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PROJECT: PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
SHEET NO: S01
STRUCTURE: DESIGNING A COUNTERFORT RETAINING WALL
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RETAINING WALL ANALYSIS
RETAINING WALL DETAILS MATERIAL PROPERTIES
Stem height; hstem 7000 mm Soil density γs 18 Mpa
Stem thickness; tstem 300 mm Concrete unit weight γc 25 Mpa
Counterfort spacing; scfort 5000 mm Charateristics shear resistance angle; Ø'rk 30 deg
counterfort width; bcfort 350 mm Characteritsic friction angle; δr,k 30 Mpa
Toe length; ltoe 1000 mm Concrete Strength; fck 20 Mpa
Heel length; lheel 3700 mm Steel Yield Strength; fyk 410 Mpa
Base thiknees; tbase 500 mm EQU PARTIAL FACTORS
Height of backfill; hret 7000 mm γg,unfav. 1.1 γq,unfav. 1.5
Height of frontfill; hpass 300 mm γg,fav 0.9 γq,fav. 0
M2 PARTIAL FACTORS STR PARTIAL FACTORS
ADDITIONAL LOADING γØ' 1.25 γg 1.35
Surcharge; q 10 kN/m2 γγs 1.00 γq 1.50
Presumed Bearing Pressure; qpresumed 250 Mpa
RETAINING WALL GEOMETRY
Base length; lbase 5000 mm
Moist soil height hmoist 7000.00 mm
Length of surcharge lsur 3700 mm
-distance to vertical component xsur,v 3150 mm
Effective height of wall heff 7500 mm
-distance to horizontal component xsur,h 3750 mm
Area of wall stem Astem 2100000 mm2
-distance to vertical component xstem 1150 mm
Area of counterfort Acfort 12950000 mm2
-distance to vertical component xcfort 2533.3 mm
Area of wall base Abase 2500000 mm2
-distance to vertical component xbase 2500 mm
Area of backfill Asoil 25900000 mm2
-distance to vertical component xsoil,v 3150 mm
-distance to horizontal component xsoil,h 2333 mm
Area of frontfill Apass 300000 mm2
-distance to vertical component xpass,v 500 mm
-distance to horizontal component xpass,h 100 mm
RANKINE COEFFICIENT OF PRESSURE
Active pressure coefficient; ka 0.49
Passive pressure coefficient; kp 2.04
SLIDING CHECK OVERTURNING CHECK
Resisting Forces Restoring Moment
Wall stem Fstem 52.5 kN/m Wall stem Mstem 60.375 kN.m/m
Counterfort Fcfort 22.6625 kN/m Counterfort Mcfort 57.411666667 kN.m/m
Wall base Fbase 62.5 kN/m Wall base Mbase 156.25 kN.m/m
Backfill Fsoil,v 466.2 kN/m Backfill Mbfill 1468.53 kN.m/m
Frontfill Fpass,v 5.4 kN/m Frontfill Mffill 2.7 kN.m/m
Surcharge Fsur,v 37 kN/m Surcharge Msur 0 kN.m/m
FRes 337.8619 kN/m MT 1570.74 kN.m/m
Sliding Force Overturning Moment
Backfill Fsoil,h 248.2096 kN/m Backfill Msoil 682.57643991 kN.m/m
Surcharge Fsur,h 36.77179 kN/m Surcharge Msur 206.84134543 kN.m/m
Fsliding 328.1883 kN/m Mo 889.41778533 kN.m/m
Sliding Result 0.971 Pass Overturning Result 0.57 Pass
PRESSURE CHECK @ SLS
Vertical Loads Out of Balance Moment
Wall stem Fstem 52.5 kN/m Wall stem Mstem 60.38 kN.m/m
Counterfort Fcfort 22.66 kN/m Counterfort Mcfort 57.41 kN.m/m
Wall base Fbase 62.5 kN/m Wall base Mbase 156.25 kN.m/m
Backfill Fsoil,v 466.2 kN/m Backfill Msoil 889.37 kN.m/m
Frontfill Fpass,v 5.4 kN/m Frontfill Mpass 2.53 kN.m/m
Surcharge Fsur,v 37 kN/m Surcharge Msur -21.34 kN.m/m
FTOTAL 646.26 Kn/m M 1144.60 kN.m/m
Horizontal Loads Eccentricity e -728.89 mm
Backfill Fsoil,h 248.2096 kN/m Pressure at Toe qtoe 242.31 kN/m2/m
Surcharge Fsur,h 36.77179 kN/m Pressure at Toe qheel 16.20 kN/m2/m
Frontfill Fpass,h 1.652081 kN/m Pressure Result Pass
RETAINING WALL DESIGN
PRESSURE @ ULS
Ph,soil 44.677731 kN/m2/m
Ph,sur 7.3543589 kN/m2/m
Pmax 332.32102 kN/m2/m
Pmin 18.880731 kN/m2/m
Pmax,heel 250.82654 kN/m2/m
Pmin,toe 269.63296 kN/m2/m
TABLE FOR COEFFICIENTS OF FOR TWO - WAY RECTANGULAR PANEL FIXED ON THREE EDGES
Boundary Conditions Slab Aspect Ratio
Three Edge Continous 1 1.25 1.5 1.75 2
-Positive Moment in Span 0.027 0.029 0.031 0.032 0.034
-Negative Moment in Support 0.057 0.060 0.063 0.066 0.069
FLEXURAL DESIGN - STEM
Input Equivalent UDL Pressure 40.86 kN/m2
Ly/Lx 1.4 α+ 0.031 α- 0.063
Span Design Moment 31.66856 kN.m Cover to tensile bar; c 50 mm
Support Design Moment 64.35868 kN.m Cover to compr. bar; c' 50 mm
Overall depth of wall 300 mm Eff. depth to tensile bar; d 244
Tensile bar; Φ 12 mm Eff. depth to compr. bar; d' 56
Compression bar; Φ' 12 mm
Output - Span Output - Support
k' 0.17 k' 0.17
k 0.03 k' 0.05405023
z 231.80 mm z 231.80 mm
Ast, req 383.01 mm2 Ast,req 778.378 mm2
Ast,min 366.00 mm2 Ast,min 366.00 mm2
FLEXURAL DESIGN - TOE FLEXURAL DESIGN - HEEL
Input Input
Design Moment MEd 145.26 kN.m/m Design Moment MEd 76.88 kN.m/m
Overall depth of Base 500 mm Overall depth of Base 500 mm
Tensile bar; Φ 16 mm Tensile bar; Φ 16 mm
Compression bar; Φ' 16 mm Compression bar; Φ' 16 mm
Cover to tensile bar; c 50 mm Cover to tensile bar; c 50 mm
Cover to compr. Bar c' 50 mm Cover to compr. Bar c' 50 mm
Eff depth (tensile bar); d 442 mm Eff depth (tensile bar); d 442 mm
Eff depth (compr. bar); d 58 mm Eff depth (compr. bar); d 58 mm
Output Output
k' 0.17 k' 0.17
k 0.04 k 0.02
z 419.90 mm2/m z 419.90 mm2/m
Ast, req 969.86 mm2/m Ast, req 513.27 mm2/m
Ast,min 663.00 mm /m
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Ast,min 663.00 mm2/m
FLEXURAL DESIGN - COUNTERFORT
Input
Design Moment @ Base 2502.84 kN.m Cover to tensile bar; c 50 mm
Design Moment @ 1m-Base 1838.82 kN.m Cover to compr. bar; c' 50 mm
Overall depth of wall @ Base 3700 mm Eff. depth ; dbase 3610 mm
Tensile bar; Φ 20 mm Eff. depth d1-base 3081.4 mm
Links Φ' 10 mm Overall depth @ 1m - Base 3171.4 mm
Width of counterfort; b 350 mm
Output - Base Output - 1m-Base
k' 0.17 k' 0.17
k 0.03 k 0.028
z 3429.50 mm z 2927.35714 mm
Ast, req 2045.97 mm2 Ast,req 1672.95362 mm2
Ast,min 1895.25 mm2 Ast,min 1895.25 mm2
REBAR SUMMARY
Wall Stem
Span Support
As,req; mm2/m 383.01 As,req; mm2/m 778.378
Bar Size 12 Bar Size 12
Spacing 200 Spacing 150
As,prov; mm2/m 565.486677646 PASS As,prov; mm2/m 753.9822368616 FAIL
Wall Toe Wall Heel
As,req; mm2/m 969.86 As,req; mm2/m 663.00
Bar Size 16 Bar Size 16
Spacing 200 Spacing 200
As,prov; mm2/m 1005.30964915 PASS As,prov; mm2/m 1005.309649149 PASS
Counterforts
Base Mid-height
As,req; mm2 2045.97 As,req; mm2 1895.25
Bar Size 20 Bar Size 20
No 7 No 7
As,prov; mm2 2199.11485751 PASS As,prov; mm2 2199.11 PASS
