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Nature of Soil Safe Bearing Capacity Tons Per Square Foot

This document provides a table listing the presumptive safe bearing capacity in tons per square foot for different types of soils. Hard rock can support 25-100 tons per square foot while loose sand can only support 1-2 tons per square foot. The table provides estimated bearing capacities for various soils from hard rock to soft clay. Notes provide additional guidance on determining soil compactness and adjusting values based on water table depth.

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Nature of Soil Safe Bearing Capacity Tons Per Square Foot

This document provides a table listing the presumptive safe bearing capacity in tons per square foot for different types of soils. Hard rock can support 25-100 tons per square foot while loose sand can only support 1-2 tons per square foot. The table provides estimated bearing capacities for various soils from hard rock to soft clay. Notes provide additional guidance on determining soil compactness and adjusting values based on water table depth.

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SAFE BEARING CAPACITY TONS

NATURE OF SOIL
PER SQUARE FOOT
Soil ledge of hard rock, such as
25-100
granite, trap, etc.
Sound shale and other medium rock,
10-15
requiring blasting or removal
Hard pan, cemented sand and gravel,
8-10
difficult to remove by picking
Soft rock, disintegrated ledge; in
natural ledge, difficult to remove by 5-10
picking
Compact sand and gravel, requiring
5-6
picking for removal
Hard clay requiring picking for
4-5
removal
Gravel, coarse sand, in natural thick
4-5
beds
Loose medium and coarse sand, fine
3-4
compact sand
Medium clay, stiff but capable of being
2-4
spaded
Fine loose sand 1-2
Soft clay 1
Dynamic load has to be spread over
2 x Press Weight = Dynamic Load
feet area
BEARING ON SOILS

TABLE 2.2  PRESUMPTIVE SAFE BEARING CAPACITY ( IS: 1904-1961 )


Note 1. Compactness or looseness of non-cohesive materials may be determined by driving a
wooden picket of dimension 5cm x 5 cm x 10 cm with a sharp point. The picket shall be pushed
vertically into the soil by full weight of a person and if the penetration of the picket exceeds 20 cm, the
loose state shall be assumed to exist.

Note 2. No generalized values for presumptive safe bearing capacities can be given for these types of
soils. In such area, adequate site investigation shall be carried out and expert advice shall be sought.

Note 3. Peat may occur in a very soft spongy condition or may be quite firm and compact. While
ultimate bearing capacity may be high in the compact cases very large consolidation settlements
occur even under small pressures and the movements continue for decades.

Note 4. The strength of made-up ground depends on the nature of the material, its depth and age,
and the method used for consolidating it.

Note 5. The presumptive safe bearing values may be increased by an amount equal to weight of the
material (virgin soil) removed from above the bearing level, that is, the base of the foundation.

Note 6. For non-cohesive soils, the presumptive safe bearing values shall be reduced by 50 percent if
the water table is above or near the bearing surface of the soil. If the water table is below the bearing
surface of the soil at a distance at least equal to the width of the foundation, no such reduction shall
apply. For intermediate depths of the water table, proportional reduction of presumptive safe bearing
value may be made.

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