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For calculating the bearing capacity of soil (using N values), the equations for mat foundation and single footings is the same or its separate for each??
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Dear Safeians I ma working on a 22 Storey Building. we have assume a Raft foundation of 5' for it. Net bearing capacity after overburden relief is 8kip/ft2. And i am getting 10Kip/ft2 soil pressure under service loads at some locations. one of my friend said use stress averaging to minim...
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Dear All, I am modeling the raft of 11 storey Commercial + Residential building. The Plan of raft is attached in Jpeg format. Problem is that in periphery where basement wall is located and in the locations where shear Walls are modeled soil pressure is exceeding 3 times the allowable soil bear...
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High Loads under Columns and Bearing Capacity Failure
muneeb1213 posted a topic in Foundation Design
I m designing a 4 storey building on a poorly graded sand with SPN value of 5 and allowable bearing capacity of 0.5 tonn/sq.ft..... for the mat foundation, i provided beams of 18 x 36 and mat thickness as 24 inches ... however the soil pressure are still above safe bearing capacity.. My question is... -
Respected Engineers! what is the procedure to check soil pressure on safe and by using which combination. what is the procedure to pass soil pressure?
