Design of Isolated Footing with Vertical Load Only - According to ACI

Bearing Capacity
Concrete Cylinder Strength (f 'c)
Soil density (Gs)

=
=
=

15.00 t/m2
280 kg/cm2
1.50 t/m3

Reif. Steel Ult .Strength (f y) =

Ultimate Column Load

Service Column Load

=
=

47.00 t
31.33 t

A1 =
A2 =

=
=

40.00 cm
40.00 cm

Footing Dimensioning
Required Bearing Area on soil

2.30 m2

Final stress under P. C. footing

Final stress under R. C. footing
Nominal Bearing strength of column
Nominal Bearing strength of footing

0.16 m2
1.96 m2
47.00 t

Column Dimensions
Length
Width

Plain Concrete Dimensions

Length
=
1.55 m
Width
=
1.55 m
Thickness
=
0.10 m

4200 kg/cm2

trc
tpc
tpc

Chosen Plain Concrete Dimensions

Length
=
1.60 m
Width
=
1.60 m
Thickness
=
0.10 m
= 12.67 t/m2
= 16.49 t/m2
= 266.56 t
= 533.12 t

=
=
=

Reinforced Concrete Dimensions

Length
=
1.40 m
Width
=
1.40 m
Thickness
=
0.50 m
Depth
=
0.45 m

(Safe)
(Safe)
(Safe)
(Safe)

Footing Reinforcement
Bearing Pressure (Ultimate Load)
=
24.68 t/m2
Max. Ult. Bending Moment (Sect. I-I)
=
3.09 m t/ m'
Max. Ult. Bending Moment (Sect. II-II)
=
3.09 m t/ m'
Bar sizes to be chosen are ( 12, 16, 20, 22, 25, 32, 40)
As I-I =
As I-I(chosen) =
9 cm2 (Asmin)
5 16
2
As II-II =
As II-II(chosen) =
9 cm (Asmin)
5 16
b
= 0.07
Check Wide Beam Action ( Shear )
Area subject to Shear stress
Maximum Allowable Footing Resistance For Shear
Force Acting On Footing Due To Shear (Vus)

tpc

Lrc

tpc

II

Wrc

/ m'
/ m'

tpc
tpc

0.07 m2
Vn = 0.85 * (( f ' c) ^ 0.5 * b * d / 6)=
1.73 t <
47.23 t (Safe)

Lrc

tpc

47.23 t

Check Two Way Action (Punching)

Area subject to Punching shear
=
1.24 m2
Perimeter Resisting Punching shear (bo)
=
3.40 m
Maximum Allowable Footing Resistance to Punching is the Least of :
1- 0.85*((f 'c)^0.5*bo*d)/3
= 229.39 t
2- 0.85*((1+2/c)*(f 'c)^0.5*bo*d/6)
= 344.08 t
3- 0.85*(((s*d/bo)+2)*(f 'c)^0.5*bo*d/12)
= 418.29 t
where, c is the ratio of long side to short side of the column, concentrated load or reaction area
and, s is 40 (for interior columns)
Punching Force acting on Footing (Vps)

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30.54 t

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229.39 t (Safe)

02/22/2015