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FOOTING DESIGN CALCULATIONS
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Definitions:
1. α = Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
2. ε1 = Strain at level considered, Calculated ignoring the
stiffening of the concrete in tension zone
3. εm = Average steel strain at level considered
4. ρact = Percentage steel provided
5. ρcrit = Percentage steel critical as per code
6. A = Plan area of footing base
7. Acr = Distance from the point considered to the surface of the
nearest longitudinal bar
8. AstPrv = Area of tensile reinforcement provided
9. Astrqd = Area of tensile reinforcement required
10. Asv = Area of shear reinforcement required
11. AsvPrv = Area of shear reinforcement provided
12. A1 = Bearing area of footing at slope of 1:2
13. A2 = C/s Area of column
14. B = Width of footing base
15. Beff = Effective width of footing
16. BoffB = Footing offset along B below column in plan
17. BoffT = Footing offset along B above column in plan
18. B1 = Width of sloped footing at top
19. ColOff = Column offset in sloped footing
20. D = Depth of footing
21. Deff = Effective Depth of footing
22. Df = Depth of founding layer
23. Dw = Ground water level
24. Ec = Modulus of elasticity of concrete
25. Es = Modulus of elasticity of steel
26. Foss = Safety factor against sliding
27. Fosu = Safety factor against uplift
28. Fst = Stress in steel
29. L = Length of footing base
30. Leff = Effective length of footing
31. LoffL = Footing offset along L on left side of column
32. LoffR = Footing offset along L on right side of column
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33. L1 = Length of sloped footing at top
34. Mx = Bending Moment along column D
35. Mx' = Bending Moment along column D due to odd shaped
column
36. Mex = Eccentricity moment along column D
37. Mxx = Total Bending Moment along column D (Mx + Mx' + Mex)
38. My = Bending Moment along column B
39. My' = Bending Moment along column B due to odd shaped
column
40. Mey = Eccentricity moment along column B
41. Myy = Total Bending Moment along column B (My + My' + Mey)
42. Muy = Factored moment along column B
43. Muy' = Factored Moment along column B due to odd shaped
column
44. Mux = Factored moment along column D
45. Mux' = Factored Moment along column D due to odd shaped
column
46. Netdown = Net downward load
47. OB = Maximum permissible offset on bottom side of column in
plan
48. OL = Maximum permissible offset on left side of column in plan
49. OR = Maximum permissible offset on right side of column in
plan
50. OT = Maximum permissible offset on top side of column in plan
51. P = Axial load for footing sizing
52. P1 = Soil pressure at corner 1
53. P2 = Soil pressure at corner 2
54. P3 = Soil pressure at corner 3
55. P4 = Soil pressure at corner 4
56. Pdelta = Column Load to be transferred by reinforcement
57. Pt = Calculated percentage tensile reinforcement
58. Pu = Factored axial load
59. q = Surcharge Load
60. sp = Spacing Between bars at outer most layer
61. SPu = Upward Soil Pressure
62. SPuL = Upward Soil Pressure from left
63. SPuR = Upward Soil Pressure from right
64. SPuB = Upward Soil Pressure from bottom
65. SPuT = Upward Soil Pressure from top
66. Tc = Design shear strength of concrete
67. Temp1 = Peak Hydration temperature
68. Temp2 = Seasonal Temperature Variations
69. Tv = Nominal shear stress
70. Vu = Design shear force
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71. Vus = Strength of shear reinforcement
72. Vx = Shear along major axis
73. Vy = Shear along minor axis
74. Waterpr = Upward water pressure
75. Waterup = Upward force due to water
76. Wcr = Surface Crack Width
77. WFoot = Add. Wt. due to difference in concrete and soil density
78. WFootc = Weight of footing and column with concrete density
79. WSoil = Weight of soil covering footing area
80. Zx = Section modulus of footing base along L
81. Zy = Section modulus of footing base along B
Code References:
IS 456
Parameter Reference
1. Ptmax : Cl. [Link]
2. Ptmin : Cl. [Link]
3. Pt : Cl. 38
4. Tc : Cl. 40.2.1
5. Tcmax : Cl. 40.2.3
6. Asv : Cl. 40.4
7. Min Shear Reinf : Cl. [Link]
8. Max Stirrup Spacing : Cl. [Link]
9. Punching Shear design : Cl. 31.6.3
10. Load transfer : Cl. 34.4
11. Ptnominal : Cl. 34.5.2
12. Crack width calculation : Annex-F
13. Cracking : Cl. 35.3.2
BS 8007 (For Early / Initial Thermal Cracking)
1. Surface Zone for suspended : Figure A.1
slab
2. Surface Zone for ground slab : Figure A.2
3. Factors for the calculation of : Table A.1
minimum reinforcement
Design Code : IS 456 : 2000 + IS 13920 : 2016
Footing No : FC10
Column No : C10 ( 300 mm X 300 mm)
Analysis No : 21
Concrete Grade : M20 N/sqmm
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Steel Grade : Fe500 N/sqmm
Clear Cover : 50 mm
Df : 4M
Dw : 3.35 M
Density of Soil = 18 kN/cum
Soil Bearing Capacity = 80 kN/sqm
Permissible SBC Increase for EQ = 25 %
Permissible SBC Increase for Wind = 25 %
Live Load Reduction = 50 %
Permissible area of loss of contact = 0 %
Design cross section by : Average pressure
Footing Type : Pad
Footing Size (L x B x D) : 2000mm X 2000mm X 300mm
Without considering Effect of Water
Table
Footing Self Wt., F1 = 30.00 kN
Soil Weight, S1 = 0.00 kN
Total Weight, W1 = F1 + S1
= 30 kN
Offset Along L (Loff) = 850 mm
Offset Along B (Boff) = 850 mm
Check For Maximum Soil Pressure:
Critical Analysis Load Combination = 16
Critical Load Combination = [12] : 0.9 (LOAD 3: DEAD LOAD)
Pcomb = 239.42 kN
P = Pcomb + W1 x 0.9
P = 266.42 kN
Mx = -3 kNm
My = 0.31 kNm
P/A = 66.61 kN/sqm
Mx/Zx = -2.25 kN/sqm
My/Zy = 0.23 kN/sqm
Maximum Soil Pressure = 69.09 kN/sqm
Allowable Soil Pressure = 1x80 kN/sqm
= 80 kN/sqm
Check For Minimum Soil Pressure:
Critical Analysis Load Combination = 16
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Critical Load Combination = [12] : 0.9 (LOAD 3: DEAD
LOAD)
Pcomb = 239.42 kN
P = Pcomb + W1 x 0.9
P = 266.42 kN
Mx = -3 kNm
My = 0.31 kNm
P/A = 66.61 kN/sqm
Mx/Zx = -2.25 kN/sqm
My/Zy = 0.23 kN/sqm
Minimum Soil Pressure = 64.12 kN/sqm
> 0
Design For Bending:
Bottom Reinforcement Along L:
Critical Analysis Load Combination = 5
Critical Load Combination = [17] : 1.5 (LOAD 3: DEAD LOAD) +1.5
(LOAD 4: LIVE LOAD)
Pu = 437.73 kN
Mux = -5 kNm
Muy = 0.42 kNm
P/A = 109.43 kN/sqm
Mx/Zx = -3.75 kN/sqm
My/Zy = 0.32 kN/sqm
Deff = 242 mm
Beff = 2000 mm
SPu = 113.19 kN/sqm
Mu = SPu X B X Loff X Loff / 2
= 81.78 kNm
Pt = 0.168 %
Ast Rqd (BM) = 811 sqmm
Ast Prv (Distributed Across Total Width) = 15 - T10 @ 150
= 1178 sqmm
Bottom Reinforcement Along B:
Critical Analysis Load Combination = 13
Critical Load Combination = [25] : 1.5 (LOAD 3: DEAD LOAD) +1.5
(LOAD 2: EQZ)
Pu = 420.97 kN
Mux = -4.14 kNm
Muy = 12.2 kNm
P/A = 105.24 kN/sqm
Mx/Zx = -3.11 kN/sqm
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My/Zy = 9.15 kN/sqm
Deff = 226 mm
Leff = 2000 mm
SPu = 114.4 kN/sqm
Mu = SPu X L X Boff X Boff / 2
= 82.65 kNm
Pt = 0.196 %
Ast Rqd (BM) = 884 sqmm
Ast Prv (Distributed Across Total
= 15 - T10 @ 150
Length)
= 1178 sqmm
Design For Shear:
One Way Shear Along L:
Critical Section @ d from Column Face
= 242 mm
Critical Analysis Load Combination = 5
Critical Load Combination = [17] : 1.5 (LOAD 3: DEAD LOAD) +1.5
(LOAD 4: LIVE LOAD)
Pu = 437.73 kN
Mux = -5 kNm
Muy = 0.42 kNm
P/A = 109.43 kN/sqm
Mx/Zx = -3.75 kN/sqm
My/Zy = 0.32 kN/sqm
Deff = 242 mm
Beff = 2000 mm
SPu = 113.19 kN/sqm
Vu = SPu X (Loff - d) X B
= 137.63 kN
Tv = Vu / (Beff X Deff)
= 0.28 N/sqmm
Tc = 0.3 N/sqmm
Tv < Tc
One Way Shear Along B:
Critical Section @ d from Column Face
= 226 mm
Critical Analysis Load Combination = 13
Critical Load Combination = [25] : 1.5 (LOAD 3: DEAD
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LOAD) +1.5 (LOAD 2:
EQZ)
Pu = 420.97 kN
Mux = -4.14 kNm
Muy = 12.2 kNm
P/A = 105.24 kN/sqm
Mx/Zx = -3.11 kN/sqm
My/Zy = 9.15 kN/sqm
Deff = 226 mm
Leff = 2000 mm
SPu = 114.4 kN/sqm
Vu = SPu X (Boff - d) X L
= 142.77 kN
Tv = Vu / (Leff X Deff)
= 0.32 N/sqmm
Tc = 0.32 N/sqmm
Tv < Tc
Design For Punching Shear:
Critical Section @ d/2 from Column Face
= 117 mm
Critical Analysis Load Combination = 5
Critical Load Combination = [17] : 1.5 (LOAD 3: DEAD LOAD) +1.5
(LOAD 4: LIVE LOAD)
Pu = 437.73 kN
Mux = -5 kNm
Muy = 0.42 kNm
P/A = 109.43 kN/sqm
Mx/Zx = -3.75 kN/sqm
My/Zy = 0.32 kN/sqm
Deff = 234 mm
Leff = 534 mm
Beff = 534 mm
Punching Perimeter = 2136 mm
Punching Area = 499824 sqmm
SPu = Average Pressure
= 109.43 kN/sqm
Vu = SPu X ((L X B)-(Leff X Beff))
= 406.53 kN
Tv = Vu / Punching Area
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= 0.813 N/sqmm
Tc = 1.118 N/sqmm
Tv < Tc
Load Transfer Check For Load Transfer From Column To Footing
Critical Analysis Load Combination = 5
Critical Load Combination = [17] : 1.5 (LOAD 3: DEAD
LOAD) +1.5 (LOAD 4:
LIVE LOAD)
Pu = 437.73 kN
A2 = 0.09 sqm
A1 = 2.25 sqm
Base Area = 4 sqm
A1 < Base Area
Modification Factor = SquareRoot(A1/A2) < = 2
SquareRoot(A1/A2) = 5
Thus, Modification Factor = 2
Concrete Bearing Capacity = 0.45 X Fck X Modification Factor X Column
Area
= 1620 kN
Concrete Bearing Capacity > Pu, Hence Safe.
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