Caisson Design Based On 2018 IBC & 2016 CBC
Caisson Design Based On 2018 IBC & 2016 CBC
Caisson Design Based On 2018 IBC & 2016 CBC
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Caisson Design Based on 2018 IBC & 2016 CBC
DESIGN CRITERIA
1. The caisson is designed to rest on an underlying stratum of rock or satisfactory soil
and is used when unsatisfactory soil/water exists. If caisson bottom end not belled,
the caisson has to be drilled into hard stratum 3'-0' minimum.
2. All vertical/axial loads are supported by the bottom end hard stratum. The lateral
loads are supported by the embedded soil, Lembd, based on IBC/CBC Chapter 18.
ANALYSIS
CHECK SOIL END BEARING CAPACITY (ACI 318-14 13.3.1.1)
0.7 Pu + 0.25 p D2 (gc - gs) (Lembd + Lcant) = 216.18 kips, (962 kN)
< 0.25 p D2 Qa = 226.19 kips, (1006 kN) [Satisfactory]
Where gc = 0.15 kcf, one cubic foot of caisson weight gs = 0.07 kcf, soil/water weight
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Pu / f = 288.9 kips, (1285 kN) , f= 0.9
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> [Vu (Lcant + 0.67 Lembd) + Mu ] / f = 3228.9 ft-kips, (4378 kN-m) Solid Line - Tension Controlled
[Satisfactory] Dash Line - Compression Controlled
ANALYSIS
NONCONSTRAINED CONSTRAINED
LATERAL FORCE @ TOP OF POLE P => 56.00 k 56.00 k
HEIGHT OF POLE ABOVE GRADE h => 15.6 ft 15.6 ft
DIAMETER OF POLE FOOTING b => 4.00 ft 4.00 ft
LATERAL SOIL BEARING CAPACITY FS => 0.50 ksf / ft 0.50 ksf / ft