A strap footing also known as cantilever footing, is a special case of combined foundation in which two separate footings are tied together by a beam called tie beam or strap beam.Mostly in cities, the houses are adjacent to each other due to limited and congested space available i.e. the outer walls are touching each other and having a limited space for an isolated column footing.This restriction…
It helps us to get to work, it protects our homes, and it even gives us a secure place to park, amongst many other uses.
So, with that in mind, we’re going to take a look at three places you’ll see sheet piling used on a daily basis.3 Places You’ll See Sheet…
A resilient and robust foundation is a sure way to guarantee a stable structure that could withstand and tolerate the forces of nature by satisfying the strength and serviceability requirements. Primarily the significance of foundation in a structure is same as the…
Important Points to Remember for Eccentric Footing, Cantilever Footing or Shoe Footing
July 30, 2017
Some days ago I have posted a Picture of an eccentric isolated foundation and I asked my fans on facebook that whether it is right to place an isolated column foundation like this or not?
As a result I have got some very useful and insightful comments of my fans which i though I must share with you on the subject of eccentric footing, cantilever footing or shoe footing.After seeing this picture…
If you have ever stood on the side of a hill and looked at houses built on the same lot, you would notice that one home might be significantly smaller than the other home just because of the way the foundation was built. There are ways to build houses on sloping lots to…
Liquefaction is a state of water- saturated, mostly cohesion-less soil whose shear strength is reduced to zero due to pore water pressure produced by vibration during an earthquake. The soil starts behaving like a liquid.Please See original Article to know more about…
Foundation substructures are structural members used to support walls and columns to transmit and distribute their loads to the ground.
“Footing is the lowest part of the structure that distributes the load on a larger area to avoid any shear or axial failures of the structure”What is foundation?Design Criteria of Foundations
For proper transmission of the load the…
Download Isolated Foundation Design and Analysis Excel Sheet ACI 318M-95 [XLS]
July 17, 2015
Today I am going to share with you a very excellent Excel Sheet for the design and analysis of Isolated Foundation of column based on ACI 318 code. It involves all the checks and steps involved.Download Isolated Foundation Design Excel SheetDo you Know Isolated…
A Grillage Foundation is a type of foundation often used at the base of a column. It consists of one, two or more tiers of steel beams superimposed on a layer of concrete, adjacent tiers being placed at right angles to each other, while all tiers are encased in…
Pile Cut off Level – Pile Chipping – Reasons & Procedure (WITH PICTURES)
October 29, 2014
As per the definition, the pile cut off level is the elevation up to which the concrete of the pile head is chipped or cut off while exposing rebar. It is an important design parameter in case of pile foundation that allows the rebar of pile to embed in pile cap and uniformly distribute the load of the pier thereby acting as one monolithic structure.All the piles under the pile cap are chipped…
Soil mostly fail in shear, thus when foundation load is transferred to the soil, the soil may fail in shear in 3 modes names as; (a) General Shear Failure (b) Local Shear failure (c) Punching shear failure;The type of failure that will occur in the soil due to foundation…
What is Foundation Engineering? Course content, books, solved asigments, quizzes
January 13, 2014
Foundation Engineering is a very interesting and use full subject in terms of applicability and scope in civil engineering. Importance of Foundation engineers can be understood easily by considering the importance of foundation in a structure. This post is about the…
Foundation and geo-technical engineering is a very interesting and useful field of civil engineering. Like the name of the subject it plays a pivotal role in the success or failure of any structure. The portion upon which the load of building or super-structure rests is called a foundation and the lower part of the foundation is footing. The ultimate destiny of any load in the structure is the…
What is pile foundation? What are the Uses of different types of Piles?
December 1, 2013
A pile is a long slender foundation member, made either of timber, structural steel or concrete which might be cast-in-situ or driven and acts as a structural member to transfer the load of the structure to a required depth in deep foundations carrying a load which may be…
Scouring can be defined as a process due to which the particles of the soil or rock around the periphery of the abutment or pier of the highway bridge spanning over a water body, gets eroded and removed over a certain depth called scour depth. Scouring usually occurs when…
Now You can Land Airplanes in the Sea - Kansai International Airport Japan
November 12, 2013
Japan, the land of rising sun was advancing with technology at a fast rate after World War II, Its economy was on the verge of stabilization. But here the question arises where do you put a plane in a space that run out of space? The Japanese have found its answer you can make the airplane to as well as it flies. In Japan at that time the largest international airport was in Tokyo; the middle of…