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CHAPTER 7
Learning Objectives
Design the reinforcement for simple footing by integrating the
following processes:
o Determination of ultimate design load and soil pressure
o Identify the critical sections for design for bending and shear
o Design the reinforcement for bending
o Check shear stresses
Design the reinforcement required for simple pile cap by integrating
the following process
o Determine the tensile force in the reinforcement by truss
analogy and design the reinforcement accordingly
o Check shear stresses
CONTENTS
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Fc Column Load
Column
Ground
ws Weight of soil
wf Footing self-weight
Pad Footing
ps Soil pressure
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that for R C slab. The design formulae you have learnt in Chapters 1 to 3,
or summarized in the Annex are applicable. However, in order to complete
the picture of the whole design process, the soil pressure check is also
briefly discussed and illustrated with a simple example. More information
on the determination of soil bearing capacity and settlement can be found in
other courses.
Soil, like all other materials, deforms under the action of load that will then
cause settlement to the structure. Therefore, the pressure exerted on the
soil under working load should not induce excessive settlement to the
structure so as not to impair the function of the building. It is the
serviceability limit state (SLS) requirement for the design.
The deformation behaviour and the ultimate strength of a soil mass depends
on the geotechnical properties of the soil. For footing seating on granular
soils, the safe soil bearing pressure is usually controlled by settlement, i.e.
SLS. Hence, for simplicity, an allowable soil bearing pressure, qa, is usually
adopted for checking the SLS of a pad footing seating on granular soil.1
The adequacy of the base area of the footing is checked by ensuring the
1
For footing seating on fine-grained or cohesive soil, both ultimate soil pressure and settlements are important
consideration. The behavior of settlement in fine-grained or cohesive soil is different from that in granular soil; it
is time dependent. The distribution of soil pressure under the footing is also different. It is beyond the scope of
this chapter. Details shall refer to relevant text books and publications.
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additional pressure exerted on the soil due to the working load from the
structure would not exceed the allowable soil bearing pressure, qa,. The
gross soil pressure, qg, just beneath the footing is the summation of all the
effects due to working load from the column, imposed load on the ground,
weight of soil above the footing and self-weight of the footing as illustrated in
Figure 7.1. Therefore, the base area should be designed such that
qg shs < qa
However, be conservative and for simplicity, the soil above the founding level
of shallow foundation is usually ignored and the soil pressure is assumed to
be uniformly distributed as shown in the Figure 7.2, and the required base
area is then determined as follows.2
Column
Ground
Soil above
Fc
founding level is
ignored
Pad Footing
wf
Founding Level
ps
2
This method is suitable for granular soil only.
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Question
A square footing is designed to support a column placed at the center of it. With the
following information, prepare a preliminary estimate of the size of the footing based on
allowable soil bearing pressure.
Design Parameters
Characteristic loads from the column
Dead load, Gk = 1800 kN (s/w of column included)
Imposed Load, Qk = 1500 kN
Footing
Plan size = 3500 x 3500 mm
Overall depth, h = 650 mm
Founding level: at 1.5m below ground level
Soil: Dry dense sand
Allowable soil bearing pressure, qa = 300 kPa
Solution
Assume the self-weight of footing, Wf = 200kN (to be verified later)
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The structural design of footing concerns with the ultimate structural capacity
of the R C footing. Design ultimate load (i.e. factored load) should be used,
and the design load from the column is:3
Fc = 1.4 Gk + 1.6 Qk
In determining the design shear and bending in the footing, the net upward
reaction pressure from the soil is adopted, which is:
pn = Fc / Af
(a) Self-weight of the footing, the soil load above the footing and the
surcharge on the ground, which are uniformly distributed and are
self-balanced by their induced uniformly-distributed upward reaction
pressure from the soil, can then be simply excluded from the
calculation of the net upward reaction pressure.
While the geotechnical design determines the minimum base area of the
footing, the structural design determines the thickness and reinforcement of
the footing. A footing can be regarded as a slab panel subjected to a
concentrated load from the column. Unlike one-way or two-way slab
discussed in Chapter 5, where bending controls the design, the high shear
stress induced by the concentrated load, i.e. the column, determines the
3
In this Chapter, we focus on designing for Dead and Imposed Loads only. A footing may also have to be
designed for wind load, soil pressure, etc. and appropriate partial factors of safety and combination of loads have
to be considered. Details shall be referred to the design code.
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Column
Ground
Fc
Pad Footing
Founding
Level
SECTION
a c
Pad Footing
(2) Perimeter of the column
check vc
e f
b d
PLAN
4
In addition to shear, the depth of footing should also be adequate in providing compression bond length for the
column starter bars.
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Hence, for a simple square footing, a total of 4 critical sections (1 for bending
and 3 for shear) have to be checked and designed as illustrated in Figure 7.3
and as explained below.
Column width =c
Cantilever span = (L c) / 2
The net upward force = pn L (L c) / 2
The lever arm from a-b = (L c ) / 4
M = pn L (L c)2 / 8
Then, using L as the breadth of the section with the effective depth, d,
calculate the K value, the level arm, z, and then the area of steel
required, As, by the formulae of bending in Chapter 2.
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V = pn L (L/2 c/2 d)
v = pn (L/2 c/2 d) / d
< vc
V = pn (L2 (c + 3d)2)
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If the shear stress in either (3) or (4) is larger the vc, you may have either
(i) to increase the depth of the footing, (ii) to increase vc by providing
more flexural reinforcement, or (iii) to provide shear reinforcement.
If 2L/(3c+9d) > 1,
Question
A square pad footing supporting a column at its center is shown in DWG-07. The design
parameters for the pad footing are given below. Assuming the soil reaction pressure
beneath the footing is uniformly distributed; design the reinforcement for the footing.
Design Parameters
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Solution
Design load from column, F = 1.4 x 1200 + 1.6 x 450
= 2400 kN
Base area, Af = 3.02
= 9.0 mm2
Net upward soil pressure, pn = 2400 / 9.0
= 266.7 kPa
There are two layers of
bars, and the inner layer is
Effective depth, d = 600 50 20 20/2
used to determine the
value of d = 520 mm
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?
Q.1 & 2
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Pile cap, as its name implies, seats on top of the piles, acting as the
transition between the superstructure and pile foundation. It not only
provides a bridge between two different forms of construction, but also acts
as a transfer structure to transmit the loads between two different structural
systems. The elevation shown in Figure 7.4 illustrates the load transfer
mechanism of a pile cap transmitting the load of a single column onto two
piles below it.
Pile cap, unlike beam and slab as discussed in Chapters 4 & 5, is subjected
to high concentrated loads, or point loads, and the span-to-depth ratio is
very small, most often less than 3, and therefore, it behaves like a deep
beam, where the assumption of linear distribution of strain is no more valid,
and its structural design is dominated by shear.
The surcharge, soil weight and self-weight of the pile cap are in general very
small and negligible when compared with the design loads from the column,
and therefore, for simplicity, they are ignored in the following discussion.
Two methods of design are commonly used in pile cap design: bending
theory or truss analogy. In this chapter, we adopt truss analogy, in which
the pile cap is modelled as a triangular truss with the bottom reinforcement
acting as the bottom chord to resist tension, and the solid concrete acting as
diagonal members to resist compression as illustrated in Figure 7.4.
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Fc Fc
Column
Pile cap
C C
d
T
Fc/2 Fc/2
Pile
Pile
2 T = FcL/(4d)
L
3 T = FcL/(9d)
L
4 T = FcL/(8d)
L
Table 7.1 Tensile Force for the Reinforcement in Simple Pile Cap
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7.2.2 R C Design
Once the flexural tension, T, is obtained from truss analogy, the amount of
reinforcement can then be determined by:
As = T / (0.87fy)
(2) Shear across the vertical section at av from the face of the column
The critical section for the shear should be taken at 0.2 inside the pile
face as indicated in Figure 7.5.
av = (L c )/2 + 0.2
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0.2
av
Figure 7.5 Critical Section for Shear Check in Pile Cap (Plan)
(Adapted from Figure 6.19 of HKCP-2013)
For cap with 3 or more piles, the shear stress, v, should be less than vc
or the enhanced shear strength, vc(1.5d/ av), if av is less than 1.5d:
Shear enhancement
v < vc max(1.5d/av or 1.0)
for beam is 2d/av
while for slab is
Where the spacing of piles (center-to-center) 1.5d/av.
exceeds 3 (i.e. 3 times the pile diameter), the
enhancement may be applied only to the strip of 3, centered on each
pile.
The thickness of the pile cap is usually dimensioned such that no shear
reinforcement is required, and nominal horizontal links of T12-250 are
usually provided.
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Question
A group of four piles supports a column by using a square R C pile cap as shown in
DWG-08. The design parameters for the pad footing are given below. Check the shears
and design the reinforcement for the pile cap.
Design Parameters
Solution
Design load from column, F = 1.4 x 1100 + 1.6 x 600
= 2500 kN
Effective depth, d = 700 75 20 20/2
= 595 mm The effective depth
to the upper layer of
the bottom bars is
(1) Design Bottom Tension Reinforcement adopted.
Design tension per bottom chord, T = FcL / (8d)
= 2500 x 1350 / (8 x 595)
= 709 kN
As,req = 709 x 103 / (0.87 x 500)
= 1630 mm2 per chord
Check pile spacing, L/ = 1350 / 450 = 3 3
(rebars uniformly distributed over the section)
As, req (over the whole section) = 1630 x 2
= 3260 mm2
(Provide 11T20 @ 180c/c)
As,pro = 11 x 314
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= 3456 mm2
100As / bh = 100 x 3456 / (2100 x 700)
= 0.235
> 0.13 and < 4.0 (Steel ratio ok)
Q.3
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Self-Assessment Questions
Q.1 A column is supported by a square footing with the following design parameters:
Design Parameters
Q.2 For the example in 7.1.6, if the size of the footing is increased to 4000 x 4000 with other
parameters remain unchanged, check the shear and re-design the reinforcement of the
footing by answering the following questions.
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Q.3 For the pile cap in example in 7.2.4, if the design loads are changed to Gk = 1200kN, Qk =
750kN and the diameter of the pile is changed to 460mm, check the shear and re-design the
reinforcement of the pile cap by answering the following questions. The c/c distance
between piles, dimensions of the cap and other design parameters remain unchanged.
(a) What is the steel area required for the bottom reinforcement over the whole section?
(b) What is the value of the maximum shear stress, vmax?
(c) If 13T20 is provided for the bottom reinforcement, what is the value of vc?
(d) What is the value of av and the enhanced vc at av from the column face?
(e) Is it necessary to check punching shear? Why?
Answers:
Q1a: 4.73MPa; Q1b: 2567kN; Q1c: 1283/d; Q1d: 352mm
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Q2a: 150kPa; Q2b: 919kNm, 4275mm ; Q2c: non-uniform distribution of bar, vc= 0.39MPa;
Q2d: 2.27MPa; Q2e: 0.35MPa; Q2f: 0.41MPa
Q2g: The section fails by punching shear. Possible solutions are, if allowable: (i) increase the amount of reinforcement, (ii)
increase the thickness of the footing or (iii) reduce the size of the footing. Interesting to note that increase in the size of the footing,
though can reduce the pressure exerted on the soil, the amount of steel and/or thickness of the footing has to be increased
correspondingly.
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Q3a: 3750 mm ; Q3b: 2.85MPa; Q3c: 0.44MPa; Q3d: 324.5mm, 1.21MPa; Q3e: No, as L/3.
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Tutorial Questions
(Present the calculations with detailed working steps in a logical, neat and tidy
manner.)
AQ1 A square pad footing supporting a column at its center is shown in DWG-07.
The design parameters for the pad footing are given below. Assuming the
soil reaction pressure beneath the footing is uniformly distributed; check the
shear and design the reinforcement for the footing.
Design Parameters
Cover to rebar = 50 mm
AQ2 A group of four piles supports a column by using a square R C pile cap as
shown in DWG-08. The design parameters for the pad footing are given
below. Check the shear and design the reinforcement for the pile cap.
Design Parameters
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Cover to rebar = 75 mm
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