Bearing Capacity Factors for General Shear Meyerhof Hansen Angle (Radians) Kp Nc Nq N Nc Nq N Nc Nq N 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 0.0000 0.0175 0.0349 0.0524 0.0698 0.0873 0.1047 0.1222 0.1396 0.1571 0.1745 0.1920 0.2094 0.2269 0.2443 0.2618 0.2793 0.2967 0.3142 0.3316 0.3491 0.3665 0.3840 0.4014 0.4189 0.4363 0.4538 0.4712 0.4887 0.5061 0.5236 0.5411 0.5585 0.5760 0.5934 0.6109 0.6283 0.6458 10.18 10.61 11.07 11.56 12.07 12.61 13.19 13.80 14.44 15.13 15.87 16.65 17.49 18.38 19.33 20.36 21.46 22.65 23.92 25.30 26.80 28.42 30.18 32.10 34.19 36.49 39.01 41.78 44.85 48.26 52.05 56.29 61.04 66.40 72.48 79.40 87.33 96.49 5.70 6.00 6.30 6.62 6.97 7.34 7.73 8.15 8.60 9.09 9.60 10.16 10.76 11.41 12.11 12.86 13.68 14.56 15.52 16.56 17.69 18.92 20.27 21.75 23.36 25.13 27.09 29.24 31.61 34.24 37.16 40.41 44.04 48.09 52.64 57.75 63.53 70.07 1.00 1.10 1.22 1.35 1.49 1.64 1.81 2.00 2.21 2.44 2.69 2.98 3.29 3.63 4.02 4.45 4.92 5.45 6.04 6.70 7.44 8.26 9.19 10.23 11.40 12.72 14.21 15.90 17.81 19.98 22.46 25.28 28.52 32.23 36.50 41.44 47.16 53.80 0.00 0.08 0.18 0.28 0.39 0.51 0.65 0.80 0.96 1.15 1.35 1.58 1.84 2.12 2.44 2.79 3.19 3.63 4.13 4.70 5.34 6.07 6.89 7.83 8.90 10.12 11.53 13.15 15.03 17.21 19.75 22.71 26.20 30.33 35.23 41.08 48.11 56.62 5.10 5.38 5.63 5.90 6.19 6.49 6.81 7.16 7.53 7.92 8.34 8.80 9.28 9.81 10.37 10.98 11.63 12.34 13.10 13.93 14.83 15.81 16.88 18.05 19.32 20.72 22.25 23.94 25.80 27.86 30.14 32.67 35.49 38.64 42.16 46.12 50.59 55.63 1.00 1.09 1.20 1.31 1.43 1.57 1.72 1.88 2.06 2.25 2.47 2.71 2.97 3.26 3.59 3.94 4.34 4.77 5.26 5.80 6.40 7.07 7.82 8.66 9.60 10.66 11.85 13.20 14.72 16.44 18.40 20.63 23.18 26.09 29.44 33.30 37.75 42.92 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.04 0.07 0.11 0.15 0.21 0.28 0.37 0.47 0.60 0.74 0.92 1.13 1.37 1.66 2.00 2.40 2.87 3.42 4.07 4.82 5.72 6.77 8.00 9.46 11.19 13.24 15.67 18.56 22.02 26.17 31.15 37.15 44.43 53.27 5.10 5.38 5.63 5.90 6.19 6.49 6.81 7.16 7.53 7.92 8.34 8.80 9.28 9.81 10.37 10.98 11.63 12.34 13.10 13.93 14.83 15.81 16.88 18.05 19.32 20.72 22.25 23.94 25.80 27.86 30.14 32.67 35.49 38.64 42.16 46.12 50.59 55.63 1.00 1.09 1.20 1.31 1.43 1.57 1.72 1.88 2.06 2.25 2.47 2.71 2.97 3.26 3.59 3.94 4.34 4.77 5.26 5.80 6.40 7.07 7.82 8.66 9.60 10.66 11.85 13.20 14.72 16.44 18.40 20.63 23.18 26.09 29.44 33.30 37.75 42.92 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.05 0.07 0.11 0.16 0.22 0.30 0.39 0.50 0.63 0.78 0.97 1.18 1.43 1.73 2.08 2.48 2.95 3.50 4.13 4.88 5.75 6.76 7.94 9.32 10.94 12.84 15.07 17.69 20.79 24.44 28.77 33.92 40.05 47.38 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 297 Terzaghi Angle (Degrees) 0.6632 0.6807 0.6981 0.7156 0.7330 0.7505 0.7679 0.7854 0.8029 0.8203 0.8378 0.8552 0.8727 107.13 119.59 134.31 151.89 173.09 198.99 231.10 271.57 323.57 391.94 484.34 613.53 801.95 77.50 85.97 95.66 106.81 119.67 134.58 151.95 172.29 196.22 224.55 258.29 298.72 347.51 61.55 70.61 81.27 93.85 108.75 126.50 147.74 173.29 204.19 241.80 287.85 344.64 415.15 67.00 79.77 95.61 115.47 140.65 173.00 215.16 271.07 346.66 451.28 600.15 819.31 1155.97 61.35 67.87 75.31 83.86 93.71 105.11 118.37 133.87 152.10 173.64 199.26 229.92 266.88 48.93 55.96 64.20 73.90 85.37 99.01 115.31 134.87 158.50 187.21 222.30 265.50 319.06 64.07 77.33 93.69 113.99 139.32 171.14 211.41 262.74 328.73 414.33 526.45 674.92 873.86 61.35 67.87 75.31 83.86 93.71 105.11 118.37 133.87 152.10 173.64 199.26 229.92 266.88 48.93 55.96 64.20 73.90 85.37 99.01 115.31 134.87 158.50 187.21 222.30 265.50 319.06 56.17 66.76 79.54 95.05 113.96 137.10 165.58 200.81 244.65 299.52 368.67 456.40 568.57