REBAR YIELD STRESS

LATERAL SOIL PRESSURE

PASSIVE PRESSURE
SEISMIC GROUND SHAKING
BACKFILL SPECIFIC WEIGHT

SURCHARGE WEIGHT
FRICTION COEFFICIENT
ALLOW SOIL PRESSURE

THICKNESS OF COUNTERFORT
COUNTERFORT SPACING
EDGE REINF.OF COUNTERFORT (A s,c)

THICKNESS OF WALL
TOE WIDTH
HEEL WIDTH
HEIGHT OF WALL
BOT. REINF.OF FOOTING (A s,f)

ANALYSIS
SERVICE LOADS
Hb = 0.5 Pa (H + hf)2

Ws = ws (LH + tb - tt)
Wb = (H LH) gb
PROJECT :

Hs = ws Pa (H + hf) / gb

Wf = hf (LH + tb + LT) gc
Wk = hk tb gc
W w = t w H gc
CLIENT :
JOB NO. :
Counterfort Retaining Wall Design Based on 2018 IBC & ACI 318-19
INPUT DATA & DESIGN SUMMARY
CONCRETE STRENGTH

Hp = 0.5 Pp (hp + hf + hk)2

HE = 0.5 PE (H + hf)2
fc'
fy
Pa
Pp
PE
gb
ws
m
Qa

tw
LT
LH
H

Wc = 0.5 (H LH) (gc - gb) tc / Sc

FACTORED LOADS
gHb = 1.6 Hb
gHs = 1.6 Hs
gHE = 1.6 HE

gWs = 1.6 Ws
gWb = 1.2 Wb
gWf = 1.2 Wf
gWk = 1.2 Wk
gWw = 1.2 Ww
gWc = 1.2 Ww

RESISTING MOMENT

Ws
Wb
Wf
Wk
Ww
W
0.65
17.16
5.03
0.38
2.10
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

gW
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

=
=
=
=
#
3
60
45
450
48
110
50
0.4
3

tc =
Sc =

14
5
13
12
8

=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

6.81 kips/ft
0.45 kips/ft
7.26 kips/ft
1.04 kips/ft
20.59 kips/ft
6.04 kips/ft
0.46 kips/ft
2.52 kips/ft
0.21 kips/ft

1.04
20.59
6.04
0.46
2.52
x
12.67
12.67
9.58
5.58
5.58
ksi
ksi
pcf (equivalent fluid pressure)
psf / ft
psf / ft
pcf
psf

ksf

in
ft
ft
ft
12
18

@
#

4.25
0.28
4.39
4.54
0.65

5.03
0.38
2.10
0.17

Wx
8.23
217.36
48.22
2.12
11.73
in
ft

kips/ft
kips/ft
17.16 kips/ft
kips/ft
kips/ft
kips/ft
kips/ft
8

24

kips/ft
kips/ft
kips/ft

OVERTURNING MOMENT

gW x
13.17
260.83
57.86
2.54
14.07
Hb
HE
Hs
S
fAM1Vh2n
DATE :

, per counterfort
FOOTING THICKNESS
KEY DEPTH
SOIL OVER TOE

in

H
4.25
4.54
0.28
9.07
a
fIattnn2n1As 
6.81
7.26
0.45
gH

14.52

MHP =
4.58
9.17
6.88

0.85
y
PAGE :
DESIGN BY :
REVIEW BY :

hf
hk
hp

[THE WALL DESIGN IS ADEQUATE.]

Hy
19.50
41.59
1.93
63.026

ft-kips/ft

OVERTURNING FACTOR OF SAFETY (1807.2.3)

SF 
Wx  M HP
Hy
 4.6065
=
=
=

>
gH y
31.20
66.55
3.09
100.84

1.5
21
26
6
in
in
in
Wc
S
0.17
25.49
0.21
30.85
10.50 1.82
289.47
2.18
350.66
Mh
tmTnabwAt2
SF 
Wx  M HP
Hy

[Satisfactory]
CHECK SOIL BEARING CAPACITY (ACI 318 13.3.1.1)

L  LT  t b  L H

L Wx  Hy  M HP
e 
2

q MAX



M u, 4








 MAX 


M u, c 

W






BL
2W

 L W
 3


6e 
 W  1  L 


0.85 f 'c 1  1 


fy
where
,

 3B (0.5 L  e)

L 
,

0.85 1 f c
f y

2 

( A S, c ) required

 MAX 
M u, c

0.85 1 f c'

0.85 f 'c  1  1 



1.5 (Hb + Hs + HE) =

f y
f y
D
eu
s

=
'



0.383b d f c 
2 '
=

L
 H c  H W s   W b  H  W
L
u
u t

 L H W c  L H   W   W  L H  W
 3 2  s b L

u
=
=
=

u t

q u , 4  2qu , toe  b LT2 L 2

0.383

( A S, f ) required
b
6

M u, 4

=
d

CHECK SLIDING CAPACITY (CBC 1807A.2.3)



2f ' 
c
 T W
19.17

for

for
=

e

e

105.8 in

2.78

0.30
1.49 ft

13.61 kips
n/a

2L
L
6
L
6
ft

0.67

CHECK COUNTERFORT FLEXURE CAPACITY, A S,c (ACI 318 13.2.7.1, 21, & 22)

in2
=

CHECK TOE FLEXURE CAPACITY, A S,f, FOR FOOTING (ACI 318 13.2.7.1, 21, & 22)

in2 / ft

<
f
ft

Hp + m SW =
[Satisfactory]
=

0.015

f 


d
qu, heel
qu, 3

<

0.015

<

 qu,3b s


=
2
6
1.61

f   6 , for eu  6

0.002

A S, c

23.52

0.001

A S, f
<

=
=
=
2
 qu,3  2qu, heel b L H

L
Mh
L/3

ksf
tmTnabwAt2
103.31

, for eu 

0.86
1.76
L
6

[Satisfactory]

ft-kips

[Satisfactory]

14.59
in
ksf
ksf

kips
<

4
 MIN  MIN   ,
3

where
Qa

 MIN  0.0018

2
qu, toe

0.0018 h f 
d 

d
qu, 4
=

=
=
D
d
[Satisfactory]

[Satisfactory]

1261 ft-kips

2.36 ksf

17.50 in
1.873 ksf
0.0018

=
(cont'd)

0.001