Isolated footing 500x500, 1600 kN

Data and assumptions

• Column 500 mm × 500 mm (long side $a=500$ mm along the footing length); footing concrete M25, steel Fe500; column concrete M25; column bars 8-20 mm.
• Service load $P = 1600$ kN.
• Allowable (safe) bearing capacity of soil = 125 kN/m² at 1.25 m depth.
• The foundation depth of 1.25 m does not enter the calculation directly; the weight of the footing and backfill is taken as 10% of the column load.
• Column bars assumed 8-20 mm (not given).
• Clear cover 50 mm for the footing (IS 456 cl. 26.4.2.2); effective depth $d = D - 60$ mm (cover + half bar). Load factor 1.5.

Size of footing

Weight of footing and backfill is taken as 10% of the column load.

$$A_{req} = \frac{1.1\,P}{q_a} = \frac{1.1 \times 1600.0}{125} = 14.08\ \text{m}^2$$

Provide a square footing $L \times B = 3.8 \times 3.8$ m, area = 14.44 m² $\ge$ 14.08 m².

Factored soil pressure

$P_u = 1.5 \times 1600.0 = 2400.0$ kN. $p_u = \dfrac{P_u}{BL} = \dfrac{2400.0}{3.8 \times 3.8} = 166.2$ kN/m².

Bending moments and reinforcement

Cantilever projections from the column face: along $L$: $(3800 - 500)/2 = 1650$ mm; along $B$: $(3800 - 500)/2 = 1650$ mm. $M_u = p_u \times (\text{width}) \times \dfrac{(\text{projection})^2}{2}$: $M_{u,L} = 859.7$ kN·m, $M_{u,B} = 859.7$ kN·m. Required depth for flexure: $M_{u,lim} = 0.133 f_{ck} b d^2$ is far larger than the moment for $d = 640$ mm, so the depth is governed by shear (one-way or punching). Trial $D = 700$ mm, $d = 640$ mm, found by the shear checks below.

$A_{st} = \dfrac{0.5 f_{ck}}{f_y}\left[1 - \sqrt{1 - \dfrac{4.6 M_u}{f_{ck} b d^2}}\right] b d$; minimum steel = 0.12% of $bD$.

Check for one-way shear (at distance $d$ from the column face)

• Along $L$ side: $V_u = 637.9$ kN, $\tau_v = \dfrac{V_u}{B d} = 0.262$ MPa; $p_t = 0.136\%$, $\tau_c = 0.291$ MPa (Table 19). $\tau_v < \tau_c$, safe.
• Along $B$ side: $V_u = 637.9$ kN, $\tau_v = 0.262$ MPa; $p_t = 0.136\%$, $\tau_c = 0.291$ MPa. Safe.

Check for two-way (punching) shear (at $d/2$ from the column face)

• Perimeter $b_o = 2[(a + d) + (c + d)] = 2[(500+640) + (500+640)] = 4560$ mm
• $V_u = P_u - p_u (a+d)(c+d) = 2400.0 - 166.2 \times 1.140 \times 1.140 = 2184.0$ kN (average pressure; the effect of moment transfer is neglected).
• $\tau_v = \dfrac{V_u}{b_o d} = 0.748$ MPa; $k_s = 0.5 + \beta_c = 1.00$, $\tau_c' = k_s \times 0.25\sqrt{f_{ck}} = 1.250$ MPa. $\tau_v < \tau_c'$, safe.

Development length

$L_d = \dfrac{0.87 f_y \phi}{4\tau_{bd}}$, $\tau_{bd} = 2.24$ MPa (M25, deformed bars): 12 mm bars (both directions) → $L_d = 583$ mm. Available length from column face (less 50 mm end cover): 1600 mm along $L$, 1600 mm along $B$. Satisfied in both directions.

Bearing stress and transfer of load from column

Column area $A_2 = 500\times500 = 0.250$ m². Bearing stress $= P_u/A_2 = 9.60$ MPa. Permissible bearing stress: column concrete $0.45 f_{ck} = 11.25$ MPa; footing concrete $0.45 f_{ck}\sqrt{A_1/A_2}$ with $\sqrt{A_1/A_2} \le 2$ gives up to 22.50 MPa. The lesser, 11.25 MPa, governs. Capacity of bearing = 2812 kN $\ge$ $P_u = 2400$ kN, so the whole load can be transferred by bearing. Provide minimum dowels of 0.5% of column area = 1250 mm²: use 8 bars of 20 mm (2513 mm²) as dowels, same as column bars. Dowel length in compression $L_{dc} = \dfrac{0.87 f_y\phi}{4 \times 1.25\,\tau_{bd}} = 777$ mm (and the same lap with the column bars). Available depth in footing = 700 - 50 - 24 = 626 mm $< L_{dc}$; dowels are bent at the bottom with 90° bends.

Detailing

PLAN (3.8 m x 3.8 m)
+------------------------------------+
|  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | |
|--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-|
|  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | |
|--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-|
|  |   |   | +----------+  |   |   | |
|--+---+---+-|  column  |--+---+---+-|
|  |   |   | +----------+  |   |   | |
|--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-|
|  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | |
|--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-|
|  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | |
+------------------------------------+
| = bars along B, - = bars along L: 12 mm @ 130 c/c both ways

ELEVATION
                |  column  |
                |          |
+---------------+----------+---------------+
|                 (dowels)                 |  D = 700 mm
|  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o   |  bottom mesh, 50 mm cover
+------------------------------------------+
<---------------- 3800 mm ----------------->

• Bottom mesh: 12 mm @ 130 c/c along $L$ (lower layer), 12 mm @ 130 c/c along $B$ (upper layer), 50 mm clear cover; dowels 8-20 mm.

Answer: Footing 3.8 m × 3.8 m × 700 mm thick; 12 mm @ 130 c/c along the length and 12 mm @ 130 c/c along the width.