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GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERING
SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS
PREPARED BY :
Youventharan Duraisamy
UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PAHANG
TOPIC OUTLINE
Introduction to foundation
Bearing capacity
Factor of safety & bearing capacity failure
Bearing capacity analysis for shallow
foundation
1) Terzaghis equation
2) Skemptons chart
Effect of variable water table
FOUNDATIO
N
SHALLOW
Df B
DEEP
Df B
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
qu
qall =
FS
The FS should be
at least 3.0
BEARING CAPACITY
FAILURE
Bearing capacity failure can occur in 3 different
mode :
general shear failure
local shear failure
punching shear failure
TERZAGHIS BEARING
CAPACITY
qult cN c qN q 0.5 BN
For square footing:
SKEMPTONS BEARING
CAPACITY
Skempton's equation is widely used for undrained clay soils:
qu = su .Ncu + qo
where :
Su = undrained shear strength
Ncu = Skempton's bearing capacity factor, which can be
obtained from chart
qo = D
q = Dw + ( D - Dw )
where
= sat - w
q=D
ave
For d B
For d B
Allowable Bearing
Capacity
qult
qa
F
qa
F . Factor of safety
THE END
Strip footing
Raft foundation