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General Input :
fc'=32 N/mm2 fy=420 N/mm2
tw= 0.30 m LL=5.0 KN/m2
C=24 KN/m3
= 0.58
qall=150 KN/m2 Active Soil
Cover=50 mm s=18KN/m3
Ignore Passive Soil YES Ka= 0.333
Ignore Soil wet W5 YES
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Passive Soil
Hp=2.10m Kp= 3
tb= 0.80 m
2.60m 3.60m
b= 6.50 m
d=0.74m
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Transverse direction
1-Check Stability of Wall: Elevation Plan
a- Check of Retaining Wall Overturning:
Calculation of W & Stability Moment M
C
Dist. From load Moments M @
Description of loads Loads W kN/m' to point O (m) O KN.m/m' & _
Weight of stem
W1 66.02 2.750 181.57
_= _
Weight of base slab W2 _=(_ _
124.80 3.250 405.60 ^2)/2
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Retaining Wall with Counterfort Check of Stability & Calculation of Internal forces
And design sections According ACI 318-08
Project :- Designed by:- M. Abu Shady
Building :- Checked by:- M. Abu Shady
Element:- Retaining Wall with Counterfort Date:- 26-Oct-17
Location:-
=/ Err:501 Err:501
_( )
b- Check of Retaining Wall Sliding:
_ =_+ = 299.87 ^
_- _
" Err:501 ^
"
= /_ Err:501 Err:501
=// =()/(1)()/((1^3)12) /2
=()/(6)/^2 = ()/(16/)
Err:501 129.73 KN/m2 135.75 KN/m2
_=()/(1+ ,_( ,_(
6/)= Err:501 =) 131.46 KN/m2 =)
_=()/(1 ,_(
6/)= OK SAFE < qall =)
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Retaining Wall with Counterfort Check of Stability & Calculation of Internal forces
And design sections According ACI 318-08
Project :- Designed by:- M. Abu Shady
Building :- Checked by:- M. Abu Shady
Element:- Retaining Wall with Counterfort Date:- 26-Oct-17
Location:-
2-Internal Forces of Retaining Wall:
a- Toe Slab Moment and Shear:
finding net stress on Toe Slab
_ 127.3 KN/m2 Upward 116.5 KN/m2 Upward
=
_ 112.3 KN/m2 Upward ,
=
MToe Transverse max Ult.@b= 620.0KN.m/m BOT. RFT. Use
_9 T 18 /m' Tension RFT.
=
QToe max Ult. @d dis. From b = 340 KN/m < Vc = 534 KN/m Where
OK SAFE ACI318-08 , Eq 11-3
b- Heel Slab Moment and Shear:
heel Slab behaves as:
1- a cantilever from point c to x with length L c/2, supported by stem.
2- a continuous beam from point x to d in longitudinal direction of Retaining wall
supported by counterforts
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Retaining Wall with Counterfort Check of Stability & Calculation of Internal forces
And design sections
Counterfort According
Slab behaves as: ACI 318-08
a Tee Beam its flange (is heel & stem slabs) with effiective depth d ctf , subjected to M. Abu Shady
Project :- Designed by:-
1- max. moment MCfort@c at c point produced from horizontal earth pressure
Buildingat:- c point produced from horizontal earthChecked M. Abu Shady
2- max horizontal shear VHal Cfort@c pressureby:-
stress _( @) onElement:- Retaining Wall with Counterfort
stem slab multiplied by counterfort spacing. Date:- 26-Oct-17
3- max Vertical shear VVal Cfort@d at
Location:- d point produced from Vertical net stress _
on heel slab multiplied by counterfort spacing.
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Rev1.0
26-Oct-17
M.A.S.
8.47 m
H=9.97m
-1.50 m
tc= 0.30 m
Lc= 2.20 m
tc= 0.30 m
Transverse direction
Plan
C _, _, _
& _
= 1.67
= 298.20
= 0.00
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Rev1.0
26-Oct-17
M.A.S.
135.75 KN/m2
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Rev1.0
26-Oct-17
M.A.S.
KN/m2 Upward
ACI318-08 , Eq 11-3
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Rev1.0
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M.A.S.
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References:
1- Chapter 12 of Reinforced Concrete Design, Design Theory and Examples by T. J. MacGinley_3rd Ed-2006-ISBN: 04153079
2- Design and Detailing of Counterfort Retaining Wall Lecture Note
http://elearning.vtu.ac.in/P6/enotes/CV61/Des_Ret_Wal-MCN.pdf
which is part of Design and Drawing of RCC Structures - CV61 Lectures
http://elearning.vtu.ac.in/CV61.html
3- Reliability Analysis of Counterfort Retaining Walls Paper (Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering 11(1) 2011)
http://www.ejse.org/Archives/Fulltext/2011/20115.pdf
4- Typical frictional resistances, Table L.1, Appendix L of Structural Foundation Designers' Manual by W. G. Curtin_2nd-2006
Rev 1.0
Design Toe, Heel and stem slab according ACI 318-08
Design Counterfort as a beam according ACI 318-08