Circular footing with 5 feet diameter carrying 100kips what
Circular footing with 5 feet diameter carrying 100kips, what is the average stress increase at point 5 feet below the bottom of the footing?
Solution
Given load on fooring=100 kips
diameter of footing=5 feet
radius=a=5/2=2.5 feet
Uniform pressure on fooring=100/(pi*42/4)=7.96 kip/ft2
We can use Charts to determine A and B to determine the stress increase at 5 feet below footing
z/a=5/2.5=2
r/a=0
A=0.106
B=0.179
vertical stress increase at 5 feet below=7.96*(A+B)=7.96*(0.106+0.179)=2.269 kip/ft2

