Friday, 17 April 2020

How to find depth of foundation for house

The minimum depth of foundation for a soil
can be calculated using the following formulla as suggested by rankine.


             


           D = minimum depth of foundation in                     meter
       
           q = intensity of load or safe bearing                        capacity of soil or total building                      load in kn/ m square
            g = density or unite weight of soil in                       kn/m cube
            Q = angle of repose in degree                                   (internal frictional angle of soil)


Example: calculate the minimum depth               required for a foundation to                         transmit a pressure 58 kn/m                           square in a cohesionless soil                         having density 16 kn/m cube and                 angle of repose 20°.

Ans:-
        Given data
           
           Intensity of pressure q = 58 kn/m                                                                   square

           Density of soil = 16 kn/m cube

           Angle of repose = 20°

 Rankine formula

       

      
       D = 58/16×(1-sin20°/1+sin20°)square 
           = 0.871 m 

Note:- according to is-456 2000 minimum depth of foundation should be 1m for any building or house is safe zone.

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