Kuliah-1 (CES 31017)

T.Ilyas
Participant due date
 Bahan referensi
 Braja M Das, Principal of Geotechnical Engineering,
fourth edition, PWS Publishing Company, 1998,
Boston
 Muni Budu, Soil Mechanics and Foundations, 2nd
edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2007, USA
 Bouwles, Foundation Analysis and design, 5th edition,
Mc Graw-Hill, 1997
 R.F. Craig, Soil Mechanics, (English & terjemahan
Prof.Dr.Ir Budi S Supandji)
 Cernica, J.N., Soil Mechanics, John Wiley & Sons,
1995
 Holtz, R.D., Kovacs, W.D., An introduction to
Geotechnical Engineering, Prentice Hall, N.J., 1981
 Penilaian (grader)
 UTS 25%
 UAS 25%
 Tugas/responsi 20%
 Praktikum 30%

 Tugas diberikan melalui SCeLE (Student

Center e-Learning Environment)
ditambah tugas responsi.
Bearing capacity
 The lower part of a structure is generally
referred to foundation.
 Its function is to transfer the load
throught out the soil without
overstressing the soil
Allowable bearing capacity (qa)
 Defined as the maximum pressure that
may be applied to the soil that 2
fundamental requirement are satisfied
 1. the factor of safety with respect to shear
failure of the supporting soil must be
adequate
 2. the settlement of the foundation should be
tolerable
Ultimate bearing capacity (qu)
 Defined as the least pressure that will
cause complete shear value of the soil
in the vicinity of the foundation
Failure mechanism

General shear

Local shear

Punching shear
General and local shear failure
Terzhagi’s (1943) bearing capacity (general shear)
Contribution of soil
weight

Contribution of
soil cohesion

Contribution of soil
surcharge q
Terzaghi’s bearing
capacity capacity
factors (general
shear)
Effect of ground water table

q = γ Df
Factor of safety (Fs)
 Definition of allowable bearing capacity:
 Gross allowable bearing capacity

 Net allowable bearing capacity

whrere q= γ Df hence

 Gross allowable bearing capacity with factor

of safety respect to shear value
General bearing capacity (Meyerhoff
1951,1963; DeBeer and Vesic 1958 ……)

Terzaghi assumption the soil wedge make and angle φ with horizontal while
others used 450 + φ/2
Good practice used
Bearing Capacity examples
A continous footing is shown below. Using Terzaghi’s bearing capacity
factors, determine qall per unit area that footing can support. Take
safety factor of 3.

q=γD

Bearing cap factor

Nc, Nq, N γ from
Terzagi’s table