35.

30.0

25.0

20.0

19 30 20 1 1.5
kN/m3 degrees kPa m m

15.0

10.0

5.0

0.0
(FS)
Ng Nq Nc Factor of Safety
 CE 496A
Project: San Gabriel Coastal Basin Spreading Grounds
Date: 1/24/2012

Bearing Capacity Calculations

Input Bearing Capacity Factors

Soil Density (g) pcf
Friction Angle (f) degrees Frictional
Cohesion (c) psf Angle NAVFAC 7.2-131
Footing Width (B) ft f Ng Nq
Footing Depth (D) ft 1 1.0 1.1
Ng 2 1.0 1.2
Nq 3 1.0 1.3
Nc 4 1.0 1.5
Factor of Safet (FS) 5 1.0 1.6
6 1.0 1.7
7 1.0 1.8
Frictional Coefficient 8 1.0 2.0
fc = (tan f)/1.5 9 1.0 2.2
10 1.0 2.4
11 1.0 2.6
Passive Pressure 12 1.0 2.8
sp, ult = gD*tan2(45+f/2)+2c*tan(45+f/2) 13 1.0 3.1
sp, allow = sp, ult / 1.5 14 1.0 3.4
sp, allow = psf 15 1.2 3.9
16 1.4 4.2
17 1.7 4.6
Continuous Footing 18 2.0 5.1
qult = cNc+gDNq+gBNg/2 19 2.4 5.7
qallow = qult/FS 20 2.9 6.4
qallow = psf 21 3.3 7.1
22 4.0 7.8
23 4.8 8.7
Square Footing 24 5.7 9.6
qult = 1.3cNc+gDNq+0.4gBNg 25 7.1 11.2
qallow = qult/FS 26 8.2 12.3
qallow = psf 27 9.7 14.0
28 12.0 16.5
29 14.3 17.3
Circular Footing 30 17.6 19.6
qult = 1.3cNc+gDNq+0.6gRNg; (R=B/2) 31 19.5 21.2
qallow = qult/FS 32 23.5 24.0
qallow = psf 33 27.5 27.2
34 33.0 31.0
35 41.0 36.5
Increase per foot of Depth 36 46.0 39.5
qincrease, depth = psf 37 55.0 44.0
38 67.0 50.0
39 78.0 59.0
Increase per foot of Width 40 100.0 73.0
qincrease, width = psf

Reference: Inputing the data given