Design of Isolated Pad Foundation

Read the following instruction before proceeding for Design

1 The design as per IS 456:2000 (Plain and reinforced concrete - code of practice) - Limit state
2 The design approach is on the conservative side and for a economical design the user should
or any other relavant software/tool
3 For bearing capacity of soil the user refer documents related to soil investigation of the site.
4 Warning message is displayed if the footing pressure exceeds soil bearing capacity or if it is le
5 For Pipe rack foundations, it should be ensure that the minimum contact area of footing with
6 This design sheet carries out Flexure design, One way shear check and Two way shear check
7 b= should be always the longer side of the column
8 d= should be always the shorter side of the column
9 Bf= should be always the the longer side of the footing
10 Df= should be always the shorter side of the footing
11 In flexure, the footing will be designed for maximum pressure

12 All the cells that have border are to be filled by the user.

Disclaimer
This program has been prepared with utmost accuracy, still the AUTHOR does not hold any
responsibility for discrepancy occuring due to the use/misuse of this program
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dation
ode of practice) - Limit state method of design
ical design the user should follow either manual calculation

il investigation of the site.

bearing capacity or if it is less than zero
contact area of footing with soil should be 75%
k and Two way shear check

d by the user.

does not hold any

Design of Reinforced Concrete Isolated pad foundation
stream 2 existing raft column E7
Data: Column no. 1
load case 2
Concrete grade, M 25
Axial load, kN 12 kN d1 d
My, kNm 0 kNm
Mz, kNm 2.953 kNm
Y-Axis
Column size, b 350 mm
Column size, d 350 mm b
SBC of soil, kN/m2 0 kN/m2
Design factor 1.5

Pressure: Axial load 12 kN b1

App. Self weight 1.2 kN
Total weight 13.2 kN

Area of footing #DIV/0! m2 Df Z-Axis

size of footing, Bf 0.3 mt, for My (this should be longer)
size of footing, Df 0.3 mt, for Mz #DIV/0!
Projection, b1 -0.025 mt
Projection, d1 -0.025 mt

Footing Pressure,
Pmax = P/A + My/Zy + Mz/Zz
Pmax 789.56 kN/m2 Warning !! >SBC
Pmin = P/A - My/Zy - Mz/Zz
Pmin -522.89 kN/m2 Warning !! <Zero

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Eccentricity:
Y 0.18 mt Y
X 0.12 mt
X
L 0.3 mt
2/3 L 0.20 mt
Pressure Distribution Diagram

h d
Shear Chk.
One way Shear : At distance d from face of column.
Vu -13.86 kN
Vuc 2.18 kN Safe
Two way Shear : At distance d/2 from face of column.
Perimeter 1456 mm e
S.F. at this section -29.57 kN
Stress -1.45 N/mm2
Permissible stress 0.80 N/mm2 Safe f a
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DESIGN OF ISOLATED FOOTING - SPREADSHEET
AS PER IS 456: 2000

Data: Column no. 2

load case 3
Concrete grade, M 20
Steel grade, Fe 415
Axial load, kN 49 kN
My, kNm 0 kNm
Mz, kNm 2.5 kNm
Column size, b 2500 mm
Column size, d 2500 mm
SBC of soil, kN/m2 30 kN/m2
Design factor 2

Pressure:Axial load 49 kN
App. Self weight 4.9 kN
Total weight 53.9 kN

Area of footing 1.80 m2

size of footing, Bf 1.5 mt
size of footing, Df 1.5 mt
Projection, b1 -0.500 mt
Projection, d1 -0.500 mt

Footing Pressure,
Pmax = P/A + My/Zy + Mz/Zz
Pmax 26.22 kN/m2
Pmin = P/A - My/Zy - Mz/Zz
Pmin 17.33 kN/m2

Eccentricity:
Y 0.90 mt
X 0.60 mt
L 1.5 mt
2/3 L 1.00 mt

b 1.5 mt
qu 43.5555556 kN/m2
Eff. qu 43.5555556 kN/m2
Shear Chk.
One way Shear : At distance d from face of column.
pt assumed 50 %
Designed shear stress 0.82 N/mm2
vu -98
d= -25.22 mm
d provided 1,500.00 mm

Two way Shear : At distance d/2 from face of column.

Perimeter 16000 mm
S.F. at this section -598.89 kN
Ks 1.00
tc 1.12 N/mm2
tv -0.02 N/mm2
Resistance 26,832.82 N/mm2 Safe