Strip Footing Capacity
This tool calculates the bearing, shear, and flexural capacity of a strip footing in accordance with CSA A23.3
Output:
- Definitions
- ϕc = Resistance factor for concrete
- ϕs = Resistance factor for reinforcing steel
- fc = Specified concrete strength (psi)
- fy = Specified reinforcing steel yield strength (ksi)
- λ = Concrete density modification factor; 1.0 for normal density concrete
- As = Area of reinforcing steel (in2)
- α1 = Stress modification factor for equivalent stress block
- β = Cracked concrete shear factor
- d = Depth to primary reinforcing (in)
- B = Width of footing (in)
- Lf = Footing length (ft)
- tw = Wall thickness (in)
- Cover = concrete cover to centroid of reinforcing (in)
- qa = Allowable bearing resistance for service conditions (ksf)
- qult = Ultimate bearing resistance (ksf)
- qs = Service bearing demand (ksf)
- qu = Factored ultimate bearing demand (ksf)
- dv = Shear depth, normally taken as 0.9d (in)
- Calculate soil bearing stresses
- Ps = (D + L)/Lf = (10 + 5) / 1 = 15 kip/ft
- Pu = max[1.4D, 1.25D + 1.5L] / Lf = max[14, 20] / 1 = 20 kip/ft
- qs = Ps / B = 15 / (18/12) = 10 ksf --> Service bearing capacity exceeded! Revise design
- qu = Pu / B = 20 / (18/12) = 13.33 ksf --> Ultimate bearing capacity exceeded! Revise design
- Calculate shear capacity at critical section, located 'dv' away from the face of the wall
- d = h - cover = 30 - 3 = 27 in
- dv = max[0.9d, 0.72h] = 0.9 (27) = 24.3 in
- β = 0.21 if h < 14in or (B-tw < 2dv)). Else β = 230/(1000 + dv*25.4). --> β = 0.21
- tw + dv > B --> Vu = 0 kip
- Vc = ϕc λ β √fc Lf dv = (0.65) (1) (0.21) (0.852) (1) (24.3) = 33.9 kip
- Vu / Vr = 0 / 33.9 = 0 --> okay
- Calculate the flexural capacity at the critical section, located at the face of the wall
- Mu = qu Lf (B-tw)2 / 2 = (13.33) (1) (18 - 12)2 / 2 = 240 kip-in = 20 kip-ft
- Mr = ϕs As fy (d - a/2), where a = (ϕs As fy) / (ϕc α1 fc Lf)
- Mr = (0.85) (5) (60) (27 - 5.449/2)
- Mr = (255) (24.276)
- Mr = 6190 kip-in = 515.85 kip-ft
- Mu / Mr = 20 / 515.85 = 0.04 --> okay
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