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what is floating foundations the settlement of foundations can be reduced if the applied load is compensated by excavation of a basement this
explain the uses of pier and well foundations well foundations are used to transmit large loads from piers of bridges and other marine structures
what are the two ways of pile foundationpile foundations can be installed in two ways timber steel and precast concrete piles are driven from the
explain in detail about the pile foundationswhere the support given by top soil is not sufficient and the load has to be carried deep down for
explain about structural design of combined footingstructural design of combined footingthe rectangular and trapezoidal combined footings are
what are the limitations with rectangular combined footingsin this section the analysis is limited to the determination of plan dimensions of the
what are rectangular combined footingsrectangular combined footingsin the design of rectangular combined footings it is assumed that the footing is
explain the meaning of a raft foundationa raft foundation as also combined footing cannot be considered to be the opposite of a slab supported on the
what are the conditions where combined footings usedtwo conditions in which it is used are asa when an exterior column is immediately adjacent to a
what are combined footingscombined footingswhen a footing supports two or more columns in the same line it is called a combined footing the combined
explain about the raft foundationsthe raft foundations are generally used for large loaded area on soils of low bearing capacity they are of
explain about the deep foundation deep foundations are those where the depth d is much larger than b piles wells piers and caissons belong to this
design a concrete pedestal for a steel column carrying a dead load of 600 kn and an imposed load of 600 kn assume the base plate is 350 mm x 350 mm
what is shallow foundationshallow foundations are those where the depth d lt b examples of such foundations are isolated footings wall
how many types of foundations are therefoundations are broadly classified into two types viz shallow and deep foundations with respect to the
what are the forces acting on foundationsfoundations are normally subjected to vertical loads which are resisted by compressive stress generated in
explain the function of the foundationthe function of the foundation is to ensure that the loads on the super structure are transmitted to the soil
determine the properties of foundationsoil profile together with natural type and properties of each strata will have a bearing on the choice of
need and function of foundation a foundation can be defined as that part of a structure which serves to transmit the forces and moments coming from
what is pedestal what are uses of pedestalpedestalsa pedestal is used to transfer the loads from the metal columns through the floor and soil to the
define term transfer of stress to footingtransfer of stress to footing the column transfers the load to the top of the footing by bearing the
a square column 410 x 410 mm along with 4 no 16 mm bars carries a dead load of 1020 kn and an imposed load of 410 kn the foundation soil has a safe
what are square footingssquare footingsthis type of footing also termed an isolated spread footing is probably the most common simplest and most
how is rending stress designed in plain concrete footingrending stressesalso design the plain concrete footing based on bending moment and shear
how is angle of dispersion used in footingangle of dispersionindian standards is has specified relation for determining the angle of dispersion