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ACI 318 08 Design of Retaining Wall With Counterfort Rev1
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