Design of combined footings - Time-Consuming

 


Dear ASDIP Customer:

The design of combined footings may be time-consuming. You have to consider the loads at both columns and size the footing to calculate the bearing pressures, punching shears, bending moments, and then design the reinforcement, check development lengths, minimum steel, etc.

The design is even more difficult if the footing es trapezoidal and eccentric. But what about if you could model your combined footing in a software, enter the loads, and then be able to modify any of the variables involved in the design, check graphically the calculations immediately, and optimize your design as you go?

This is exactly what I have done in a new blog post with annotated screenshots and a short video, where I show a step-by-step design example of an eccentric trapezoidal combined footing from scratch. You are invited to read this blog post and watch the video.

Eccentric Combined Footing Example Using ASDIP FOUNDATION

Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Best regards,
Javier Encinas, PE
ASDIP Structural Software
www.asdipsoft.com

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