SHALLOW FOUNDATION

3) SETTLEMENT
3) SETTLEMENT
1) UNDRAINED BEARING CAPACITY (i) ELASTIC / IMMEDIATE (iii) USING SPT’N

6.2

5.14

2) DRAINED BEARING CAPACITY

Special case: Fully undrained condition (V = 0.5)

Refer to graphs for u0 & u1

3) SETTLEMENT
(iv) USING CPT

3) SETTLEMENT
(ii) CONSOLIDATION

RECTANGULAR AREA WITH UNIFORM LOAD

OR

For degree of consolidation > 90%, If t is unknown

 DEEP FOUNDATION DEEP FOUNDATION Excavation
DEEP FOUNDATION
2A) BASE RESISTANCE (DRAINED)
3) PILE GROUP SETTLEMENT ZONE 1) Basal Heave Stability – Terzaghi Method
1A) BASE RESISTANCE (UNDRAINED)

IMMEDIATE
6.2 SETTLEMENT

5.14

2) Basal Heave Stability – Bjerrum & Eide Method (1956)

2B) SHAFT RESISTANCE – β METHOD (UNDRAINED)

4) NEGATIVE SKIN FRICTION

3) Basal Heave Stability –Eide et. Al. Method (1972) 4) Uplift Stability

OR

FOR BOTH NON & DISP. PILE

1B) SHAFT RESISTANCE - α METHOD (UNDRAINED)

FOR DISPLACEMENT PILES

OR
 TRANSPORATION
1) STOPPING SIGHT DISTANCE 4) CRITERIA FOR CREST VERTICAL CURVE DESIGN 7) FLLEXIBLE PAVEMENT
3) VERTICAL CURVES (HIGHWAY)
4B) APPEARANCE

(i) BRAKING DISTANCE

OR BRAKE
EFFICIENCY, ie.
f x brake efficiency
5) CRITERIA FOR SAG VERTICAL CURVE DESIGN

5A) STOPPING SIGHT DISTANCE

CASE 1: AT NIGHT, DIST. ILLUMINATED BY HEADLIGHT

IGNORE IF NOT
(ii) REACTIOIN DISTANCE GIVEN IN
QUESTION
Wearing + base + subbase

Unit inch

2) PASSING/OVERTAKE SIGHT DISTANCE

CASE 2: AT VEHICLE UNDERPASS

base
REACTIOIN DISTANCE 4) CRITERIA FOR CREST VERTICAL CURVE DESIGN
subbase
4A) SIGHT DISTANCE CRITERION

Unit PSI

8) RIGID PAVEMENT
1/

2 /

5B) COMFORT CRITERION

6) SUPERELEVATION

Radius of Curvature
5D) CLEARANCE

Side friction factor Max. allowable See example 4.4 in note

Superelevation rate

5C) APPEARANCE = REFER TO CREST CURVE