4.00
5.00
6.00
7.00
8.00
9.00
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3.50
4.50
5.50
6.50
7.50
8.50
9.50
10.50
11.50
12.50
13.50
14.50

0.86
0.67
0.55
0.46
0.40
0.35
0.32
0.29
0.26
0.24
0.22
0.21

0.86
0.67
0.55
0.46
0.40
0.35
0.32
0.29
0.26
0.24
0.22
0.21

0.62
0.48
0.38
0.30
0.24
0.20
0.16
0.14
0.12
0.10
0.09
0.08

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Results
Square foundation
Drained Analysis
Actual Bearing Stress
kN/m
Net Bearing Stress
kN/m
Ultimate Bearing Stress
kN/m
Allowable Bearing Stress
kN/m
Actual Safety Factor

Actual Bearing Stress <= Allowable

Settlement
12.2 mm
Consolidation

116.7 mm
129.0 mm

Factors (Brinch-Hansen)

clination Factors (Meyerhof)

e Bearing Capacity using Brinch-Hansen Ng factor

+1/2gamma'BNg+gamma'D(Nq-1)+gamma.D

luding shape factors)

luding shape and depth factors)
luding shape, depth and inclination fa

Stress
Change
(kN/m)
159.5
148.8
125.3

Elastic
Settlement
(mm)
2.2
2.0
1.7

3544
3676
3676

kN/m
kN/m
kN/m

Consolidation
Settlement
(mm)
20.7
19.3
16.3

Columns used to calculate

Influence Factor (Ir)
0.14
0.34
0.38

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-3.43
3.14

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99.5
77.5
60.6
47.9
38.6
31.5
26.1
22.0
18.7
16.1
13.9
12.2
Total

1.4
1.1
0.8
0.7
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
12.2

12.9
10.1
7.9
6.2
5.0
4.1
3.4
2.9
2.4
2.1
1.8
1.6
116.7

0.34
0.29
0.23
0.19
0.15
0.13
0.11
0.09
0.08
0.07
0.06
0.05

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1.20
0.72
0.50
0.37
0.28
0.23
0.18
0.15
0.13
0.11
0.09
0.08

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