Coduto Conditions for Soil Liquefaction

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 Soil Liquefaction  Donald P. Coduto a Professor of Civil Engineering in California … Read more

What is Foundation, Different Types of Foundations

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 … Read more

Download Isolated Foundation Design and Analysis Excel Sheet ACI 318M-95 [XLS]

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 Sheet Do you Know Isolated foundation are mostly used for columns and frame structure … Read more

What is Grillage Foundation, Definition, Construction, Uses

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 concrete. Before going for details; let’s … Read more

Pile Cut off Level – Pile Chipping – Reasons & Procedure (WITH PICTURES)

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 … Read more