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NSCP 2010
Specifications

Step in Designing Isolated Footings:

1. Compute the effective Soil Pressure, qe
qe = qa - chc - shs
ground surface

hs soil, s

hc concrete, c base of footing

c = unit weight of concrete (usually taken as 23.54 kN/m3)

2. Compute the Area of footing

Aftg = Unfactored Load (DL+LL)

Effective Soil Pressure, qe
Unfactored Load (DL+LL)
Number of Piles =
Load capacity per pile

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..Step in Designing Isolated Footings:

3. Compute the Ultimate Soil Pressure, qu
___Factored Load (1.2 DL +1.6 LL)__
qu =
Actual Area of Footing

The shear strength of slabs and footings in the vicinity of the columns,
concentrated load or reactions is governed by the more severe of two conditions,
the beam action or one-way shear and the two-way or punching shear.
a) Beam action (one-way), where each critical section to be investigated
extends in a place across the entire width.

Critcal Section for wide Beam

c
d

d
bw

qu

1 d
f ' cbw d
Vc =
6
With reference to the figure, Vu = qu x shaded area.
Vu Vc = 0.75 for shear SAFE !!

..Step in Designing Isolated Footings:

b.) Two-way action where each of the critical section to be investigated may be
located so that its perimeter bo is a minimum but need not approach closer than d/2 to:
(a) edges or corners of columns, concentrated loads, or reaction areas, or
(b) changes in slab thickness such as edges of capitals or drop panels.

c
d/2 d/2 c

d c c+d bw

c+d
qu

With reference to the figure, bo = 4(c+d), Vu = qu x shaded area. For two-way

action, Vc is the smaller value of:
where :
2
Vc (1 )
f 'c
bo d or V 1 f ' cb d long side of column
c 6 c o =
3 short side of column
Vu Vc = 0.75 for shear SAFE !!
One-way shear will very often control the depths for rectangular footings,
whereas two-way shear normally controls the depths of square footings.

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..Step in Designing Isolated Footings: 6. Compute for the steel area requirements
4. Check for Wide Beam Shear
Vu = qu x shaded area
Vu Vc
1
Vc = f ' cbw d
6
= 0.75 for shear
5. Check for Punching Shear
Vu = qu x shaded area or
Vu = Pu - qu(c+d)2 for square columns
Vu Vc
Vc is the smaller value of the ff:
2 f 'c
Vc (1 ) bo d
c 6
where :
long side of column
= Mu = qu(k x b)(k/2)
short side of column
Mu = Mn
or V 1 f ' cb d Mn = bd2Rn
c o
3 Mu = bd2Ru
= 0.90

As =bd N = As / Ab But if, the computed bearing force is less

than the allowable, *theoretically, no dowels
max > > min
are needed, but the code specified a
0.85 f ' c 2 Ru minimum value, that is 0.005 x area of
1 1 pedestal or column.
fy 0.85 f ' c
a. max a. allowable bearing force in concrete at
0.85 f ' c1 (600) column base
max 0.75 b 0.75( ) N1 = (0.85)f'cA1 = 0.65 for bearing
fy (600 fy ) Actual bearing force : Pu = 1.2 DL + 1.6 LL
1 = 0.85 ; for f'c 28MPa
0.05 if N1 Pu (no need for dowel) It is SAFE.
1 0.85 ( f ' c 28) 0.65 ; for 28 MPa < f'c < 56MPa
7 b. allowable bearing force in concrete at
1 = 0.65 ; for f'c > 56MPa
base of footing
b. min A2
f 'c N 2 (0.85) f ' cA1
min = 1.4/fy or min A1
4 fy
A2
whichever is greater where : 2 .0
A1
7. Check for the bearing capacity of A2 = Area of Footing
columns at their base and dowel A1 = Area of Column
requirements if N2 Pu It is SAFE.
* If the computed bearing force is higher than the
allowable value, it is necessary to provide dowels to
carry the excess load or force.

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c. Size of dowel (minimum requirement)

at least 4 bars
( /4)(d2)(4bars) = 0.005Acolumn/pedstal
* If Pu is greater than N1 or N2, reinforcement
must be provided to transfer the excess load or
force by providing dowel or extending the
column bars into the footing
Pex = Pu - N1
Pex = Asdfy
* The dowel diameter shall not exceed the
diameter of the longitudinal bars in the column
8. Compute the required development length
(Ld) of the reinforcing bars
a. FOR TENSION
fy e s t d b
Ld
c Kt r
1 .1 f ' c ( )
db
but not less than 300 mm

where (c + Ktr)/db 2.5 e = coating factor

= 1.0 for uncoated bars
s = size factor
= 1.0 for 25 - mm and larger
= 0.80 for 20-mm and smaller
t = location factor
= 1.0 bottom bars
= 1.3 top bars

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b. FOR COMPRESSION
0.24 d b fy or
Ld
f 'c
Ld = 0.043dbfy but not less than 200 mm

Square Footing
1.) A 400 mm square tied interior column supports a dead load of 890 kN and a live load of
710 kN. The column is reinforced with 8-25 mm bars. A square footing is designed to
support these loads with its base 1.5 m below the ground surface. Allowable soil
pressure, qa is 240 kPa. Assume soil weighs 15.74 kN/m3 and that of concrete to be
23.54 kN/m3. Use f'c = 20.7 MPa, fy = 415 MPa, hc = 600 mm and d = 500 mm
e = 1.0 t = 1.0 s = 1.0 = 1.0 ( = normal wt concrete)

DL = 890 kN
Transverse
LL = 710 kN reinforcement
Longitudinal
ground surface reinforcement of column
( 8 - 25 mm )

1.5 m 20 mm dowels
400 mm
Ld

d = 500 mm Ld

2.75 m x 2.75 m 10 - 25 mm RSB

bothways