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APPLIED ACHITECTURAL STRUCTURES:
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND SYSTEMS
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DR. ANNE NICHOLS
FALL 2018
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Foundation
• the engineered interface between the
earth and the structure it supports that
transmits the loads to the soil or rock
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Structural vs. Foundation Design
• structural design
– choice of materials
– choice of framing system
– uniform materials and quality assurance
– design largely
independent of
geology, climate, etc.
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Structural vs. Foundation Design
• foundation design
– cannot specify site materials
– site is usually predetermined
– framing/structure predetermined
– site geology influences foundation choice
– no site the same
– no design
the same
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Design Assumptions
• validity dependant on:
– quality of site investigation
– construction monitoring
– your experience
– flexibility of the design
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Soil Properties & Mechanics
• unit weight of soil
• allowable soil pressure
• factored net soil pressure
• shear resistance
• backfill pressure
• cohesion & friction of soil
• effect of water
• settlement
• rock fracture behavior
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• compressibility
– settlements
• strength
– stability
• shallow foundations
• deep foundations
• slopes and walls
– ultimate bearing capacity, qu
– allowable bearing capacity,
Soil Properties & Mechanics
S.F.
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• strength, qa
Soil Properties & Mechanics
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Bearing Failure
• shear
slip zone punched wedge
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Lateral Earth Pressure
• passive vs. active
active
(trying to
move wall)
passive
(resists movement)
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Settlements - Considerations
• How do we estimate the amount for a
given design?
• What are the tolerable movements?
• If our estimate is
greater than the
tolerable movement,
what do we do?
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Settlements - Components
• vertical
– immediate (sands)
– consolidation (clays)
– secondary (organic soils/peats)
• tilting
– eccentric loads
– non-uniform stress distribution
• distortion -L
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Excessive Settlement
• we can try
– deeper foundation
– alter structure
– concrete/soil mat foundation
– reduce the load
– move the structure
– modify the foundation type
– modify the soil
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Foundation Materials
• concrete, plain or reinforced
– shear
– bearing capacity
– bending
– embedment length, development length
• other materials (piles)
– steel
– wood
– composite
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Construction
• unique to type of footing
– excavation
– sheeting and bracing
– water control
(drainage/stabilization)
– fill: placement & compaction
– pile driver or hammer
– caisson
– underpinning (existing foundation)
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Basic Foundation Requirements
• safe against instability or collapse
• no excessive/damaging settlements
• consider environment– frost action– shrinkage/swelling– adjacent structure,
property lines– ground water– underground defects– earthquake
• economics
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Generalized Design Steps
• calculate loads
• characterize soil
• determine footing location and depth
• evaluate soil bearing capacity
• determine footing size (unfactored loads)
• calculate contact pressure and check stability
• estimate settlements
• design footing structure * (factored loads)
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Types of Foundations
• spread footings
• wall footings
• eccentric footings
• combined footings
• unsymmetrical footings
• strap footings
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Types of Foundations
• mat foundations
• retaining walls
• basement walls
• pile foundations
• drilled piers
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• spread footing
– a square or rectangular footing supporting
a single column
– reduces stress from load to size the ground
can withstand
Shallow Footings
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• stress distribution is a function of
– footing rigidity
– soil behavior
• linear stress distribution
assumed
Actual vs. Design Soil Pressure
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RIGIDclay
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Concrete Spread Footings
• plain or reinforced
• ACI specifications
• Pu = combination of factored D, L, W
• ultimate strength
– 0.75 for shear
• plain concrete has shear strength
– 0.9 for flexure :nu MM
:cu VV
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Concrete Spread Footings
• failure modes
shear
bending
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Concrete Spread Footings
• shear failure
one way shear two way shear
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• reinforcement ratio for bending
–
– use as a design estimate to find As,b,d
– max from steel 0.004
– minimum for slabs & footings of uniform
thickness
Over and Under-reinforcement
bd
As
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As
600018.0
50/40002.0
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Reinforcement Length
• need length, ld
– bond
– development of yield strength
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Column Connection
• bearing of column on footing
–
= 0.65 for bearing
• dowel reinforcement
– if Pu > Pb, need
compression
reinforcement
– min of 4 bars
and 0.005Ag
185.0 Af c nu PP
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– continuous strip for load bearing walls
– plain or reinforced
– behavior
• wide beam shear
• bending of projection
– dimensions usually dictated
by codes for residential walls
– light loads
Wall Footings
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Wall Footings - plain vs. reinforced
• trade off in amounts of material
– can save time if cost of extra concrete is
justified (plain)
– local codes may not allow plain footings
– with same load, plain about twice as thick
as minimally reinforced footing
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• footings subject to moments
– soil pressure resultant force may not
coincide with the centroid of the footing
Eccentrically Loaded Footings
e
P
M=Pe
P
by statics:
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– to avoid large rotations,
limit the differential soil
pressure across footing
– for rigid footing,
simplification of soil
pressure is a linear
distribution based on
constant ratio of pressure to settlement
Differential Soil Pressure
M
P
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– want resultant of load from pressure inside
the middle third of base
• ensures stability with respect to overturning
– pressure under toe (moment) qa
– shortcut using uniform soil pressure for
design moments gives similar steel areas
Guidelines
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.M
xR
M
MSF resist
MP
x R
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– supports two columns
– used when space is tight and spread footings would overlap or when at property line
– soil pressure might not be uniform
– proportion so pressure will uniform for sustained loads
– behaves like beam lengthwise
Combined Footings
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– rectangular
– trapezoid
– strap or cantilever
• prevents overturning of exterior column
– raft/mat
• more than two columns
over an extended area
Combined Footing Types
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– uniform settling is desired
– area is proportioned with sustained column
loads
– resultant coincides with centroid of footing
area for uniformly distributed pressure
assuming
rigid footing
Proportioning
P1P2
R = P1+P2
yamax qq
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Multiple Column Footings
– used where bearing capacity of subsoil is
so low that large bearing areas are needed
– grid foundation
• continuous strips between columns
• treat like rectangular combined footings with
moment for beam
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Multiple Column Footings
– when bearing capacity is even lower, strips
in grid foundation merge into mat
• upside down flat slab or plate
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Settling of Multiple Column Footings
– use if we can’t space columns such that
the centroid of foundation coincides with
load resultant
– geometry helps reduce differential
settlement
• variable soil
• structure sensitive to differential settlements
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Mat Foundations
– rigid foundations
• soil pressures presumed linear
– flexible foundation
• settlements and pressures no longer linearP1 < > P3
P2
settlement
pressure, qskq s
ks is a mechanical soil property
s1 < > s3s2
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• purpose
– retain soil or other material
• basic parts
– wall & base
– additional parts
• counterfort
• buttress
• key
Retaining Walls
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• considerations– overturning
– settlement
– allowable bearing pressure
– sliding
– (adequate drainage)
• procedure
– proportion and check stability with working loads
– design structure with factored loads
Retaining Walls
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MSF
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sliding
resist
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Retaining Wall Types
• “gravity” wall
– usually unreinforced
– economical & simple
• cantilever retaining wall
– common
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Retaining Wall Types
• counterfort wall
• buttress wall
• bridge abutment
• basement frame wall (large basement areas)
very tall walls (> 20 - 25 ft)
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• usage
– when spread footings, mats won’t work
– when they are required to transfer the
structural loads to good bearing material
– to resist uplift or overturning
– to compact soil
– to control settlements of spread or mat
foundations
Deep Foundations
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– piles - usually driven, 6”-8” , 5’ +
– piers
– caissons
– drilled shafts
– bored piles
– pressure injected piles
Deep Foundation Types
drilled, excavated,
concreted (with or
without steel)
2.5’ - 10’/12’ .
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Deep Foundation Types
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• classification
– by material
– by shape
– by function (structural, compaction...)
• pile placement methods
– driving with pile hammer (noise & vibration)
– driving with vibration (quieter)
– jacking
– drilling hole & filling with pile or concrete
Deep Foundations
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• timber
– use for temporary construction
– to densify loose sands
– embankments
– fenders, dolphins (marine)
• concrete
– precast: ordinary reinforcement or prestressed
– designed for axial capacity and bending with handling
Piles Classified By Material
lift hooks
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• steel
– rolled HP shapes or pipes
– pipes may be filled with concrete
– HP displaces little soil and may either
break small boulders or displace them to
the side
Piles Classified By Material
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Piles Classified By Function
– end bearing pile (point bearing)
– friction piles (floating)
“socketed”
soft or looselayer
for use in soft or loose
materials over a dense base
Rp
common in both clay & sand
Rs =ƒ(adhesion)
P P
TN
tapered: sand & silt
apa fAP
0PR
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Piles Classified By Function
– combination friction and end bearing
– uplift/tension piles
structures that float,towers
P
– batter piles
P1:12 to 1:3 or 1:4
angled,cost more,
resist large horizontal loads
Rp
Rs
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Piles Classified By Function
– fender piles, dolphins, pile clusters
– compaction piles
• used to densify loose sands
– drilled piers
• eliminate need for pile caps
• designed for bearing capacity (not slender)
large # of piles in a small area
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Pile Caps and Grade Beams
– like multiple column footing
– more shear areas to consider