This session is not intended to teach concrete design but more of an awareness of why things are the way they are american concrete institute building code requirements for.
Concrete foundation wall design example.
9 bars at 72 in.
This design example focuses on the analysis and design of a tapered cantilever retaining wall including a comparison with model results from the engineering software programs spwall and spmats.
Reinforced concrete wall design basics mike o shea p e.
A name for width dimension a name for area b width of retaining wall stem at base width resisting shear stress bo perimeter length for two way shear in concrete footing design b spread footing or retaining wall base dimension in concrete design cc shorthand for clear cover.
Footings example 1 design of a continuous wall footing determine the size and reinforcement for the continuous footing under a 12 in.
The building has a 10 ft high basement.
Reinforced concrete foundations or footings transmit loads from a structure to the supporting soil.
M 29 at 1 829 mm.
The bottom of the footing is 13 ft below finished grade.
Bearing wall of a 10 story building founded on soil.
Using table 4 the wall can be adequately reinforced using no.
5 6 footing design examples.
The following sections detail design methods for both wall types.
It is the purpose of this article to outline the procedures for adequately designing concrete foundation walls subjected to lateral soil pressure.
305 mm thick concrete masonry foundation wall 12 ft 3 66 m high.
Equivalent fluid pressure is 45 psf ft 7 0 kn m m excluding soil load factors 10 ft 3 05 m backfill height.
The retaining wall is fixed to the reinforced concrete slab foundation with a shear key for sliding resistance.
Included are charts and graphs to assist in the design of structural systems with and without the wall laterally supported at the top.
This tek contains details for various types of concrete masonry foundation walls with accompanying text as appropriate.
Concrete foundation walls regardless of the type of concrete foundation wall selected the designer needs to determine the nominal and factored loads that in turn govern the type of wall reinforced or unreinforced that may be appropriate for a given application.
Arch 331 note set 27 1 f2015abn 417 foundation design notation.