Dear Sir,

In Isolated footing, up to 300mm , uniform depth of footing is adopted

and above 300mm, sloped footing is adopted with maximum depth near column suppor
t and a minimum of 150mm at free end (200mm is adopted in practice). Footing dep
th is arrived based on bending moment, one way shear and two way shear considera
tion. For arriving quickly you can follow thumb rule.
Thumb rule 1: D=650 times projection of footing in metre and depth of footing D
is in mm. For example for a projection of (1.200- 0.230)/2=0.485m,
D=309mm. say 300mm (Since depth is more adopt lesser depth than required).
Thumb rule 2: Based on SBC of soil
SBC in KN/m2
D/A value
50
1/7.5
100
1/5.5
150
1/5.0
200
1/4.5
250
1/4.0
300
1/3.5
For the same example if SBC is 150KN/m2 , A=1200mm
D=1200/5.0=240mm. If sloped footing is adopted, increase 20% of this
Value =1.20x240=288mm say 300mm.
V.M.RAJAN.