Combined Footing Analysis & Design

Module Summary

• Analyzes and designs combined footings subject to loads from two columns
• Incorporates user-specified factors of safety on sliding and overturning
• Offers ability to automatically increase allowable soil bearing pressure as a user-specified function of footing width and/or depth below a reference elevation
• Permits the application of vertical loads, overburden loads, shears, and moments
• Offers option to enter user-specified allowable stress increase factor for soil bearing pressure
• User defined reinforcing
• Offers the convenience of fill-in-the-blanks style forms and instantaneous recalculation to facilitate the evaluation of “what-if” scenarios
• Provides highly efficient results summaries as well as generous detail in the on-screen and printed results
• Includes rich, 3D graphics that support zoom, pan, and many customizable view options.