| DC-Bearing |
DC-Bearing calculates the safety against ground failure (bearing capacity) according to DIN 4017 (the ground surface inclination according to DIN 4017-100), DIN 1054:2005 with DIN 4017:2006, SIA 267, ÖNORM B 4435-2, Eurocode 7/DIN EN 1997, according to Terzaghi and Brinch Hansen.
A foundation (rectangular, circular or strip foundation) is loaded by:
which may be eccentrical. It is possible to define different load cases with the different loads. With the load parameters the inclination of the load and the eccentricity in x- and y-direction are defined, which lead to the reduced base area. If you do not enter any loads or enter only a vertical load of a size 1 (in order to be able to define the eccentricity), the program will calculate the failure load instead of the ground failure safety. The subsoil may be arbitrarily layered. The program automatically considers the water level by using the specific weight under uplift. Please note that you may enter the ground water level with the excavation stages (see below). You may also simply predefine an excavation with a horizontal ground surface. The ground surface may have up to two slopes or ground surface offsets (on the left of the foundation in the excavation, on the right of the foundation in the ground surface). The program automatically calculates the ground-failure safety in both directions and displays the critical failure figure with the minimal safety. A support on the foundation and a bottom plate behind the foundation serve only for the graphical display. Only the loads on the foundation are included in the analysis of the ground-failure safety. The original ground surface is always situated at z = 0 m. The foundation base may have an arbitrary depth below the ground surface. You may optionally predefine different excavation stages for the ground on the side that is being analyzed, which are calculated independently of each other. The start of an excavation should be positioned in the area between the foundation bottom edge and the ground surface. However, a slope could be adjacent. An imposed load in the excavation may operate retentively. In case of a descending slope on the side of the excavation, the program considers the ground surface inclination coefficients according to DIN 4017-100 or DIN 4017:2006. Alternatively the program may apply at the sides of the footing (increased) active and passive earth pressure, earth pressure at rest at both sides or no earth pressure at all Brochure
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