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Design data and material properties

1.1Concrete

Class I workmanship and ordinary loading condition is used.

1.1.1 Sub structure

Concrete grade C-25 Class I

Partial safety factor,  c

 c = 1.5 (Ordinary loading) [EBCS – 2, 1995 table 3.1]

Characteristic strength [compression], f ck

f ck  0.8 * 25  20Mpa

0.8 * f ck
f cd   11 .33Mpa [Tension]
c

f ctk  1.5Mpa

E cm  29Gpa

f ctk 1.5
f ctd    1.0 Mpa
c 1.5
[EBCS -2, 1995 table 2.4 & 2.5]

1.1.2 Superstructure

Concrete grade C-25

 c  1.5 (Ordinary loading) [EBCS – 2, 1995 table 3.1]

f ck  0.8 * 25  20Mpa

0.8 * Fck
f cd   11 .33Mpa
c
 f ctk  1.5Mpa

E cm  29Gpa

f ctk 1.5
f ctd    1.0 Mpa
c 1.5

[EBCS -2, 1995 table 2.4 & 2.5]

1.2 Reinforcement Steel

f yk  300 Mpa

 s  1.15

f yk 300
f yd    260.87 Mpa
s 1.15

E s  200Gpa

1.3 Design load

FD   f FK

Where: - Fk= Characteristic load

 f = Partial safety factor for loads

1.6 For live load [EBCS – 2, 1995 table 3.3]

1.3 For dead load

1.4 Soil data

Drained direct shear test results are

Item Depth Bore Bulk U Moisture Cohesion Angle of Internal
No [m] hole No density [KN/m3] content [KN/m2] friction(F)
[Kg/m3] [%] [degrees]
1 1.80 1 1513 14.84 67.09 75 31
2 3.20 1 1769 17.35 19.39 75 20
3 1.90 2 1642 16.11 63.42 95 18
4 1.90 2 1708 17.09 22.45 60 26

For design of foundation [EBCS -7, 1995 ] is used

1.5 Design method and reference

Limit state design method is adopted in this project.

The reference (codes and aids) used are:-

 EBCS – 1, 1995
 EBCS – 2,1995
 EBCS – 2,1995 part 2
 EBCS – 7,1995
 EBCS – 8,1995