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WARNING :
Passive pressure should
only be considered if it
can be guaranteed that
there will be no future
excavation in front of
the wall.
DIMENSIONS (mm)
H= 2800 B= 1100 Tw = 200
Hw = 0 BI = 0 Tb = 200
Hp = 1000 BN = 0 TN = 0
Hn = 0
MATERIAL PROPERTIES steel class A
fcu = 35 N/mm² gm = 1.5 concrete
fy = 500 N/mm² gm = 1.15 steel
cover to tension steel = 50 mm
Max allowable design surface crack width (W) = 0.3 mm (0.2 or 0.3
mm only)
Concrete density = 24 kN/m³
SOIL PROPERTIES Wall Geometry
Design angle of int'l friction of retained mat'l (Ø) = 30 degree
Design cohesion of retained mat'l (C ) = 0 kN/m² (Only granular backfil considered, "C" = zero)
Density of retained mat'l (q ) = 20 kN/m³
Submerged Density of retained mat'l (qs ) = 5.00 kN/m³ [default=2/3*q (only apply when 13.33
Design angle of int'l friction of base mat'l (Øb) = 20 degree ASSUMPTIONS
Design cohesion of base material (Cb ) = 10 kN/m² a) Wall friction is zero
Density of base material (qb ) = 10 kN/m³ b) Minimum active earth pressure = 0.25qH
Allowable gross ground bearing pressure (GBP) = 125 kN/m² c) Granular backfill
d)Does not include check of rotational slide/slope failure
LOADINGS Surcharge load -- live (SQK) = 2 kN/m² e)Does not include effect of seepage of ground
Surcharge load -- dead (SGK) = 0 water beneath the wall.
Line load -- live (LQK) = 0 kN/m f)Does not include deflection check of wall due to
Line load -- dead (LGK) = 0.5 kN/m lateral earth pressures
Distance of line load from wall (X) = 0 mm h) Design not intended for walls over 3.0 m high
i) Does not include check for temp. or shrinkage effects
LATERAL FORCES (unfactored) Ka = 0.33 [ default ka = (1-SIN Ø)/(1+SIN Ø)0.33]
Kp = 2.04 [ default kp = (1+SIN Øb)/(1-SIN Ø2.04
Kpc = 2.86 [ default kpc = 2kp0.5 ] = 2.86
Kac = 1.15 [ 2ka0.5 ]
Location 0 0 29-Nov-2018
RETAINING WALL design to BS 8110:2005 Checked Revision Job No
SLIDING (using overall factor of safety instead of partial safety factor) F.O.S = 1.50
PASSIVE FORCE, Pp x Reduction factor (1) = -38.76 kN Red'n factor for passive force = 1.00
BASE FRICTION ( å V TANØb + 0.75 B Cb ) = -32.59 kN
Sum of FORCES RESISTING SLIDING, Pr = -71.35 kN
Vertical FORCES (kN) Lever arm (m) Moment (kNm) BEARING PRESSURE (KN/m²)
00 13 26 40 53 66 79 92 06
0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 1.
Wall = 12.48 0.45 5.62 0.000
Base = 5.28 0.00 0.00
Nib = 0.00 0.55 0.00
Earth = 46.80 -0.10 -4.68 50.000
Water = 0.00 -0.10 0.00
Surcharge= 1.80 -0.10 -0.18
Line load = 0.50 0.35 0.18 100.000
Location 0 0 29-Nov-2018
RETAINING WALL design to BS 8110:2005 Checked Revision Job No
CHECK CRACK WIDTH TO BS8110/BS8007 (:Temperature and shrinkage effects not included)
X= 41.73 mm em = -0.001083 BS8007
Acr = 108.61 mm W= -0.20 mm < 0.30 OK App. B.2
NO CRACKING
BASE - loaded side ( per metre length )
V ult = 6.13 kN
M ult = 13.32 kNm (TENSION - TOP FACE)
CHECK CRACK WIDTH to BS8100/ BS8007 (: Temperature and shrinkage effects not included)
X= 41.73 mm em = -9.55E-05 BS8007
Acr = 108.61 mm W= -0.02 mm < 0.30 OK App. B.2
Location 0 0 29-Nov-2018
RETAINING WALL design to BS 8110:2005 Checked Revision Job No
SUMMARY Approx total reinforcement per metre length of wall (kg) 89.9
Diagrams
IF(ABS(ECCY)>B/1000/2,"BEARING FAIL",IF(ABS(ECCY)>(B/1000)/6,(2*VL)/(3*((B/1000)/2-ABS(ECCY))),(VL/(B/1000)*(1+(6*ABS(ECCY))/(B/1000)))))
IF(ECCY>(B/1000)/6,IF(XX>(B/1000/2-ECCY)*3,0,(((B/1000/2-ECCY)*3-XX)/((B/1000/2-ECCY)*3))*BP),((VL/(B/1000)*(1-(6*ECCY)/(B/1000))))+(B/1000-XX)/(B/1000)*(BP-(VL/(B/1000)*(
(6*ECCY)/(B/1000)))))
1.1
1 19.18
0 111.63 3
BEARING PRESSURE DIAGRAM
0.11 101.46 3
0.22 91.29 3 M
0.33 81.12 3
0.44 70.95 3 0 0.20.40.60.8 1 1.2
KN/M^2
0
0.55 60.78 3
0.66 50.61 3 50
0.77 40.44 3
0.88 30.27 3 100
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Diagrams
UTM= 30.95
30.95
0 0.00 0 0.00
1 0.05 0.0078 0.05 0 5MOMENT
10 15DIAGRAM
20 25 30 35
2 0.10 0.031 0.10
3 0.16 0.0698 0.16
0 0
0.
ULT. MT (KNM)
4 0.21 0.124 0.21
5 0.26 0.1938 0.26
2 6
0.
6 0.31 0.2791 0.31
7 0.36 0.3798 0.36
5 2
0.
8 0.42 0.4961 0.42
9 0.47 0.6279 0.47 04 (M) .78
0
0 0
0 200 WALL GEOMETRY
0 200 4000
WALL (mm)
0 2800
3500
200 2800
200 200 3000
1100 0 2000
0 0 1500
0 0
1000
0 0
500
0 0
0 0 0
0
1000
2000
4000
3000
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Diagrams
Made by Job No
Date 29-Nov-18
000)*(BP-(VL/(B/1000)*(1-
0.022 2.456
0.022 2.411
0.022 2.366
0.022 2.322
0.022 2.277
0.022 2.232
0.022 2.187
0.022 2.143
0.022 2.098
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
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0 0.000
20.492
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Diagrams
Made by Job No
Date 29-Nov-18
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Project Spreadsheets to BS 8110etc
Location 0 CRACK WIDTH CALCULATIONS
RETAINING WALL design to BS 8110:2005 Made by Job No
Originated from 'RCC62.xls' v3.3 © 2006 TCC Date 29-Nov-18
WALL
MR= 15.06 MIN SPACING= 400 ASreq = 522.82 fs = 308.18Asprov%= 0.3927
As/bd= 0.004 MSBB= 444 ASBBreq 0.01 fs = 0.0059Asprov%= 0.3927
X= 41.73 MSBT= 444 ASBTreq 225.09 fs = 132.68Asprov%= 0.3927
Ic= 113271728
STS= 0.0015 Charles:
ST1= 0.0023 Charles: The last cell reference in the formaula
ST2= 0.0010828 Minor point - the formula should be DESIGN!G74 not DESIGN!
Acr= 108.61239 label given for the cell G740. Since cell G740 is blank the
W= 0.23 should be AsBT/bd not calculation currently always results in a
em= 0.0012 AsBB/bd. value of 0.01 rather than the correct
figure.
MR= 15.06 MR= 15.06
AsBB/bd= 0.0039 AsBB/bd= 0.0039 Charles:
X= 41.73 X= 41.73 The comparison in these three cells highlighted
Ic= 113271728 Ic= 113271728 in orange should be W>0.1 not W>1. Since the
STS= 0.0000 STS= 0.0006 maximum value of W is 0.3 the current
ST1= 0.0000 ST1= 0.0010 comparison results in the wrong formula being
ST2= 0.0010828 ST2= 0.0010828 used in many cases resulting in a crack width
Acr= 108.61239 Acr= 108.61239 estimate that is lower than it should be.
W= -0.20 W= -0.0179
em= -0.0011 em= -0.0001
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Revision history RCC62 Retaining Wall.xls
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