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ACI 318 08 Design of Retaining Wall With Counterfort Rev1
ACI 318 08 Design of Retaining Wall With Counterfort Rev1
General Input :
fc'=32 N/mm2 fy=420 N/mm2
tw= 0.30 m LL=5.0 KN/m2 𝐿𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙 8.47 m
ɣC=24 KN/m3
µ= 0.58
qall=150 KN/m2 Active Soil
Cover=50 mm ɣs=18KN/m3
Ignore Passive Soil YES Ka= 0.333
Ignore Soil wet W5 YES
𝑊4 H=9.97m
𝑊5
𝐿𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙 0.60 m co
Passive Soil
Hp=2.10m Kp= 3
Weight of stem
W1 66.02 2.750 181.57 = 1.67 𝐾𝑁∕𝑚′
𝑃_ℎ𝐿= 〖𝐿𝐿
𝐾〗 _𝑎 𝐻 𝐾_𝑎
𝑃_ℎ𝑎=(ɣ_𝑠
Weight of base slab W2 124.80 3.250 405.60 = 298.20 𝐾𝑁∕𝑚′
𝐻^2)/2
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Retaining Wall with Counterfort Check of Stability & Calculation of Internal forces
And design sections According ACI 318-08 Rev1.0
Project :- Designed by:- M. Abu Shady
Building :- Checked by:- M. Abu Shady
Element:- Retaining Wall with Counterfort Date:- 24-Oct-21
Location:- M.A.S.
2-Internal Forces of Retaining Wall:
a- Toe Slab Moment and Shear:
finding net stress on Toe Slab
𝒇_𝒏𝒂 127.3 KN/m2 Upward 116.5 KN/m2 Upward
=
𝒇_𝒏𝒃 112.3 KN/m2 Upward 〖 ,𝒇
=
MToe Transverse max Ult.@b= 620.0KN.m/m BOT. RFT. 〗Use
_𝒏 9 T 18 /m' Tension RFT.
𝒆=
QToe max Ult. @d dis. From b = 340 KN/m < ΦVc = 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 Lc/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 According ACI 318-08 Rev1.0
Project :- Designed by:- M. Abu Shady
Building :- Checked by:- M. Abu Shady
Element:- Retaining Wall with Counterfort Date:- 24-Oct-21
Location:- 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: 0415307
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-200
Rev 1.0
Design Toe, Heel and stem slab according ACI 318-08
Design Counterfort as a beam according ACI 318-08