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Foundation Design Calculator

Isolated · Combined · Strip · Raft · Soil bearing · Reinforcement

qall Pu Af

Isolated footing design

kN
× mm
kN/m²
MPa
MPa
Footing area required
Footing size (Bf × Lf) m
Effective depth (d) mm
Steel area required mm²
Net pressure (qnet) kN/m²
Af = Pu / qall  |  Bf = √Af

Footing geometry

Column Bf × Lf d
Isolated footing — square or rectangular

Design checks

Bearing pressure ✓ OK
Punching shear ✓ OK
Bending moment ✓ OK
Steel ratio ✓ OK

Combined footing

kN
kN
m
kN/m²
Total load (Ptotal) kN
Resultant location m from P₁
Footing length (Lf) m
Footing width (Bf) m
Ptotal = P₁ + P₂  |  x̄ = (P₁·0 + P₂·L) / Ptotal

Combined footing

P₁ P₂ R
Combined footing — resultant at centroid

Strip footing (wall)

kN/m
kN/m²
mm
Required width (B) m
Projection each side mm
Effective depth mm
Steel per meter mm²/m
B = w / qall  |  projection = (B − tw) / 2

Strip footing

Wall proj proj B
Strip footing for load-bearing walls

Raft foundation

kN
× m
kN/m²
Average pressure kN/m²
Status
Area required
Actual area
q = Ptotal / (L × B)  |  q ≤ qall

Raft layout

L × B
Raft foundation — uniform pressure distribution

Soil bearing capacity

type
m
m
Ultimate bearing capacity kN/m²
Safe bearing capacity kN/m²
Factor of safety
Soil classification
qu = c·Nc + γ·Df·Nq + 0.5·γ·B·Nγ

Bearing capacity

Ultimate Safe Capacity comparison
Ultimate vs safe bearing capacity