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Spreadsheets To BS 8110etc: Advisory Group Grid Line 1 RC 15-Apr-2019 134 CHG - R68
Spreadsheets To BS 8110etc: Advisory Group Grid Line 1 RC 15-Apr-2019 134 CHG - R68
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= 3300 B= 1400 Tw = 200
Hw = 0 BI = 300 Tb = 300
Hp = 1300 BN = 300 TN = 0
Hn = 0
MATERIAL PROPERTIES steel class A
fcu = 35 N/mm² gm = 1.5 concrete
fy = 420 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 ) = 10.00 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) = 200 kN/m² c) Granular backfill
d)Does not include check of rotational slide/slope failure
LOADINGS Surcharge load -- live (SQK) = 5 kN/m² e)Does not include effect of seepage of ground
Surcharge load -- dead (SGK) = 0 water beneath the wall.
Line load -- live (LQK) = kN/m f)Does not include deflection check of wall due to
Line load -- dead (LGK) = 0 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 ]
SLIDING (using overall factor of safety instead of partial safety factor) F.O.S = 1.50
PASSIVE FORCE, Pp x Reduction factor (1) = -54.37 kN Red'n factor for passive force = 1.00
BASE FRICTION ( å V TANØb + 0.75 B Cb ) = -40.70 kN
Sum of FORCES RESISTING SLIDING, Pr = -95.07 kN
GROUND BEARING FAI Taking moments about centre of base (anticlockwise "+") :
Vertical FORCES (kN) Lever arm (m) Moment (kNm) BEARING PRESSURE (KN/m²)
Wall = 14.40 0.30 4.32 0 0 20 3 9 59 7 8 98 1 8 37
0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 1.
Base = 10.08 0.00 0.00 0.000
CHECK CRACK WIDTH TO BS8110/BS8007 (:Temperature and shrinkage effects not included)
X= 72.57 mm em = -0.000658 BS8007
Acr = 87.20 mm W= -0.13 mm < 0.30 OK App. B.2
NO CRACKING
BASE - loaded side ( per metre length )
V ult = 22.65 kN
M ult = 16.24 kNm (TENSION - TOP FACE)
CHECK CRACK WIDTH to BS8100/ BS8007 (: Temperature and shrinkage effects not included)
X= 80.69 mm em = -0.00029 BS8007
Acr = 86.81 mm W= -0.06 mm < 0.30 OK App. B.2
SUMMARY Approx total reinforcement per metre length of wall (kg) 186.9
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)))))
1.4
1 49.96
0 80.99 3
BEARING PRESSURE DIAGRAM
0.14 76.65 3
0.28 72.30 3 M
0.42 67.96 3
0.56 63.62 3 0 0.5 1 1.5
KN/M^2
0
0.7 59.27 3
0.84 54.93 3
0.98 50.58 3 50
1.12 46.24 3
1.26 41.89 3 100
1.4 37.55 3
1.4 0.00 0
IF(ECCY<0,B/1000-B/1000/50*B24,B/1000/50*B24)
49.96
0 0.00 80.993 0 80.993 0.028 2.268 0.875 0.028 2.268
1 0.03 80.124 BEARING PRESSURE M DIAGRAM 1 80.124 0.028 2.243 0.803 0.028 2.243
2 0.06 79.255 .0
0
.1
7
.3
4
.5
0
.6
7
.8
4
.0
1
.1
8
.3
4 2 79.255 0.028 2.219 0.732 0.028 2.219
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
3 0.08 78.387 3 78.387 0.028 2.195 0.663 0.028 2.195
0.000
4 0.11 77.518 4 77.518 0.028 2.170 0.595 0.028 2.170
10.000
5 0.14 76.649 5 76.649 0.028 2.146 0.528 0.028 2.146
KN/M^2
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Diagrams
UTM= 54.00
54.00
0 0.00 0 0.00
1 0.06 0.0132 0.06 0 MOMENT
10 20 DIAGRAM
30 40 50 60
2 0.12 0.0528 0.12
3 0.18 0.1188 0.18
0 0
0.
ULT. MT (KNM)
4 0.24 0.2112 0.24
5 0.30 0.33 0.30
3 0
0.
6 0.36 0.4752 0.36
7 0.42 0.6468 0.42
6 0
0.
8 0.48 0.8448 0.48
9 0.54 1.0692 0.54 20 (M) .90
0
0 0
0 300 WALL GEOMETRY
300 300 4000
WALL (mm)
300 3300
3500
500 3300
500 300 3000
1400 0 2000
300 0 1500
300 0
1000
300 0
500
300 0
0 0 0
0
1000
2000
4000
3000
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Diagrams
000)*(BP-(VL/(B/1000)*(1-
0.028 2.268
0.028 2.243
0.028 2.219
0.028 2.195
0.028 2.170
0.028 2.146
0.028 2.122
0.028 2.098
0.028 2.073
0.028 2.049
0.028 2.025
0.028 2.000
0.028 1.976
0.028 1.952
0.028 1.927
0.028 1.903
0.028 1.879
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
0 0.000
0 0.000
0 0.000
35.244
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Diagrams
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Project Spreadsheets to BS 8110etc
Location Grid line 1 CRACK WIDTH CALCULATIONS
RETAINING WALL design to BS 8110:2005 Made by rc Job No R68
Originated from 'RCC62.xls' v3.3 © 2006 TCC Date 15-Apr-19
WALL
MR= 15.06 MIN SPACING= 220 ASreq = 1170.3 fs = 244.46Asprov%= 0.944
As/bd= 0.009 MSBB= 724 ASBBreq 0.01 fs = 0.0027Asprov%= 0.4223
X= 58.17 MSBT= 558 ASBTreq 196.45 fs = 41.037Asprov%= 0.5539
Ic= 207434145
STS= 0.0011 Charles:
ST1= 0.0019 Charles: The last cell reference in the formaula
ST2= 0.0004475 Minor point - the formula should be DESIGN!G74 not DESIGN!
Acr= 86.810337 label given for the cell G740. Since cell G740 is blank the
W= 0.25 should be AsBT/bd not calculation currently always results in a
em= 0.0015 AsBB/bd. value of 0.01 rather than the correct
figure.
MR= 15.06 MR= 15.06
AsBB/bd= 0.0042 AsBB/bd= 0.0055 Charles:
X= 72.57 X= 80.69 The comparison in these three cells highlighted
Ic= 576198321 Ic= 700256021 in orange should be W>0.1 not W>1. Since the
STS= 0.0001 STS= 0.0002 maximum value of W is 0.3 the current
ST1= 0.0001 ST1= 0.0003 comparison results in the wrong formula being
ST2= 0.0007393 ST2= 0.0005561 used in many cases resulting in a crack width
Acr= 87.201911 Acr= 86.810337 estimate that is lower than it should be.
W= -0.13 W= -0.0565
em= -0.0007 em= -0.0003
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