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Foundation Bearing Capacity

The vertical bearing capacity of the foundation soil is verified according to the theory of limit states using the following inequality:

or based on the factor of safety as:

where:

σ

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extreme design contact stress at the footing bottom

Rd

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design bearing capacity of foundation soil

γRV

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coefficient of vertical bearing capacity of foundation (for input use the "Spread Footing" tab)

SFv

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safety factor for vertical bearing capacity

Extreme design contact stress at the footing bottom is given by:

where:

V

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extreme design vertical force

Aef

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effective area of the foundation

The vertical bearing capacity of the foundation soil Rd is determined for three basic types of foundation conditions:

The above computations are applicable only for the homogeneous soil. If there is a non-homogeneous soil under the footing bottom (or there is groundwater present), then the inserted profile is transformed into a homogeneous one.

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