It is possible that you have clay soils at least in the central part of the house. The water leak and cohesive soils would explain the damages. Could you take samples at the edges and also in the center and then compare the ratio of water content over liquid limit?
I had a typo earlier, the trapezoidal pressure should read, -0.25H, 0.50H, 0.25H.
Find similar problem to yours solved on page 469 of Foundation Engineering, 2nd ed, 1974 by Peck, Hanson & Thornburn.
I would not use cohesion. Keep phi angle low (30 Deg)unless you have a direct shear test results. For your case, it is appropriate to use 0.5, 0.5, 0.25 trapezoid. The 0.5 section could be loaded with active earth pressure of (0.65xKaxGamma) ; where gamma is not the dry or maximum dry density...
Look at the track record of the founder(s.) If they are in the habit of starting a company every few years, then you may find yourself with "non traditional" experience.
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Peat is a problem. As a general guide, peat settles 10 to 20% of its thickness. So the 3 m thick could possible settle as much as 0.6m. It has little to do with the induced load. Peat decomposes and is constantly consolidating.
We have two choices-You could remove all 3 m and replace with...
drile007
The general bearing capacity equation can be simplified into nine equations. Three each for granular soils(phi soils), cohesive soils(C soils) and mixed soils (C-Phi soils).
The three equations in each soil type depend on the shapes-continuous, square/rectangular, or circular. For...
I just looked at my reference "Structural Concrete" 2nd edition, by Hassoun. If the eccentricity is less than B/6, then only one formula applies. So, for e=0 to e=B/6 or 8" qmax is the same 2.53 ksf per my previous post. I learned something!:)
Once you have "e" = B/6 or 8" exact we jump into...
You are correct-Ko applies instead of Ka. Only exception would be if you backfill before the floor beams are installed. In which case the wall has already rotated and Ka is fine.
The formula I used assumes the axial load is in the center and not 7" off. Let me digest that. I don't know if it...
AdamU
See attached file for my approach. My 1.93 ksf was wrong. Must check to see if Qmax is less than allowable bearing capacity.http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=c3675818-6bfa-4589-bf70-b4ee936c70e5&file=qmax0001.PDF
AdamU
Diagrams always help a lot. In your formula, how do you account for earth pressure thrust?
It is not a uniform pressure due to two reasons. First, you have 7" eccentricity & the center of the stem does not coincide with the center of the footing. Second, you have earth pressure...
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Agree with all that Rankine neglects wall friction. Rankine method is also applicable to inclined slopes as long as it is not a broken slope.
Coulomb method does consider wall friction. Depending on the reference, friction between soil and concrete for granular soils is often 0.5 to 0.75 of...
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