CE 164 FOUNDATION ENGINEERING First Project

Maddhu thumaluru, Ph. D.,P.E. Cristina Lindstrom

Spring Semester 2017 11499631
Date: 4/10/2017

Shallow Foundations

Boring Information
Water
Date completed/ Boring No of Samples Depth
Boring #
Finished Depth Disturbed Undisturbed (ft)
1 3/16/2010 75' 5 13 16'
2 3/17/2010 55' 1 13 17'-6"
3 3/17/2010 55' 2 16 12'
4 3/16/2010 55' 0 10 18'
5 3/15/2010 56'-6" 0 4 15'
6 3/15/2010 75' 1 5 13'
12 3/17/2010 11'-5" 2 12 -
Table 1.

General Soil Conditions of Site

Depth Soil Classification

0'-6"-4'-0" Lean Clay (CL)
4'-6' San with Silt and Gravel (SM or SP-SM
6'-16' Gravel with Silt and Sand (GP-GM or GW-
16'-25' Clay (CL)
25'-29' Sand with Silt and Gravel (SP-SM)
30'-55' Clay (CL)
Table 2.

Groundwater Conditions

Boring # Groundwater Depth

1 16'
2 17'-6"
3 12'
4 18'
5 15'
6 13'
12 -

SBR-1 SBR-2
Unconfined Unconfined
Dry Water Dry Water
Elevation Compressive Elevation Compressive
Density Content Density Content
(ft) Strength (ft) Strength
(psf) (pcf) % (psf) (pcf) %
 Unconfined Unconfined
Dry Water Dry Water
Elevation Compressive Elevation Compressive
Density Content Density Content
(ft) Strength (ft) Strength
(psf) (pcf) % (psf) (pcf) %
140 140 4
135 3 135 2
130 2000 110 14 130 1500 105 13
125 2580 114 16 125 1750 100 12
120 2000 105 12 120 1800 100 20
115 2630 112 16 115 2340 109 15
110 110 6
105 2200 110 20 105 5370 114 14
100 2610 110 18 100 2540 97 22
95 4760 114 17 95
90 4000 115 16 90
85 85
80 80
75 75

SBR-3 SBR-4
Unconfined Unconfined
Dry Water Dry Water
Elevation Compressive Elevation Compressive
Density Content Density Content
(ft) Strength (ft) Strength
(psf) (pcf) % (psf) (pcf) %

140 8030 114 9 140 7

135 1500 105 20 135 3580 104 11
130 5280 109 19 130 2000 101 11
125 2310 107 16 125 2200 100 16
120 2500 110 13 120 105 9
115 2240 108 19 115
110 110 3000 110 4
105 1730 115 12 105
100 2040 102 14 100 4630 105 20
95 2080 105 21 95
90 90
85 85
80 80
75 75

SBR-5 SBR-6
Unconfined Unconfined
Dry Water Dry Water
Elevation Compressive Elevation Compressive
Density Content Density Content
(ft) Strength (ft) Strength
(psf) (pcf) % (psf) (pcf) %

140 940 98 19 140 103 13

135 960 97 14 135 2500 103 9
130 760 105 16 130 2330 86 10
125 4640 113 16 125 2400 90 9
120 1920 111 17 120 6350 114 11
 115 1470 106 16 115 117 9
110 4 110 1750 114 16
105 105 1800 16
100 2650 102 22 100 2310 104 15
95 3100 105 21 95 1640 113 15
90 1320 106 23 90
85 85
80 80
75 75
For SBR-12 data was not tabulated. The rest of boring logs show results more significant that are
used for calculations. Also, theres no ground water present in this layer where the boring test was
performed.

Water Content vs. Elevation

SBR-1
SBR-2
SBR-3
Elevation (ft)
SBR-4
SBR-5
SBR-6

0 5 10 15 20 25

Water Content (%)

Average of Water content (w) : 14.08 %

Dry Density vs. Elevation

SBR-1
Elevation (ft) SBR-2
SBR-3
SBR-4
SBR-5
SBR-6

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Dry Density (pcf)

=
 Average Dry Density 104.33 pcf

Unconfined Compressive Strength vs. Elevation

SBR-1
Elevation (ft) SBR-2
SBR-3
SBR-4
SBR-5
SBR-6

0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000

Unconfined Compressive Strength (psf)

_= Compressive Strength
Average Unconfined
2,667.56 psf
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No. 1 Cement seal

Distance (ft)
0-75'
0-55'
0-55'
0-55'
0-56.5'
0-75'
0-11'-6"

lassification
n Clay (CL)
d Gravel (SM or SP-SM)
d Sand (GP-GM or GW-GM)
lay (CL)
and Gravel (SP-SM)
lay (CL)
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 CE 164 FOUNDATION ENGINEERING Shallow Foundations
Maddhu thumaluru, Ph. D.,P.E. Cristina Lindstrom
Spring Semester 2017 11499631
Date: 4/24/2017

SHALLOW FOUNDATION DESIGN

BEARING CAPACITY

Interior Columns
Information provided by Client:

Maximum Dead plus Live Loads: Depth of foundation:

Qmax= 150 kips 150,000 lbs Df= 2 ft

Soil Properties:
Effective Friction Angle: Cohesion: Dry density of soil:
= 0 c'= 1333.778 psf = 104.33

Effective Stress at the bottom of foundation:

=
208.6667 psf

General Bearing Capacity Equation:

Bearing Capacity Factors (Table 4.2)

Nc= 5.14
Nq= 1
N= 0

Shape Factors (Table 4.3)

1+ (/) (/) 1+ (/) 1.4(/)
Fcs= Fqs= Fs=

Depth Factors (Table 4.3)

1+.4(/)
Fcd=
Fqd= 1
Fd= 1

Inclination Factors (Ta

Fci= 1
Fqi= 1
Fi= 1

Solving for B
1+ .4(2/) 1+.4(/)
 1+ .4(2/) 1+.4(/)
150000 = 1 1333.778 5.14 + 1 208.67
B 3

Proposed B to satisfy the inequality

B= 7 ft

150000 = 1 1333.778 5.14 1.19 1.11 1 + 208.67

49 3

Obtaining:
Fcd= 1.11 Fcs= 1.19
Fqd= 1 Fqs= 1
Fd= 1 Fs= 0.6

Allowable load -bearing capacity:

=/

= 3,061 psf

Use a 7 ft by ft 7
 EXTERIOR COLUMNS
Bearing Capacity and Dimension Calculation
The calculation is based upon the highest load applied to an exterior column.

Information provided by client:

Maximum Dead plus Live Loads: Depth of foundation:

Qmax= 100 kips 100000 lbs Df= 2 ft

Soil Properties:
Effective Friction Angle: Cohesion: Dry density of soil:
= 0 c'= 1333.778 psf = 104.33

Effective Stress at the bottom of foundation:

= = 208.67 psf

General Bearing Capacity Equation:

Bearing Capacity Factors (Table 4.2)

Nc= 5.14
Nq= 1
N= 0

Shape Factors (Table 4.3)

1+ (/) (/) 1+ (/) 1.4(/)
Fcs= Fqs= Fs=

Depth Factors (Table 4.3)

1+.4(/)
Fcd=
Fqd= 1
Fd= 1

Inclination Factors (Table 4.3)

Fci= 1
Fqi= 1
Fi= 1
Solving for B 1+ .4(2/) 1+.4(/)
100000 1 1333.778 5.14 1+
B 3

Proposed B to satisfy the inequality

B= 5.57 ft

100000 5.14 1.19 1+

= 1 1333.778 1.14 208.66667
31.02 3

3,223 = 3,331 Almost Equal, Rounding up to the nearest integer:

Fqd= 1 Fqs= 1

Allowable load -bearing capacity:

=/=
3223.217 psf

Use a 6 ft by 6 ft
 SETTLEMENT CALCULATION

Interior Column

For a Foundation: B= 7 7

_=(1500 )/(7 7 ) _= 3,062 psf

Dry Density of soil:

= 104.33 pcf

Moisture Content of soil:

= 14.08 %

Initial Void Ratio:

_0= = 0.14 2.7 = 0.380 ( 2.15)

Compression and Swelling Index:

CC ( 2.54) CR ( 2.62)
.009(10)= 0.1485 (1/5)= 0.030

Vertical Stresses Increase Calculations:

Using the 2:1 Method to determine the Vertical Stress Increase:

Height of clay layer below the foundation (H)= 4 ft

 Location of the midpoint of Clay Layer below the 2 ft
foundation (z)=

=( )/((+)(+)) ( 6.18)

= 1,852.32 psf

Settlement Calculations:
_= 104.33 2 _= 208.67 psf

_= 208.67+ 1,852.32 _= 2,060.99 psf

Assuming Normal Consolidation Conditions:

=/(1+_ ) (_/_ ) ( 2.65)

cc= 0.149
e o= 0.380
He= 48 in
_= 209 psf
_= 2,061 psf

_= 5.14 in

Exterior Column

For a Foundation: B= 6 6

_=(1000 )/(6 6 ) = 2778 psf

Soil Properties
Dry Density of soil:
= 104.33 pcf
Moisture Content of soil:
= 14.08 %

Initial Void Ratio:

_0= = 0.14 2.7 = 0.380 ( 2.15)

Compression and Swelling Index:

CC ( 2.54) CR ( 2.62)
.009(10)= 0.1485 (1/5)= 0.030

Vertical Stresses Increase Calculations:

Using the 2:1 Method to determine the vertical stress increase:

Height of clay layer below the foundation (H)= 4 ft

Location of the midpoint of Clay Layer below the
2 ft
foundation (z)=

=( )/((+)(+)) ( 6.18)

= 1,562.6 psf

Settlement Calculations:
_= 104.33 2 _= 208.67 psf

_= 208.67+ 1,562.63 _= 1,771.29 psf

Assuming Normal Consolidation Conditions:

=/(1+_ ) (_/_ ) ( 2.65)

c c= 0.149
e o= 0.380
He= 48 in
_= 209 psf
_= 1,771 psf

_= 4.80 in
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Factor of Safety:
F.S.= 3

pcf

1+ (2/)
1+ (2/)
1 1

1 1 1
Factor of Safety:
F.S.= 3

pcf
 1+ (2/)
208.67 1= 0

1 1 1

6 ft