Shallow Foundation 1 Karl Terzaghi (1883-1963) • Father of modern soil mechanics • Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia • Wrote “Erdbaumechanick” in 1925 • Taught at MIT (1925-1929) • Taught at Harvard (1938 and after) 2 Content 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Type of shallow Foundation The need of SF Bearing Capacity Effect of GWT on B.C Bearing Capacity from In situ test Settlement Stability Reinforcement 3 TYPE OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS • Spread Footing • Continuous Footing • Strap Footing • Mat or Raft Foundation 4 Shallow Foundations • Shallow Foundations versus Deep Foundations Foundations Shallow Foundations Spread Footings Mat Foundations Deep Foundations Driven Piles Drilled Shafts Auger Cast Piles 5 Shallow Foundations • Usually the more economical option • As a general rule, consider deep foundations only when shallow foundations do not give satisfactory design • Types of Shallow foundations •Spread footings (square, circular, rectangular) •Combined Footings •Continuous Footings •Mat or Raft Foundations 6 7 8 Combined / Strap Footing 9 Construction Methods • Excavation; Backhoe followed by handwork oNeat footing-no formwork used oFormed footing 10 Mat (or Raft) Foundation 11 12 DESIGN CRITERIA & DETERMINATION • Foundation must be designed to satisfy general criteria: 1. 2. must be safe in terms of bearing capacity must be safe from excessive settlement 13 DESIGN CRITERIA & DETERMINATION • Specific procedures for designing footings are given in the following steps: 1. calculate the loads acting on the footing 2. obtain soil profiles along with pertinent field and laboratory measurement and testing results 3. determine the depth and location of the footing 4. evaluate the bearing capacity of the supporting soil 14 DESIGN CRITERIA & DETERMINATION 5. determine size of the footing 6. compute the footing contact pressure and check its stability against sliding and overturning 7. estimates the total and differential settlements 8. design the footing structures / reinforcement 15 2. SAFETY FACTORS IN FOUNDATION DESIGN Why do we need Safety Factor for foundation design , and almost all geotechnical case ? 1. To ensure our structure stable 2. Inability to use good mathematical model correctly 2. Uncertainty in sub soil information (method, equipments, labour problems) 3. The possibility of Environmental change of building usage right after construction or long time after construction. 4. Lack of info of sub soil parameters q all qult FS Calculating the allowable bearing capacity of shallow foundations requires application of a factor of safety 16 (FS) to the gross ultimate bearing capacity Factor of Safety Depends on: Type of soil Level of Uncertainty in Soil Strength Importance of structure and consequences of failure Likelihood of design load occurrence 17 Accuracy; Bearing Capacity Analysis 18 Minimum Factor of Safety Many Building code, states the value of SF 19 3. BEARING CAPACITY 1. Lab test 2. Insitu test 3. Load test 4. Empirical correlations 20 1. Lab test. Types/Modes of Failure • general shear failure • local shear failure • punching shear failure 21 Transcosna Grain Elevator Canada (Oct. 18, 1913) 22 West side of foundation sank 24-ft Bearing Capacity Failure 23 1. General Shear Failure 24 Occurrence in dense sand or stiff clay * The load - Settlement curve in case of footing resting on surface of dense sand or stiff clays shows pronounced peak & failure occurs at very small stain. * A loaded base on such soils sinks or tilts suddenly in to the ground showing a surface heave of adjoining soil * The shearing strength is fully mobilized all along the slip surface & hence failure planes are well defined. * The failure occurs at very small vertical strains accompanied by large lateral strains. * ID > 65 ,N>35, Φ > 360, e < 0.55 25 2) Local Shear failure Strip footing resting on surface Load –settlement curve Of Medium sand or Medium clay * When load is equal to a certain value qu(1), * The foundation movement is accompanied by sudden jerks. * The failure surface gradually extend out wards from the foundation. * The failure starts at localized spot beneath the foundation & migrates out ward part by part gradually leading to ultimate failure. * The shear strength of soil is not fully mobilized along planes & hence failure planes are not defined clearly. * The failure occurs at large vertical strain & very small lateral strains. * ID = 15 to 65 , N=10 to 30 , Φ <30, e>0.75 26 3. Punching Shear Failure 27 * The loaded base sinks into soil like a punch. * The failure surface do not extend up to the ground surface. * No heave is observed. * Large vertical strains are involved with practically no lateral deformation. * Failure planes are difficult to locate 28 BEARING CAPACITY THEORIES PRANDTL METHOD (1920) TERZAGHI METHOD (1943) MEYERHOF METHOD (1963) HANSEN METHOD (1970) VESIC MENTHOD (1975) Sequence of emerging Bearing capacity formula 29 Model Tests by Vesic (1973) 30 General Guidelines • Footings in clays - general shear • Footings in soft clays – local shear • Footings in Dense sands (Dr > 67%) -general shear • Footings in Loose to Medium dense (30%< Dr < 67%) - Local Shear • Footings in Very Loose Sand (Dr < 30%)punching shear 31 Bearing Capacity Formulas qult N c su zD 32 Terzaghi Bearing Capacity Formulas 33 Terzaghi Bearing Capacity Formulas • DB • No sliding between footing and soil • soil: a homogeneous semi-infinite mass • general shear failure • footing is very rigid compared to soil 34 Terzaghi’s Bearing Capacity Analysis – Terzaghi (1943) analysed a shallow continuous footing by making some assumptions – 35 * The failure zones do not extend above the horizontal plane passing through base of footing * The failure occurs when the down ward pressure exerted by loads on the soil adjoining the inclined surfaces on soil wedge is equal to upward pressure. * Downward forces are due to the load (=qu× B) & the weight of soil wedge (1/4 γB2 tanØ) * Upward forces are the vertical components of resultant passive pressure (Pp) & the cohesion (c’) acting along the inclined surfaces. 36 For equilibrium: ΣFv = 0 (1/4) γ B2tan ø + quxB = 2Pp +2C ’ × Li sinø’ where Li = length of inclined surface CB; ( = B/2 /cosø’) Therefore, qu× B = 2Pp + BC ’ tanø’ - ¼ γ B2tanø’ –------ (1) The resultant passive pressure (Pp) on the surface CB & CA constitutes three components ie. (Pp)Y, (Pp)c & (Pp) q, Thus, Pp = (Pp)Y + (Pp)c + (Pp)q 37 qu× B= 2[ (Pp)Y +(Pp)c +(Pp)q ]+ Bc’tanø’-¼ γ B2 tanø’ Substituting; 2 (Pp)r - ¼rB2tanø1 = B × ½ γ BNY 2 (Pp)q = B × γ D Nq & 2 (Pp)c + Bc1 tanø1 = B × C1 Nc; We get, qu =C ’Nc + γ Df Nq + 0.5 γ B Nγ This is Terzaghi’s Bearing capacity equation for determining ultimate bearing capacity of strip footing. Where Nc, Nq & NY are Terzaghi’s bearing capacity factors & depends on angle of shearing resistance (ø) 38 ø General Shear Failure Local Shear Failure Nc Nq Nr Nc’ Nq’ Nr’ 0 5.7 1.0 0.0 5.7 1.0 0.0 15 12.9 4.4 2.5 9.7 2.7 0.9 45 172.3 173.3 297.5 51.2 35.1 37.7 39 Important points : * Terzaghi’s Bearing Capacity equation is applicable for general shear failure. * Terzaghi has suggested following empirical reduction to actual c & ø in case of local shear failure Mobilised cohesion Cm = 2/3 C Mobilised angle of øm = tan –1 (⅔tanø) Thus, Nc’,Nq’ & NY’ are B.C. factors for local shear failure qu = CmNc’+ γ Df Nq’+ 0.5 γ B NY’ * Ultimate Bearing Capacity for square & Circular footing -Based on the experimental results, Terzaghi’s suggested following equations for UBC – Square footing qu = 1.2c’ Nc + γ Df Nq + 0.4 γ BNY Circular footing qu = 1.2c1Nc + γ Df Nq + 0.3 γ BNY 40 General Terzaghi Formula qult cN c S c zD N q S q 0.5 BN S Table 1 Values for sγ and sc Strip Footing Round Footing Square Footing sc 1.0 1.3 1.3 sγ 1.0 0.6 0.8 41 Terzaghi Bearing Capacity Formulas For Continuous foundations: qult cN c zD N q 0.5 BN For Square foundations: qult 1.3cN c zD N q 0.4 BN For Circular foundations: qult 1.3cN c zD N q 0.3 BN 42 Terzaghi Bearing Capacity Factors a2 Nq 2 cos 2 (45 / 2) a exp (0.75 / 360) tan Nc 5.7 Nq 1 Nc tan when 0 when 0 tan K p N 1 2 2 cos 43 Bearing Capacity Factors 44 BEARING CAPACITY THEORIES OF TERZAGHI AND SKEMPTON 40 Nq Nc 30 (degrees) N 20 10 0 60 50 40 30 N q and N c 20 10 0 20 40 N 60 80 BEARING CAPACITY FACTORS [After Terzaghi and Peck (1948)] Qf q f = 1 B N + cN c + D f N q 2 45 footing continuous Meyerhoff formula BC factors slightly different with Terzaghi qult cN c S c d cic zD N q S q d q iq 0.5 BN S d i Shape For any B sc 1 0.2k p L sq = sγ = 1.0 For Ø = 0 o For Ø ≥ 10 o B s q s 1 k p L Depth D d c 1 0.2 k p B dq = dγ = 1.0 D d q d 1 0.1 k p B Inclination ic i q 1 o 90 2 iγ = 1 i 1 o 90 2 46 Further Developments • Skempton (1951) • Meyerhof (1953) • Brinch Hanson (1961) • De Beer and Ladanyi (1961) • Meyerhof (1963) • Brinch Hanson (1970) • Vesic (1973, 1975) 47 48 Vesic (1973, 1975) Formulas qult cN c sc d cicbc g c zD N q sq d q iq bq g q 0.5 BN s d i b g Shape factors….… Depth Factors ……. Load Inclination Factors …. Base Inclinations factors .. Ground Inclination Factors…. Bearing Capacity Factors …. 49 Table 4: Shape and depth factors for use in either the Hansen (1970) or Vesic (1973, 1975b) bearing-capacity equations of Table 4-1. Use s’c, d’c when Ø = 0 only for Hansen equations. Subscripts H and V for Hansen and Vesic, respectively : Inclination, ground, and base factors for the Hansen (1970) equations. See Table 4-5c for equivalent Vesic equations 50 Inclination, ground, and base factors for the Vesic (1973, 1975b) bearing-capacity equations. Refer to Figure 1.9 identification of terms. 51 Vesic Formula Shape Factors B N q sc 1 L N c B sq 1 tan L B s 1 0.4 L 52 Vesic Formula Depth Factors D k tan B 1 d c 1 0.4k 2 d q 1 2k tan (1 sin ) d 1 53 Selection of Soil Strength Parameters Use Saturated Strength Parameters Use Undrained Strength in clays (Su) Use Drained Strength in sands, Intermediate soils that where partially drained conditions exist, c and engineers have varying opinions; Undrained Strength can be used but it will be conservative! 54 4. GROUNDWATER TABLE EFFECT 55 Groundwater Table Effect; Case I 1. Modify ′zD 2. Calculate ′ as follows: b w 56 Groundwater Table Effect; Case II 1. No change in ′zD 2. Calculate ′ as follows: Dw D B w 1 57 Groundwater Table Effect; Case III 1. No change in ′zD 2. No change in ′ 58 5. B.C. FROM PLATE LOADING TEST AND IN SITU TEST Complete In situ test is on other slides 1. PLATE LOADING TEST 1. For tests in clays. qu(f) = qu(p) qu(f) = ultimate bearing capacity of the proposed foundation qu(p) = ultimate bearing capacity of the test plate 2. For tests in sandy soils, qu ( f ) Where: BF qu ( P ) BP BF = width of the foundation BP = width of the test Plate 59 60 The allowable bearing capacity of a foundation, based on settlement considerations and for a given intensity of load, qo, is 1. for clayey soil SF BF SP BP 2. for sandy soil SF 2 BF S P BP BF 61 2. IN SITU TEST 2.1 SPT B < 1.22 m ; qall = 11.98 Ncorr x Fd x St/25.4 (kPa) Fd= (1+0.33 D/B ) < 1.33 St = tolerable settlement = 25.4 mm (1 inch) Ncorr = NField x CN B>1.22 m ; qall = 7.99 Ncorr {(3.28B+1)/3.28B}2 x Fd x St/25.4 (kPa) 62 2.2 CPT • B < 1.22 m and allowable settlement = 25.4 mm qall = qc / 15 ( kPa) • B>1.22 m ; and allowable settlement = 25.4 mm qall = qc / 25 {(3.28B+1)/3.28B}2 63 6. SETTLEMENT CRITERIA Go to other slide 64 7. STABILITY CONTROL 1. 2. 3. Vertical loading Vert + Horizontal loading Vert + H + Moment 65 1. V load only V/A < qall A=BxL 2. V + H a). V/A < qall b). (Cad A + V tanδ) / H > SFhor 3. V+H+M (eccentricity loading) a) (Cad A + V tanδ) / H > SFhor b) V / A’ + My/ I < qall A’ = L x ( B – 2 e ) ; e = M / P V / A’ - My/ I > 0 66 Simplified Pressure Distribution 67 L B P V/A’ + My/ I ? M V/A’ + My/ I = 68 Eccentric Loads or Moments 69 Eccentric Loads or Moments 70 8. Reinforcement Under other subject 71