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Bearing Wall Design of Insulated Concrete Form (ICF) Based on ACI 318-14 & 2018 IBC

DESIGN CRITERIA
1. Insulated Concrete Form (ICF) can be waffle grid core, and screen grid core, and/or even flat wall core. This design method is
based on linear distribution of strain, which only consider the concrete strength of screen grid core conservatively.
2. Since it is difficult to design ICF wall tension-controlled (ACI 318-14 11.8.1.1) only, this software does NOT use the method of
Alternative Design of Slender Walls (ACI 318-14 11.8), so no P- D effects have to be applied (ACI 318-11 11.8.1.1).

INPUT DATA & DESIGN SUMMARY

FACTORED MAX OUT-OF-PLANE SECTION MOMENT (from wind or seismic lateral loads, the max value of wmaxH2/8 may be input).
Mu = 2.3 ft-kips / ft, (10.2 kN-m / m)
FACTORED AXIAL LOAD (con-currently at the same section with M u).
Pu = 20 kips/ft, (291.7 kN/m)
FACTORED SHEAR LOAD Vu = 0.98 kips/ft, (14.3 kN/m)

CONCRETE STRENGTH fc' = 3 ksi, (21 MPa)

REBAR YIELD STRESS fy = 60 ksi, (414 MPa)

WALL CORE SIZE b = 6 in, (152 mm)

h = 12 in, (305 mm) THE WALL DESIGN IS ADEQUATE.
VERTICAL REINFORCEMENT (A s) WITH CORE SPACING
# 5 @ 24 in. (610 mm), o.c.
As LOCATION (1=at middle, 2=at each face) 1 at middle

ANALYSIS
CHECK AXIAL & FLEXURE CAPACITY
r ProvD = 0.008611 < rMAX = 0.0800 (tension face only, ACI 318-14 22.2.3.1 or 10.6.1.1)
> rMIN = 0.0015 (tension face only, ACI 318-14 9.6.1 or 11.6.1)
[Satisfactory]

60.0 f Pn f Mn
AT AXIAL LOAD ONLY 52.4 0.0
50.0
AT MAXIMUM LOAD 52.4 2.0
AT MIDDLE 30.6 3.6
40.0 AT e t = 0.002 8.8 2.7
AT BALANCED 8.4 2.7
f Pn (k) 30.0 AT e = 0.005
t 4.3 2.7
AT FLEXURE ONLY 0.0 1.9
20.0
(Note: For middle reinforcing the max fMn is at c
equal to 0.5 t / b 1, not at balanced condition.)
10.0

0.0 [Satisfactory]
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0

f Mn (ft-k)

CHECK SHEAR CAPACITY (ACI 318-14 22.5.5)

V n  2 bd '
fc = 1.48 kips / ft > Vu [Satisfactory]