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FEMA P55 Coastal Construction Manual, Fourth Edition - Mad Cad

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10 DESIGNING THE FOUNDATION Volume II<br />

EQUATION 10.5. DETERMINATION OF SQUARE FOOTING SIZE FOR GRAVITY<br />

LOADS<br />

EXAMPLE 10.3. PIER FOOTING UNDER GRAVITY LOAD<br />

Given:<br />

where:<br />

L = square footing dimension (ft)<br />

P a = gravity load on pier (lb)<br />

h col = height of pier above grade (ft)<br />

x = distance from grade to bottom of footing (ft)<br />

W col = column width (ft)<br />

t col = column thickness (ft)<br />

w c = unit weight of column and footing material (lb/ft 3 )<br />

q = soil bearing pressure (psf)<br />

t foot = footing thickness (ft)<br />

• Figure 10-18<br />

• Gravity load on pier (P a ) = 2,880 lb (includes roof live load, live load, and dead load)<br />

• Height of pier above grade (h col ) = 4 ft<br />

• Distance from grade to bottom of footing (x) = 2 ft<br />

• Column width (W col ) = 1.33 ft<br />

• Column thickness (t col ) = 1.33 ft<br />

• Unit weight of column and footing material (w c ) = 150 lb/ft 3<br />

• Soil bearing pressure (q) = 2,000 psf<br />

• Footing thickness (t foot ) = 1 ft<br />

• Home is 24 ft x 30 ft consisting of a matrix of 30 16-in. square piers (see Illustration A)<br />

• Piers spaced 6 ft o.c. (see Illustration A)<br />

10-40 COASTAL CONSTRUCTION MANUAL

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