Bearing (Coduto).xls

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1	BEARING CAPACITY OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS										Unit conversion	1
2	Terzaghi and Vesic Methods
3											Gamma w =	9.8
4	Date		January 26, 2026								phi (radians)	0
5	Identification		Example 6.4
6											Terzaghi Computations
7	Input				Results						a theta =	1
8		Units of Measurement					Terzaghi		Vesic		Nc =	5.70
9			si	SI or E		Bearing Capacity					Nq =	1.00
10						q ult =	15,147	kPa	14,097	kPa	N gamma =	0.00
11		Foundation Information				q a =	5,049	kPa	4,699	kPa	gamma' =	100.1908999
12		Shape	SQ	SQ, CI, CO, or RE							coefficient #1 =	1.3
13		B =	9.89	m		Allowable Column Load					coefficient #3 =	0.4
14		L =		m		P =	493,853	kN	459,619	kN	sigma zD' =	327
15		D =	3	m
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17		Soil Information									Vesic Computation
18		c =	2000	kPa							Nc =	5.14
19		phi =	0	deg							sc =	1.19
20		gamma =	109	kN/m^3							dc =	1.12
21		Dw =	4	m							Nq =	1.00
22											sq =	1.00
23		Factor of Safety									dq =	1.00
24		F =	3								N gamma =	0.00
25											s gamma =	0.60
26	Copyright 2000 by Donald P. Coduto										d gamma =	1.00
27											B/L =	1
28											k =	0.3033367037
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