In: Civil Engineering
Design a square interior column footing for a 15-in. square tied interior column that supports a dead load of 160 kips and live load of 180 kips. The column is reinforced with eight # 8 bars, also, the base of the footing is 6 ft below the grade line, the soil weight is 100 lb/ft3, the concrete weight is 150 lb/ft3, f’c = 4,000 psi, fy = 60,000 psi and qa = 4 kip/ft2.