Ce 437 537 spring 2011 retaining wall design example 1 8 design a reinforced concrete retaining wall for the following conditions.
Simple basement entry 8 reinforced retaining concrete wall design drawing.
Concrete deadman driven into the ground or anchored into the earth with sufficient resistance.
Soil bearing and stability 8.
F c 3000 psi fy 60 ksi o development of structural design equations.
Aci e702 example problems buried concrete basement wall page 5 of 9 calculations references flexure and axial design vertical reinforcement at base of wall using section 14 4 design method walls designed as compression members based on preliminary investigation try 6 bars at an 8 inch spacing 6 8.
Design procedure overview 3.
Download free high quality cad drawings blocks and details of retaining walls organized by masterformat.
Retaining wall design 10 editionth a design guide for earth retaining structures contents at a glance.
Reinforced cement concrete retaining wall cantilever type information reinforced cement concrete retaining wall cantilever type maximum 6 0 meter height including column load in line.
Types of retaining walls tieback wall tieback is a horizontal wire or rod or a helical anchor use to reinforce retaining wall for stability one end of the tieback is secured to the wall while the other end is anchored to a stable structure i e.
Retaining walls are utilized in the formation of basement under ground level wing walls of bridge and to preserve slopes in hilly terrain roads.
Structural design principles basement walls basement walls are designed as propped cantilevers in reinforced concrete the basement slab acting as the prop at base level.
A sideways force against a basement wall puts one face of the wall in tension see figure 1 next page and concrete s tensile strength is much lower than its compressive strength.
Building codes and retaining walls 5.
Earthquake seismic design 7.
The walls are designed using parameters relevant to the london clay.
Forces on retaining walls 6.
Even though no water table was found the walls will be designed for a water table 2 00m above.
Ce 537 spring 2011 retaining wall design example 1 8 design a reinforced concrete retaining wall for the following conditions.
Soil mechanics simplified 4.
Two equations are developed.
In this example the structural design of the three retaining wall components is performed by hand.
Two equations are developed in this.
In this example the structural design of the three retaining wall components is performed by hand.