Vertical Bearing Capacity
Vertical bearing capacity
Forces acting on the structure
Verification according to the Safety Factors (ASD) methodology:
Verification according to the EB9/EB84 methodology:
where: | SFv | - | required safety factor for the vertical bearing capacity |
V | - | vertical load (permanent and transient) | |
Pv | - | permanent vertical load | |
Pv,t | - | transient vertical load | |
γG | - | partial factor for permanent load | |
γQ | - | partial factor for transient load | |
Av | - | vertical forces from anchors | |
G | - | self-weight of wall | |
Eav | - | friction force behind the wall | |
Bv | - | friction force in front of the wall | |
Rb | - | ||
Rs | - | ||
kV | - | reduction factor of vertical bearing capacity |