FOUNDATION DESIGN VIEW TOWER:

Name of the Project:View tower

Location:
Employer:Dhurmus-Suntali Foundation

Reference Step Description Unit Calculation Output Remarks

1 Parameters of Soil and Materials :

From Soil Analysis Report (i) Safe Bearing Capacity of Soil (qs) Kg/m2 10000.00
Unit Wt. of Concrete (γc) Kg/m3 2400.00
From Soil Analysis Report Unit Wt. of Soil (γs) Kg/m3 1600.00
From Soil Analysis Report (iv) Angle of Internal friction(Φ) º 30.00
(v) Concrete Grade to be Used(fck) M20 N/mm2 20.00
(vi) Grade of Steel to be Used(Fe415) N/mm2 415.00
As per Specification (vii) Factor of Safety(FOS) 1.50
From SAP Analysis (viii) Leg to Leg distance B/B( Ld) m 2.44
2 Nature of Loads:
From SAP Analysis (i) Downward load with self wt. of structure(P) Kg 16700.00
From SAP Analysis (ii) Upward(uplift) load(Pu) Kg 15000.00
From SAP Analysis (iii) Shear in Tranverse Direction(St) Kg 18500.00
From SAP Analysis (iv) Shear in Longitudinal Direcion(Sl) Kg 18000.00
3 Design Steps:
(a) Calculation from assumptions
Assumption (i) Total depth of Foundation(D) m 1.60
Assumption (ii) Weight of Soil and Concrete (Wsc) Kg 15% of P 2505.00
(iii) Total Service Load (Ps) Kg (FOSxP+Wsc) 25005.00

(iv) Area of Footing (A)= Total Service Load/Bearing Capacity m2 (Ps)/qs 2.50
(v) Size of Footing(L) m √A 1.58
(vi) Taking the size of Footing(L) , m 4.10
(vii) Assumed pedestal size(b) m 0.60
(viii) For better stability, Assuming sloped pedestal with base
with (bb) m 2xb 0.6
(x) Projection of pedestal above ground (a) m 0.10
Depth from Bending Moment at Critical section at face of
(b)
the pedestal:

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(ii) Depth of passive earth force to counteract Lateral loads:

(a) to counteract tranverse shear (ht) ht=√ (St x2/(γsx(1+sinφ)/ 3.53

m (1-sinφ)xb)))=
(b) Lever arm (hat) m 2/3xlt +a 2.46

© to counteract longintudinal shear (hl) hl=√ (Slx2/(γsx(1+sinφ)/(1- 3.58

m sinφ)xb)))=
(d) Lever arm (hal) m 2/3xll+a 2.49
(e) Moment at footing base due to Tranverse Shear(Mx) Kg-m FOSxSt x lat 66324.12
(f) Moment at footing base due to Longitudinal Shear (Mz) Kg-m FOSxSl x lal 69068.46

(g) Total Moment at the base of foundation(M) Kg-m FOSxP(L2-b2)/8L+Mx+Mz 146676.88

(h) Depth of footing pad(d) m √ (M/0.138x fckxL) 0.36

(i) Taking the depth of footing (d) m 0.5

(j) So, overall depth of footing pad(dov.) m d+100mm cover 0.6

(c) Calculation of Reinforcement Steel in footing:
(i) M/Ld2 1.431
(ii) From Table-2 of SP-16, % of steel for corresponding
0.745
M/Ld2= % > 0.15%
(iii) Hence, Area of reinforcement steel(As) mm2 %xLxd/100 15272.5
(iv)dia of bars to be used 16
no. of bars to be used 108
c/c distance of bars at top and bottom mesh both 37.38317757
take c/c distance of bars 74
(iv) Use 220-25mm bars bothways, 110bars @ 75 mmc/c at
top and 110 bars @ 75 mm c/c at bottom. Which gives area mm2 21703.68
of steel=

Check for one way Shear at 'd' distance from the face of
(d)
pedestal:
(i) Reaction from footing (R ) Kg/m2 FOSxP/L2 1338.49
(ii) Shear Force (Vu) Kg. Rx((L-b)/2-d)xL 6859.76

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(iii) Nominal Shear Stress (τv) Kg/m2 Vu/Lxd 3346.22

(iv) Permissible shear stress of M20 Concrete with .75%
From IS:456-1978, Table-19 Kg/m2 56000.00 >τv, Hence safe,
reinforcement (τc)

Check for two way shear(Punching shear) at d/2 distance

©
from the face of pedestal:
(i) Perimeter of the punching region (PP) m 4(b+d) 4.40

(ii) Area of the punching shear (Ap) m2 4x(b+d)xd 2.20

Reactionx Area outer side
of the pucnching region=
(ii)Shear Force (Vu) Kg 20880.43
Rx(L2-
(b+d) )
2

(iii) Nominal Shear stress at critical section(τv) Kg/m2 Vu/Ap 9491.10

Reinforced Concrete (iv) Shear stress of given Mixed Design(τ c) >τv, Hence safe,
Kg/m2 .25 √fck 111803.40
Design-Ashok K. Jain

(e) Check for compression:

(i) Volume of Concrete (Vc) m3 10.48
(ii) Weight of Concrete (Wc) Kg Vcxγc 25156.80
(iii)Volume of Soil (Vs) m 3
16.41
(iv)Weight of Soil(Ws) Kg VSxγs 26262.40
(v)Total downward Thrust(Td)= downward load due to
Kg. Td=FOSxP+Wc+Ws 73919.20
structure + weight of soil and concrete

(vi)Intensity of pressure (Ip)= < Bearig capacity.

Kg/m2 Ip=Td/L2 4397.33 Hence, safe in
Total downward thrust/ Area of footing compression.
(f) Check for Uplift:
(i) Volume of Soil Pyramid(VS) m3 Vs=(L+DTANΦ)2xD 29.91
(ii) Weight of the Soil Pyramid (WS) Kg. WS=Vsx ys 47850.08
(iii) Weight of the Concrete (WC) Kg. 25156.80
(i) Total Anchorage load(La)=Wt. of Soil+ Wt. of Concrete Kg. La=WS+Wc 73006.88
(ii) Factored Uplift (Puf) Kg FOSxPu 25050

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For Fully
(iii) Uplift due to water (Pw) Kg. 0xDxL2 0 Submerged
Condition
(iv) Ultimate Uplift(Pult) Kg. Pult=Puf+Pw 25050
(v) Factor of Safety in Uplift=Total Anchorage Load/Ultimate La/Pult 2.91 >1, Hence safe.
Uplift

(g) Check for Bond:

τbdx‫תּ‬xdaxla=‫תּ‬da2x.85/4x.87
(i)Using 24Φ Anchor Bolts, length of the bolt (L a) m xσat or, la= . 0.92
87x.85σatxda/(4xτbd)

Noab=(FOSxPu)/
(ii) No of Anchor Bolts (Noab)=Uplift/(τbdx Area of Anchor Bolt) no 2.40
(τbdx‫תּ‬daxla)
(iii) No.24Φ bolts, to be provided (Noa) no 12
< permissible
(iv) Actual tress (σa) N/mm2 σa=FOSxPu/(Noabx‫תּ‬daxla) 0.29 stress τbd=1.2

(h) Check for overturning moment,

Uplift Upf 22500 kg
Mxf = Vxf Df Mxf 44400 kg-m
Myf= Vzf Df Myf 43200 kg-m
Overturning moment,
Mo = Mxf +Myf +Upf ( L / 3 ) Mo 118350 kg-m
Resisting moment,
Mr = Ws (5 L / 6 ) + Wc ( L / 3 ) Mr 124110.826666667 kg-m
Mr > Mo, it is safe in overturning safe in overturning

(i) Calculation of Reinforcement steel in Pedestal:

(i) Size of the Base Plate m 500mmx500mm 0.5
(ii) Size of the Pedestal (b) m 0.60
(iii) Compressive stress of given Mix design (fcb) N/mm2 .45xfck 9
(iv) Safe Compressive stress (fscb) N/mm 2
5/3.2xfcb 14.06
(v) Load carried by pedestal(Pp) Kg fscb/10x1000000xbxb 506250.00
(vi) Balance load to be carried by reinforcement (P b) Kg (FOSxP)-(Pp) -483750.00

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(vii)Area of steel to carry balance load (As') mm2 0

(vii) Since only the pedestal can carry the entire load, provide
mm2 .4%x bxb 1440
minimum .4% steel. Then area of steel (As')
(viii) no. of bars to be provided 12
dia of bars to be provided 20
Provide 12-20mmФ bars, which gives area of steel mm 2
3768
(x) stirrups dia. to be provided 8
provide 8mm dia stirrups @ 150mm c/c
(j) Design of Tie Beam:

For additional stiffening of footing, pedestals should be tied

each other by 350x600 tie beam at ground level:

(i) provide 10-16mm main bars-3 no at bottom and 3no at top

and 2-no in each side.

(ii) provide 8mm stirrups @ 100mm c/c from both ends and
@ 150mm c/c at middle of the beam

output

depth of Foundation(D) = 1.60 m

Size of Footing(L) = 4.10 m
Assumed pedestal size(l) = 0.60 m
Projection of pedestal above ground = 0.10 m
overall depth of footing pad(dov.) = 0.6 m

check for % of steel

M/Ld2 = 1.431

From Table-2 of SP-16, % of steel for corresponding M/Ld 2=

= 0.745 % SAFE

check for area of steel

Area of reinforcement steel(As),required = 15272.5 mm2

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Area of reinforcement steel(As),provided = 21703.68 mm2 SAFE

Check for one way Shear at 'd' distance from the face of
pedestal:
Nominal Shear Stress (τv) = 3346.22 Kg/m2

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