Bearing Capacity Vesic Calculator
Ultimate bearing capacity with Vesic (1973) shape and depth factors: qu = c*Nc*sc*dc + q*sq*dq + 0.5*gamma*B*Ngamma*sGamma, dGamma = 1. Factors Nq = exp(pi*tan(phi))*tan^2(45 + phi/2), Nc = (Nq - 1)*cot(phi), Ngamma = 2*(Nq + 1)*tan(phi) (Vesic convention). Shape factors sc = 1 + (B/L)*(Nq/Nc), sq = 1 + (B/L)*tan(phi), sGamma = 1 - 0.4*B/L; depth factors dq = 1 + 2*tan(phi)*(1 - sin(phi))^2*Df/B and dc = dq - (1 - dq)/(Nc*tan(phi)). c and q in kPa, gamma in kN/m3, lengths in m.
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Ultimate bearing capacity with Vesic (1973) shape and depth factors: qu = c*Nc*sc*dc + q*sq*dq + 0.5*gamma*B*Ngamma*sGamma, dGamma = 1. Factors Nq = exp(pi*tan(phi))*tan^2(45 + phi/2), Nc = (Nq - 1)*cot(phi), Ngamma = 2*(Nq + 1)*tan(phi) (Vesic convention). Shape factors sc = 1 + (B/L)*(Nq/Nc), sq = 1 + (B/L)*tan(phi), sGamma = 1 - 0.4*B/L; depth factors dq = 1 + 2*tan(phi)*(1 - sin(phi))^2*Df/B and dc = dq - (1 - dq)/(Nc*tan(phi)). c and q in kPa, gamma in kN/m3, lengths in m.