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Neutral axis
Footing's
Active
Compression
Zone (ACZ)
Footing's lifted
area.
Figure 1.
Known data
To find the location of the Neutral Axis and the maximum soil stress s1.
Equations
Soil stress for a point (xi,yi) inside the Active Compression Zone (ACZ).
Re-write equations (9) and (10) in the form xn1=w(xn,yn) and yn1=u(xn,yn) and solve system with simple iterations.
2 1st try
1,2,3,4
Calculate 1,2,3,4 from (1)(2)(3)(4)
final solution
8
| xn1-xn |<=0.001
3 and
| yn1-yn |<= 0.001
yes no
1,2,3,4>=0
first estimate
of neutral axis
no yes
location
9
xn=1*Lx/(1-2)
yn=1*Ly/(1-4) 4 xn=xn1 Final location of Neutral axis
1,2,3,4 with their signs as yn=yn1 (xn,yn)
calculated in (2)
5
From (6) we calculate the maximum soil stress 1
We find which elementary rectangles and from (5) the soil stress i at any point
lie inside the Active Compression Zone under the Active Compression Zone.
(ACZ).
1
X ex Vo
Mx' ey
X'
V
Notes:
1. The location of the origin (0,0), the max soil stress 1
and the resultant force Vo are always taken as shown
on figure.
2. Given the loading (V, Mx', My'), at the center of the foundation,
then Vo=V, ey=Mx'/V, ex=My'/V,
Y