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GEOMETRY
Stem Height .....................
17.00
Stem Thickness Top ........
12.0
Stem Thickness Bot .........
20.0
Footing Thickness ............
20.0
Toe Length .......................
4.00
Heel Length ......................
5.00
Soil Cover @ Toe .............
2.00
Backfill Height ..................
14.00
Backfill Slope Angle .........
10.0

ft
in
in
in
ft
ft
ft
ft
deg

SEISMIC EARTH FORCES

Hor. Seismic Coeff. kh .......
0.15
Ver. Seismic Coeff kv ........
0.00
Seismic Active Coeff. Kae
0.56
Seismic Force Pae-Pa .......
2.7

k/ft

SOIL BEARING PRESSURES

Allow. Bearing Pressure ..
4.0 ksf
4.0 ksf
Max. Pressure @ Toe ......
0.0 ksf
Min. Pressure @ Heel ......
Total Footing Length ........ 10.67 ft
1.78 ft
Footing Length / 6 ............
2.08 ft
Resultant Eccentricity e ...
Resultant is Out of the Middle Third

OK
OK
OK

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APPLIED LOADS
Uniform Surcharge ...........
100.0 psf
Strip Pressure ..................
0.0 psf
Strip 2.0 ft deep, 4.0 ft wide @ 3.0 ft from Stem
Stem Vertical (Dead) ........
0.0 k/ft
Stem Vertical (Live) ..........
0.0 k/ft
Vertical Load Eccentricity
6.0 in
Wind Load on Stem ..........
30.0 psf

OK
BACKFILL PROPERTIES
Backfill Density ..................
120.0 pcf
Earth Pressure Theory ......
Coulomb Active
Internal Friction Angle .......
28.0 deg
0.39
Active Pressure Coeff. Ka
47.2 psf/ft
Active Pressure @ Wall ....
6.5 k/ft
Active Force @ Wall Pa ....
Water Table Height ...........
10.00 ft

OK

SHEAR KEY DESIGN

Shear Key Depth ................
12.0 in
Shear Key Thickness .........
12.0 in
2.2 k/ft
Max. Shear Force @ Key ..
0.22 OK
Shear Capacity Ratio .........
Use vertical bars #4 @ 12 in Hooked at end
0.07 OK
Moment Capacity Ratio ......

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OVERTURNING CALCULATIONS (Comb. D+H+W)

OVERTURNING
RESISTING
Force Arm Moment
Force Arm Moment
k/ft
ft
k-ft/ft
k/ft
ft
k-ft/ft
Stem Top ..............
2.55
4.50
11.5
Backfill Pa .............
6.28
5.55
34.9
Stem Taper ...........
0.85
5.22
4.4
Water Table ..........
2.58
5.83
15.0
Footing Weight .....
2.67
5.33
14.2
Surcharge Hor ......
0.63
8.32
5.3
Shear Key .............
0.15
4.50
0.7
Strip Load Hor ......
0.00
0.00
0.0
Soil Cover @ Toe .
0.96
2.00
1.9
Wind Load ............
0.45
9.15
4.1
Stem Wedge .........
0.56
5.44
3.0
Seismic Pae-Pa ...
0.00
9.99
0.0
Backfill Weight ......
8.40
8.17
68.6
Seismic Water ......
0.00
5.83
0.0
Backfill Slope ........
0.33
8.78
2.9
Seismic Selfweight
0.00
0.00
0.0
Water Weight ........
1.89
8.17
15.5
Rh = 9.94
OTM = 59.3
59.3
Seismic Pae-Pa ....
0.00 10.67
0.0
Arm of Horizontal Resultant =
= 5.96 ft
9.94
Pa Vert @ Heel .....
1.83 10.67
19.5
131.3
Vertical Load .........
0.00
4.00
0.0
= 6.96 ft
Arm of Vertical Resultant =
18.87
Surcharge Ver .......
0.57
7.83
4.4
Overturning Safety Factor = 131.3 = 2.22 > 1.5
Strip Load Ver .......
0.00 10.00
0.0
59.3
OK
Rv = 18.87
RM = 131.3
STEM DESIGN (Comb. 0.9D+1.6H+E)
Height
d
Mu
Mn
Ratio
ft
in
k-ft/ft
k-ft/ft
17.00
9.5
0.0
0.0
0.00
15.30
10.3
0.0
13.2
0.00
13.60
11.1
0.0
19.2
0.00
11.90
11.9
0.6
20.6
0.03
10.20
12.7
2.1
22.1
0.10
8.50
13.5
5.0
23.5
0.21
6.80
14.3
9.7
27.1
0.36
5.10
15.1
16.9
46.9
0.36
3.40
15.9
27.1
54.5
0.50
1.70
16.7
41.0
57.3
0.72
0.00
17.5
59.2
60.1
0.98 OK
Shear Force @ Crit. Height .. 13.3 k/ft OK
Resisting Shear Vc ............. 19.1 k/ft
Use vertical bars #8 @ 12 in at backfill side
Cut off alternate bars. Cut off length = 7.00 ft
Vert. Bars Embed. Ldh Reqd .. 13.3 in OK
Vert. Bars Splice Length Ld ....
28.5 in

SLIDING CALCS (Comb. D+H+W)

0.50
Footing-Soil Friction Coeff. ..
9.4 k/ft
Friction Force at Base ..........
2.77
Passive Pressure Coeff. Kp .
0.00 ft
Depth to Neglect Passive .....
Passive Pressure @ Wall .... 332.4 psf/ft
3.6 k/ft
Passive Force @ Wall Pp ....
13.1 k/ft
Horiz. Resisting Force ..........
9.9 k/ft
Horiz. Sliding Force ..............
13.1
Sliding Safety Factor =
= 1.31 < 1.5 NG
9.9

1
2
3
4

LOAD COMBINATIONS (ASCE 7)

STABILITY
STRENGTH
1 1.4D
D+H+W
2 1.2D+1.6(L+H)
D+L+H+W
3 1.2D+0.8W
D+H+0.7E
4 1.2D+L+1.6W
D+L+H+0.7E
5 1.2D+L+E
6 0.9D+1.6H+1.6W
7 0.9D+1.6H+E
2

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HEEL DESIGN (Comb. 1.4D)

Force Arm Moment
k/ft
ft
k-ft/ft
0.00
2.30
0.0
Upward Pressure .
1.75
2.50
4.4
Concrete Weight ..
11.76
2.50
29.4
Backfill Weight .....
0.47
3.33
1.6
Backfill Slope .......
2.65
2.50
6.6
Water Weight .......
0.79
2.50
2.0
Surcharge Ver. ....
0.00
4.33
0.0
Strip Load Ver. ....
Mu = 43.9
17.42
Shear Force @ Crit. Sect. ..
17.4 k/ft OK
Resisting Shear Vc ...........
20.1 k/ft
Use top bars #6 @ 12 in , Transv. #4 @ 12 in
Resisting Moment Mn ...... 34.3 k-ft/ft NG
Develop. Length Ratio at End ....
0.38 OK
Develop. Length Ratio at Toe ....
0.33 OK

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TOE DESIGN (Comb. 0.9D+1.6H+E)

Force Arm Moment
k/ft
ft
k-ft/ft
31.27
2.15
67.4
Upward Presssure
-0.90
2.00
-1.8
Concrete Weight ..
-0.86
2.00
-1.7
Soil Cover ............
Mu = 63.8
29.51
Shear Force @ Crit. Sect. ..
19.3 k/ft
NG
Resisting Shear Vc ...........
18.9 k/ft
Use bott. bars #6 @ 8 in , Transv. #4 @ 12 in
Resisting Moment Mn ...... 47.9 k-ft/ft NG
Develop. Length Ratio at End ......
0.64 OK
Develop. Length Ratio at Stem ....
0.38 OK
MATERIALS
Stem Footing
Concrete f'c ....
4.0
4.0
Rebars fy ........
60.0
60.0

ksi
ksi

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