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Bearing Area of Soil

09/11/2010 7:10 PM

What is the formula for finding the bearing area of soil.
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09/11/2010 7:33 PM

(Weight to be borne)×(Safety factor)/(Compressive strength of soil). [?]

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09/11/2010 10:03 PM

Call local civil engineer. Pay him to test it.
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09/13/2010 7:28 PM

I guess you're referring to bearing capacity of the soil, right?

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09/14/2010 12:40 AM

the bearing area of soil is calculated by the ratio of loads to soil bearing capacity
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09/14/2010 10:49 AM

Shouldn't that be referred to as the the Net Allowable Soil Bearing Pressure since you're applying a Factor of Safety to the Design Load? This approach would take into account the weight of the footing, which would be deducted from the Allowable Soil Bearing Capacity.

I may be correct or incorrect in my assertion above; I do believe that is the correct approach, but I don't have my soil mechanics textbook (by Joesph E. Bowles) in front of me at the moment to double check it.....

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