Retaining Wall with Counterfort Check of Stability and Caculation of Internal forces

Project :- Project Designed by:- M. Abu Shady

Building :- Building Checked by:- M. Abu Shady
Element:- Element Date:- 27-Sep-17
Location:- Location

General Input :
fc'=32 N/mm2
tw= 0.30 m LL=5.0 KN/m2
C=24 KN/m3
= 0.58
qall=150 KN/m2 Active Soil
Cover=50 mm s=18KN/m3
Ignor Passive Soil YES Ka= 0.333
Ignor Soil wgt W5 YES
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0.60 m co
Passive Soil
Hp=2.10m Kp= 3

tb= 0.80 m
2.60m 3.60m

b= 6.50 m
d=0.74m
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1-Check Stability of Wall: Elevation PLan
a- Check of Retaining Wall Overturning:
Calculation of W & Stabiltity Moment M
Dist. From C
Moments M @ & _
Description of loads Loads W kN/m' load to point
O KN.m/m'
O (m)
Weight of stem
W1 66.02 2.750 181.57
_= _

_=(_ _
Weight of base slab W2 124.80 3.250 405.60 ^2)/2

Weight of earth over _=(_ _

Heel slab W3 594.22 4.700 2792.82 _^2)/2

Weight of Counterfort _=_ _(_ )+_*

W4 using(c-s) 45.02 4.100 184.57
_(_ )- _*_(_ )

Weight of earth over

0.00 1.300 0.00
Toe slab W5
W=830.06 M=3564.55

=/
_( )
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Retaining Wall with Counterfort Check of Stability and Caculation of Internal forces

Project :- Project Designed by:- M. Abu Shady

Building :- Building Checked by:- M. Abu Shady
Element:- Element Date:- 27-Sep-17
Location:- Location
=/ Err:501 Err:501
_( )
b- Check of Retaining Wall Sliding:
_ =_+ = 299.87 ^
_- _
" Err:501 ^
"
= /_ Err:501 Err:501

c- Check of Retaining Wall bearing Capacity:

finding eccentricity e, take moments @ point O
M@o=0=x+_ , Err:501 , = 0.16 m , /6 = 1.083 m e
=// =()/(1)()/((1^3)12) /2
=()/(6)/^2 = ()/(16/)
Err:501 129.73 KN/m2 135.75 KN/m2
_=()/(1+ ,_( ,_(
6/)= Err:501 =) 131.46 KN/m2 =)
_=()/(1 ,_(
6/)= OK SAFE < qall =)

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Retaining Wall with Counterfort Check of Stability and Caculation of Internal forces

Project :- Project Designed by:- M. Abu Shady

Building :- Building Checked by:- M. Abu Shady
Element:- Element Date:- 27-Sep-17
Location:- Location
2-Internal Forces of Retaining Wall:
a- Toe Slab Moment and Shear:
finding net stress on Toe Slab
_ 127.3 KN/m2 Upward 116.5 KN/m2 Upward
=
_ 112.3 KN/m2 Upward ,
=
MToe Transverse max Ult.@b= 620.0 KN.m/m _
BOT. RFT. use 10 T 18/m
QToe max Ult. @d dis. From b = =
340 KN/m < Vc = 534 KN/m Where
OK SAFE ACI318-08 , Eq 11-3
b- Heel Slab Moment and Shear:
heel Slab behaves as:
1- a cantlever from point c to x with length Lc/2, supported by stem.
2- a contnuous beam from point x to d in longitudinal directon of Retaining wall
supported by counterforts

finding net stress on Heel Slab

_ -82.0 KN/m2 Downward
=_
-102.9 KN/m2 Downward
=_
-88.4 KN/m2 Downward
=
Mheel Transverse Ult.@c -ve= -78.3 KN.m/m TOP RFT. use 8 T 16/m
Mheel longitudinal Ult.@d -Ve= -74.7 KN.m/m TOP RFT. use 8 T 16/m
Mheel longitudinal Ult.@d +Ve
= 62.2 KN.m/m BOT. RFT. use 8 T 16/m
QHeel max Transverse Ult. @d= 145.9 < Vc = 534 KN/m
QHeel max longitudinal Ult. @d=
169.8 < Vc = 534 KN/m
C- Stem Slab Moment and Shear:
Stem Slab behaves as:
1- a cantlever from point c at heel top to point z with length L c/2, supported by heel Slab.
2- a contnuous beam above point z in longitudinal directon of Retaining wall supported by
counterforts slab.
_( 56.69 50.09 1.67 KN/m2
@) = , RFT.
_(
Mstem vertical Ult.@c cant -ve= -47.5 KN.m/m, on active side , _(
use 8 T 16/m
@=) @)
Mstem longitudinal Ult.@z = -36.4 KN.m/m,
= RFT. on active side use 5 T 12/m
-Ve =
Mstem longitudinal Ult.@z +Ve
= 30.3 KN.m/m, RFT. on passive side use 5 T 12/m
Mstem longitudinal Ult.@z0 = -1.2 KN.m/m, RFT. on active side use 5 T 12/m
-Ve

Mstem longitudinal Ult.@z0 = 1.0 KN.m/m, RFT. on passive side use 5 T 12/m
+Ve

QStem max Cantilever Ult. @c= 93.5 < Vc = 173 KN/m

QStem max longitudinal Ult. @z= 82.6 < Vc
d- Counterfort Moment and Shear:
Counterfort Slab behaves as:
a Tee Beam its flange (is heel & stem slabs) with effiectve depth d ctf , subjected to
1- max. moment MCfort@c at c point produced from horizontal earth pressure
2- max horizontal shear VHal Cfort@c at c point produced from horizontal earth pressure
stress _( @) on stem slab multplied by counterfort spacing.
3- max Vertcal shear VVal Cfort@d at d point produced from Vertcal net stress _
on heel slab multplied by counterfort spacing.

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d
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Retaining Wall with Counterfort Check of Stability and Caculation of Internal forces

Project :- Project Designed by:- M. Abu Shady

Building :- Building Checked by:- M. Abu Shady
Element:- Element Date:- 27-Sep-17
Location:- Location
" = 3.35 m
d "M Cfort@c " 1261.8 KN.m/m, RFT. on counterfort width use 4+4 T 18
ct
V=Hal Cfort@c = 141.7 KN.m/m < Vc = 712 KN/m use 5 T 10/m E.F
f"
VVal Cfort@d = 257.2 KN.m/m < Vc use 5 T 10/m E.F

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8.47 m

H=9.97m

-1.50 m

tc= 0.30 m

Lc= 2.20 m

tc= 0.30 m

Transverse directon
PLan

C _, _, _
& _

= 1.67

= 298.20

= 0.00

_=_ _(_ )+_* = 999.34 .

_(_ )- _*_(_ )
^

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e /6 to ignor tension stress

135.75 KN/m2

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KN/m2 Upward

ACI318-08 , Eq 11-3

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References:
1- Chapter 12 of Reinforced Concrete Design, Design Theory and Examples by T. J. MacGinley_3rd Ed-2006-IS
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) 20
http://www.ejse.org/Archives/Fulltext/2011/20115.pdf