PROJECT TITLE:

AL WAKRA LABOR ACCOMMODATION

DOCUMENT TITLE:
STRUCTURAL CALCULATION REPORT FOR
SLUDGE TANK
MASTER DEVELOPER:

BARWA REAL ESTATE

MAIN CONTRACTOR:

DESIGN CONSULTANT:

PREPARED: MIH DATE:JUNE 2021

CHECKED: AMR DATE:JUNE 2021
B01020-UCC-STP-CAL-STR-10134-D00

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................3
2. STRUCTURAL DESIGN CRITERIA ...............................................................................................................3
2.1 Codes of Practice & Specifications.................................................................................................................... 3
2.2 Material Properties .................................................................................................................................................. 4
3. SITE INVESTIGATION:................................................................................................................................4
4. DESIGN LOADINGS ..................................................................................................................................5
4.1 Self-weight ................................................................................................................................................................. 5
4.2 Superimposed Dead Loads .................................................................................................................................. 5
4.3 Wind Load ................................................................................................................................................................. 5
4.4 Seismic Loads:........................................................................................................................................................... 5
4.5 Load Combinations: ............................................................................................................................................... 6
5. DESIGN METHOD ......................................................................................................................................9
6. DESIGN TOOLS..........................................................................................................................................9
7. DURABILITY: ...............................................................................................................................................9
7.1 Water Proofing System ........................................................................................................................................... 9
7.2 Fire Resistance .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
7.3 Design Life:............................................................................................................................................................... 10
8. DEFLECTION CRITERIA ........................................................................................................................... 10
9. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS & DESIGN ........................................................................................................ 12
9.1 Geometry and Properties .................................................................................................................................... 12
9.2 Loadings and Serviceability ................................................................................................................................ 13
9.2.1 Foundation Design .............................................................................................................................. 14
9.2.1.1 Raft Design ................................................................................................................................................. 14
a. Soil Pressure ................................................................................................................................................ 14
b. Settlement .................................................................................................................................................. 14
c. One-way Shear Check 500MM THK Raft ............................................................................................ 15
d. Reinforcement Design............................................................................................................................. 16
e. Raft: Crack width check......................................................................................................................... 18
9.2.2 Retaining Wall Design ......................................................................................................................... 21

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1. INTRODUCTION

This report presents the structural calculations of the SLUDGE HOLDING TANK for Wakra Labor
Accommodation Located at Wakra, Qatar.

The aboveground Tank consists of Raft with cantilever retaining walls.

The most important goal of any structural design is to provide a structure that fulfils the
intended function and safely supports the anticipated loads. Consideration of both
strength and serviceability will lead to the optimum structural design. Generally, the
structural design of a project shall aim to:

a. Apply rational approaches to design, resulting in a robust and buildable

structure.
b. Find the most cost-effective structural design.
c. Create optimum design that achieves the serviceability and durability
requirements.
d. Incorporation of local conditions, materials and methods of construction into
designs.
e. Integrated design of architectural, structural and service systems.
f. Clarify and completeness of the construction documents.

2. STRUCTURAL DESIGN CRITERIA

2.1 Codes of Practice & Specifications

The following is a list of Codes and Standards used in the design of this project:

• ACI 318M-14 Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete

• QCS 2014 Qatar Construction Specifications

• ASCE/SEI 7-10 American Society of Civil Engineers

• IBC-2012 International Building Code

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 2.2 Material Properties

a) Concrete:
• Minimum Characteristic Cube Strength after 28 days (f cu ):

Strength Max Aggregate

Element Admixtures
(N/mm2) Size (mm)
Raft, Retaining
40 20 High durability concrete
Walls and Columns
Beams & Slabs 40 20 As required
Blinding 20 10 SRC Cement Type
Screed 20 10 ____________

• Density,γ conc = 25 kN/m3

b) Reinforcement:
Carbon Steel Grade 500

Minimum Yield Strength Fy = 500 MPa

Modulus of Elasticity Es = 200000 MPa

Density γ st = 77 kN/m

c) Soil:

Density 20 kN/m3
Bearing Capacity 250 kN/m2
Modulus of Subgrade Reaction 50000 kN/m3

3. SITE INVESTIGATION:

The designs of substructure based on the recommendation of the geotechnical

investigation Report No. QJ975-08-20/19477/20 done by ACTS.

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4. DESIGN LOADINGS

4.1 Self-weight

The self-weight of the structural model are automatically generated by the

software.

4.2 Superimposed Dead Loads

The following parameters were considered:

Water (H=6.0 m) 60 kPa

4.3 Wind Load

The wind loads on the structure will be in accordance with ASCE7-10 using a
basic wind speed to 3second gust speed of 38.0 m/sec.

4.4 Seismic Loads:

The seismic design for all building structure shall be based upon local seismic
accelerations recommended as per IBC 2012. Local seismic spectral
accelerations based upon uniform hazard response spectra for 475 year and
2475 year return period for Doha as below.

Peak Ground 0.2 second Spectral 1 second Spectral

Acceleration (PGA) Acceleration (g) - S s Acceleration (g) – S 1

475 year 2475 year 475 year 2475 year 475 year 2475 year

0.04 0.06 0.090 0.145 0.045 0.056

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4.5 Load Combinations:

The following formulas shows the various load combination according to

ACI 318M-2014 or ASCE/SEI 7-10 for factored loads (Ultimate Limit State) using
strength design. The following load combinations shall be adopted in the
analysis and design of the proposed project:

U1 = 1.4 D
U2 = 1.2 D + 1.6 L
U3 = 1.2 D + L + W
U4 = 1.2 D + L - W
U5 = 0.9 D + W
U6 = 0.9 D - W
U7 = 1.2 D + L + E
U8 = 0.9 D + E

D - Dead Load (Self-weight & Super Imposed),

L - Live Load (LL)
W - Wind Load (W1-W12)
E - Seismic Load (EQX1,EQX2,EQY1&EQY2)

Ultimate Load Combinations (ASCE 7-10 Chapter 2.3.2

Combination 1,2,4 & 6)

UDCon1: 1.4DL + 1.4SDL

UDCon2: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.6LL
UDCon3: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL + 1.0W1
UDCon4: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL - 1.0W1
UDCon5: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL + 1.0W2
UDCon6: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL - 1.0W2
UDCon7: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL + 1.0W3
UDCon8: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL - 1.0W3
UDCon9: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL + 1.0W4
UDCon10: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL - 1.0W4
UDCon11: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL + 1.0W5
UDCon12: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL - 1.0W5

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UDCon13: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL + 1.0W6
UDCon14: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL - 1.0W6
UDCon15: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL + 1.0W7
UDCon16: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL - 1.0W7
UDCon17: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL + 1.0W8
UDCon18: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL - 1.0W8
UDCon19: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL + 1.0W9
UDCon20: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL - 1.0W9
UDCon21: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL + 1.0W10
UDCon22: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL - 1.0W10
UDCon23: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL + 1.0W11
UDCon24: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL - 1.0W11
UDCon25: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL + 1.0W12
UDCon26: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL - 1.0W12
UDCon27: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL + 1.0W1
UDCon28: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL - 1.0W1
UDCon29: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL + 1.0W2
UDCon30: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL - 1.0W2
UDCon31: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL + 1.0W3
UDCon32: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL - 1.0W3
UDCon33: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL + 1.0W4
UDCon34: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL - 1.0W4
UDCon35: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL + 1.0W5
UDCon36: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL - 1.0W5
UDCon37: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL + 1.0W6
UDCon38: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL - 1.0W6
UDCon39: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL + 1.0W7
UDCon40: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL - 1.0W7
UDCon41: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL + 1.0W8

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UDCon42: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL - 1.0W8
UDCon43: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL + 1.0W9
UDCon44: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL - 1.0W9
UDCon45: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL + 1.0W10
UDCon46: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL - 1.0W10
UDCon47: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL + 1.0W11
UDCon48: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL - 1.0W11
UDCon49: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL + 1.0W12
UDCon50: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL - 1.0W12
Ultimate Load Combinations for Seismic (ASCE 7-10 Chapter
2.3.2 Combination 5 & 7)
UDCon51: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL + 1.0EQX1
UDCon52: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL - 1.0EQX1
UDCon53: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL + 1.0EQX2
UDCon54: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL - 1.0EQX2
UDCon55: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL + 1.0EQY1
UDCon56: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL - 1.0EQY1
UDCon57: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL + 1.0EQY2
UDCon58: 1.2DL + 1.2SDL + 1.0LL - 1.0EQY2
UDCon59: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL + 1.0EQX1
UDCon60: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL - 1.0EQX1
UDCon61: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL + 1.0EQX2
UDCon62: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL - 1.0EQX2
UDCon63: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL + 1.0EQY1
UDCon64: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL - 1.0EQY1
UDCon65: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL + 1.0EQY2
UDCon66: 0.9DL + 0.9SDL - 1.0EQY2

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5. DESIGN METHOD

The design of structural elements for the proposed project will be based on the
Strength Design Method (Ultimate Strength Method) using different processes.
The designs processes may be used in the design are as follows:
• Manual methods to generate loads
• Manual methods to define the size of structural elements (Columns, Slabs,
Beams, Walls, etc.)
• Finite element methods to design raft, slabs and walls

In order to account for concrete cracking in the distribution of internal forces

on various elements, reduction factors (stiffness modifiers) to gross inertia shall
be applied according to ACI-318-14 recommended values as shown below:

6. DESIGN TOOLS

• ETABS 2016
• SAFE 2016
• SAP
• PROKON
• EXCEL Spreadsheets for Structural Design.

7. DURABILITY:

7.1 Water Proofing System

• Foundation: Foundation: Rubberized bitumen plus 1000 gauge polythene

sheet shall be applied on plain concrete blinding.
• Water Tanks: 2 Layer of Epoxy coated water proofing.

7.2 Fire Resistance

Structure will be designed for 2 hours fire rating. Cover to reinforcement shall be
adjusted to realize this fire resistance.

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 7.3 Design Life:

The building shall be designed to have min building Design life period of 50 years.
8. DEFLECTION CRITERIA

Members subjected to flexural stresses shall be designed to have adequate stiffness for
limiting deflections/deformations that adversely affect strength and serviceability of
structure.
Deflections calculated shall not exceed the limits stated in ACI 318-14 code as shown
below

Note:
1. As per ASCE 7-10, drift due to lateral loads shall not exceed H/500 (where H is
the story height):

For seismic load drift shall not exceed 0.020 times story height for structure
as per ASCE 7-10

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9. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS & DESIGN

9.1 Geometry and Properties

Figure 1: ETABS 3D Structural Model

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9.2 Loadings and Serviceability

Figure 2: Water Load (SDLF) (kN/m2)

Raft Level.

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9.2.1 Foundation Design

9.2.1.1 Raft Design

a. Soil Pressure

Figure 3: Soil Pressure (kPa)

Maximum Soil pressure under Gravity Service Load is less than 250 kPa.
Hence, foundation is SAFE.

b. Settlement

Figure 4: Settlement (mm)

Settlements are less than 1cm. Therefore, Raft Foundation is SAFE.

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 c. One-way Shear Check 500MM THK Raft

Vucap = ΦVc = Φ*0.17*√f’c*bw*d

Vucap = 0.75*0.17*√32*(500-50) = 324 kN/m

Figure 5: Resultant Shear Diagram V13 (kN/m)

Figure 6: Resultant Shear Diagram V23 (kN/m)

As shown Shear forces V13 and V23 @ critical locations are less than Vucap. Hence,
400mm THK Raft is safe against One-way shear failure.

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d. Reinforcement Design

Figure 7: Top Rebar Intensity - Additional to T16@200 (1050mm2/m)

(Direction 1)

Figure 8: Top Rebar Intensity - Additional to T16@200 (1050mm2/m)

(Direction 2)

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 Figure 9: Bottom Rebar Intensity - Additional to T16@150 (1340mm2/m)
(Direction 1)

Figure 10: Bottom Rebar Intensity - Additional to T16@150 (1340mm2/m)

(Direction 2)

Extra reinforcement was provided where required.

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 e. Raft: Crack width check

Max M11 = 16 kN-m

Refer to Crack Width
check #2

Figure 11: Slab Resultant Moment (M11)

Service Load

Max M22 = 16 kN-m

Refer to Crack Width
check #1

Figure 12: Slab Resultant Moment (M22)

Service Load
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1. Crack width check #1 @ Top surface of Raft
Calculation below shows the crack width at the midspan areas. Allowable Crack width
is 0.1mm since concrete surface on these areas are in contact with water. Crack width
will be checked using ACI Code and 40mm cover (internal) will be used as prescribed in
QCS 2014.
CRACK WIDTH ACI318-14/ACI224-R1

REFERENCE CALCULATIONS

SLAB FLEXURAL CRACK WIDTH

INPUT
Slab Dimensions Material Properties
Width, b 1000 mm Concrete
Thickness, t 500 mm f'c= 32 MPa
Clear Cover, Cc 40 mm Ec= 26587.2 MPa
Reinforcement
Service Requirement fy= 500 MPa
Service Moment, Ms 16 kNm Es= 200000 MPa
Crack width Limit 0.10 mm Modular Ratio
n=Es/Ec 7.5224

Reinforcement Layout
Bar Diameter, d 16.0 mm
c/c spacing, s 200.0 mm
Steel Area, As 1005 mm²
OUTPUT
Effective Depth
Centroid of steel reinforcem 48 mm ≤
from extreme tension fiber
Effective depth, d 452 mm

Crack Width
ACI 224R-01 (in)
(4.2a)
β 1.1275 y 48 mm
b 39.37 in b 1000 mm
fs = Ms / jd As 5.41 ksi 5
dc 1.89 in A 19200 mm²
A 29.76 in² fs 37.3 MPa
Gross Section w/o comp.steel
w 0.002 in B = b/nAs 0.132
w 0.0451 mm ≤ 0.10 mm kd 75.5 mm
adequate h2 424.5 mm
h1 376.5 mm
β 1.1275
dc 48 mm
jd = d-kd/3 426.8 mm

As shown above, crack width is less than 0.1 mm. Hence, raft design complied with code
requirement.

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2. Crack width check #2 Bottom of Raft Under Retaining walls
Calculation below shows the crack width at the under Retaining wall. Allowable
Crack width is 0.3 mm since concrete surface on these areas are not in contact with
water. Crack width will be checked using ACI Code.

CRACK WIDTH ACI318-14/ACI224-R1

REFERENCE CALCULATIONS

SLAB FLEXURAL CRACK WIDTH

INPUT
Slab Dimensions Material Properties
Width, b 1000 mm Concrete
Thickness, t 500 mm f'c= 32 MPa
Clear Cover, Cc 50 mm Ec= 26587.2 MPa
Reinforcement
Service Requirement fy= 500 MPa
Service Moment, Ms 400 kNm Es= 200000 MPa
Crack width Limit 0.30 mm Modular Ratio
n=Es/Ec 7.5224

Reinforcement Layout
Bar Diameter, d 22.5 mm
c/c spacing, s 50.0 mm
Steel Area, As 6280 mm²
OUTPUT
Effective Depth
Centroid of steel reinforcem 61.25 mm ≤
from extreme tension fiber
Effective depth, d 438.75 mm

Crack Width
ACI 224R-01 (in)
(4.2a)
β 1.2211 y 61.25 mm
b 39.37 in b 1000 mm
fs = Ms / jd As 24.01 ksi 20
dc 2.41 in A 6125 mm²
A 9.49 in² fs 165.5 MPa
Gross Section w/o comp.steel
w 0.006 in B = b/nAs 0.021
w 0.1607 mm ≤ 0.30 mm kd 161.8 mm
adequate h2 338.2 mm
h1 277.0 mm
β 1.2211
dc 61.25 mm
jd = d-kd/3 384.8 mm

As shown above, crack width is less than 0.3 mm. Hence, raft design complied with code
requirement.

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9.2.2 Retaining Wall Design

DATA:

Height of Retaining Wall = 6 m

Thickness of Wall = 600 mm

Height of Water Table (from Raft) = 6 m

Density of Soil, ϒs = 0 kN/m3
Density of Sat Soil, ϒsat = 0 kN/m3
Density of Water, ϒw = 9.81 kN/m3
Angle of Internal Friction, Φ = 0

Coefficient of "At Rest" Earth Pressure = 0.500

Lateral Pressure @ Bottom = -29.43 kPa

Lateral Pressure @ WT = 0.00 kPa
Surcharge = 25.00 kPa
= 12.50 kPa
Hydrostatic Pressure @ Bottom = 58.86 kPa

0 0.00

-1

-2

-3

-4

-5

58.8
-6
6

Hydrostatic
-7 Pressure

Figure 13: Loading Diagram

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Figure 14: Hydrostatic Pressure from Tank Water

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Figure 15: Resultant M22 Diagram (kN-m/m)
(Service)

Figure 16: Resultant M11 Diagram (kN-m/m)

(Service)

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a. Crack width checking for Retaining Wall-1(600 TO 300 TAPERED WALL):

Max Moment M22 @ Bottom of wall : 360 kN-m/m

Load Case: SLS1 (DL+TANK WATER)
Tension @ Interior Side of Wall
Cover: 40mm
Crack Width Limit: 0.1m
CRACK WIDTH ACI318-14/ACI224-R1

REFERENCE CALCULATIONS

SLAB FLEXURAL CRACK WIDTH

INPUT
Slab Dimensions Material Properties
Width, b 1000 mm Concrete
Thickness, t 600 mm f'c= 32 MPa
Clear Cover, Cc 40 mm Ec= 26587.2 MPa
Reinforcement
Service Requirement fy= 500 MPa
Service Moment, Ms 360 kNm Es= 200000 MPa
Crack width Limit 0.10 mm Modular Ratio
n=Es/Ec 7.5224

Reinforcement Layout
Bar Diameter, d 22.5 mm
c/c spacing, s 50.0 mm
Steel Area, As 6280 mm²
OUTPUT
Effective Depth
Centroid of steel reinforcem 51.25 mm ≤
from extreme tension fiber
Effective depth, d 548.75 mm

Crack Width
ACI 224R-01 (in)
(4.2a)
β 1.1410 y 51.25 mm
b 39.37 in b 1000 mm
fs = Ms / jd As 17.07 ksi 20
dc 2.02 in A 5125 mm²
A 7.94 in² fs 117.7 MPa
Gross Section w/o comp.steel
w 0.004 in B = b/nAs 0.021
w 0.0948 mm ≤ 0.10 mm kd 185.3 mm
adequate h2 414.7 mm
h1 363.4 mm
β 1.1410
dc 51.25 mm
jd = d-kd/3 487.0 mm

As shown above, crack width is less than 0.1 mm. Hence, wall design complied with
code requirement.

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b. Crack width checking for Retaining Wall-1(600 TO 300 TAPERED WALL):
Max Moment M22 @ Mid height of wall : 30 kN-m/m
Load Case: SLS3 (DL+ WATER)
Tension @ Interior Side of Wall
Cover: 40mm
Crack Width Limit: 0.1m
CRACK WIDTH ACI318-14/ACI224-R1

REFERENCE CALCULATIONS

SLAB FLEXURAL CRACK WIDTH

INPUT
Slab Dimensions Material Properties
Width, b 1000 mm Concrete
Thickness, t 425 mm f'c= 32 MPa
Clear Cover, Cc 40 mm Ec= 26587.2 MPa
Reinforcement
Service Requirement fy= 500 MPa
Service Moment, Ms 30 kNm Es= 200000 MPa
Crack width Limit 0.10 mm Modular Ratio
n=Es/Ec 7.5224

Reinforcement Layout
Bar Diameter, d 16.0 mm
c/c spacing, s 100.0 mm
Steel Area, As 2010 mm²
OUTPUT
Effective Depth
Centroid of steel reinforcem 48 mm ≤
from extreme tension fiber
Effective depth, d 377 mm

Crack Width
ACI 224R-01 (in)
(4.2a)
β 1.1688 y 48 mm
b 39.37 in b 1000 mm
fs = Ms / jd As 6.25 ksi 10
dc 1.89 in A 9600 mm²
A 14.88 in² fs 43.1 MPa
Gross Section w/o comp.steel
w 0.002 in B = b/nAs 0.066
w 0.0429 mm ≤ 0.10 mm kd 92.7 mm
adequate h2 332.3 mm
h1 284.3 mm
β 1.1688
dc 48 mm
jd = d-kd/3 346.1 mm

As shown above, crack width is less than 0.1 mm. Hence, Wall design complied with
code requirement.

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Figure 17: Resultant M22 Diagram (kN-m/m)
(Ultimate)

Figure 18: Resultant M11 Diagram (kN-m/m)

(Ultimate)

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