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THRUST BLOCK DESIGN

Thrust1E.XLS
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This spreadsheet carries out a design for WUD Type 1 Thrust Blocks.

The details of the calculations here should be read in conjunction with

Technical Note Nr I.1 (Appendix I) of the WUD Technical Manual on Pipes & Pipelines

The method used here is the method recommended in the manual for granular soils

Data is entered into the coloured boxed cells in the worksheet THRUST1
Parameters for the design case(such as diameter, bend angle, test pressure, pipe cover)
are entered into the column in the DESIGN TABLE for each design case.

General Design Parameters, such as soils data etc, are entered in the cells in
the SOIL AND GENERAL DATA Section below the Design Table.

Notes
The formulae in column I are obtained by copying the corresponding cell in column G, converting the format to text and ed

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 THRUST BLOCK DESIGN - STANDARD THRUST BLOCK TYPE 1
THRUST1.xls

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Spreadsheet by:
Calculations by:
Project: Standard Thrust Block Checked by:
WUD Anchor Block Type 1 for B Date:

Face cast against

excavation
X Ground Level
B

Lf=200 min
Block
Pipe cover cover

45 A
d Hb/2
J OD
d Hb/2

X
SECTION X-X
PLAN

Applicability and principal design parameters

Design Method as WUD Pipes and Pipeline Manual Appendix I.1
Design Basis Gravity+Soil Pressure
(Passive-Active) pressure integrated over height of block
Pipes with OD as DI/GRP OD = OD adopted for calculations
Granular soils, Hb = Height of thrust block overall
Angle of soil friction 30 degrees A = width of thrust block at pipe
Factor of safety 1.5 B = width of thrust block at face
Submergence conditions Dry J =socket clearance (~100mm)
Soil density(non submerged) 17.5 kN/m3
Soil sensity (submerged) 9 kN/m3
Concrete density 23 kN/m3

DESIGN TABLE RESULTS

Nominal Bend Test Pipe Design Block Dimensions
Diameter Angle Pressure Cover Case OD Thrust Hb A B Volume
mm deg bar mm mm kN mm mm mm m3
100 0 9 900 1 119 10.0 519 319 600 0.096
100 45 9 900 2 119 7.6 519 300 500 0.081
100 90 9 900 3 119 14.1 519 400 850 0.169
150 22.5 9 900 4 170 8.0 570 250 450 0.083
150 45 9 900 5 170 15.7 570 350 850 0.197
150 90 9 900 6 170 29.0 570 550 1450 0.439
200 22.5 9 900 7 222 13.6 622 300 650 0.151
200 45 9 900 8 222 26.7 622 450 1200 0.366
200 90 9 900 9 222 49.3 622 650 2150 0.946
250 11.25 9 900 10 274 10.4 674 250 450 0.104
250 22.5 9 900 11 274 20.7 674 350 850 0.242
250 45 9 900 12 274 40.5 674 500 1650 0.672

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 SOIL & GENERAL DATA Suggested Values
Soil data for Standard design
Design for Gravity Block grav 2 Gravity+Soil Pres 2
Angle of soil friction Sdeg 30 deg 30
Factor of safety Fs 1.5 1.5
Submerged conditions SB 0 Dry
Soil density(non submerged) Ysd 17.5 kN/m3 17.5
Soil sensity (submerged) Yss 9 kN/m3 9
Concrete density Ycd 23 kN/m3 23
Type 1 block parameters
Dimension d at block d 0.2 m 0.2
Depth of face before taper Lf 0.2 m 0.2

Row ref in table case 1

CASE PARAMETERS
Diameter DNmm 100.0 mm =INDEX(Data,case,1)
DN 0.1 m =DNmm/1000
Bend angle DegB 0 deg =INDEX(Data,case,2)
half angle AngB 0 rad =DEGB/2*PI()/180
Test pressure Pt 9 bar =INDEX(Data,case,3)
Cover to Pipe Cover 900 mm =INDEX(Data,case,4)

CALCULATIONS
Angle of soil friction AngS 0.5236 rad =SDeg*PI()/180
Active Ka 0.333 =TAN(PI()/4-AngS/2)^2
Passive Kp 3.000 =TAN(PI()/4+AngS/2)^2
Net Kn 2.667 =Kp-Ka
Base friction Kb 0.577 =TAN(AngS)
Pipe material mat 2 DI/GRP
Plastic/Steel ODst 0.1000 m =DN
DI/GRP ODdi 0.1188 m =DN*1.0329+0.0155
AC-12 ODac12 0.1131 m =DN*1.084+0.0047
AC-18 ODac18 0.1155 m =DN*1.131+0.0024
AC-24 ODac24 0.1200 m =DN*1.2
Outside Diameter OD 0.1188 m =CHOOSE(mat,ODst,ODdi,ODac12,ODac18,ODac24)
Cross sectional area XAP 0.01108 m2 =PI()*OD^2/4
Design thrust Td 9.97 kN =XAP*PT*100*IF(AngB<>0,2*SIN(AngB),1)
Dimension A(empirical) Term 1 TAT1 0.38268 m =2*2*DN*SIN(AngB)
Term 2 TAT2 0.13858 m =0.15*COS(AngB)
Sum As 0.52127 m =TAT1+TAT2
Round off to nearest 50 A 0.319 m =IF(AngB<>0,ROUND(As*2,1)/2,OD+0.2)
Effective Soil Density Ys 17.50 kN/m3 =IF(SB=0,Ysd,Yss)
Effective concrete Density Yc 23.00 kN/m3 =IF(SB=0,Ycd,Ycd-9.8)
Depth to pipe centre Ds 0.959 m =Cover/1000+OD/2
Block height Hb 0.51879 m =OD+2*d

Design for Soil Pressure only

Face length X1BP 0.644 m =MAXA(Fs*TD/(Kn*YS*DS)/Hb,A)
rounded up to nearest 50 X1B 0.650 m =ROUND(2*X1BP+0.049,1)/2
Design for gravity and/or base friction
Vol of concrete at pipe Xac 0.08329 m2 =(Hb*OD/2+d*OD/2-XAP/2)*COS(AngB)
VolA 0 m3 =IF(AngB<>0,Xac*(A-OD*SIN(AngB)),0)
Wt water in bend Ww 0.02454 kN =IF(SB=0,DN^2*PI()/4*A*9.8,0)
Effective base pressure Xpb 11.9322 kN/m2 =YC*Hb
Pass coeff coeffB XXB11 23.227 kN/m =IF(grav<>0,Kn*YS*DS*Hb,0)
Wt coeffs coeffB XXB12 1.378 kN/m =Kb*Xpb*Lf
coeffB2 XXB2 1.7223 kN/m2 =Kb*Xpb/4
coeffB0 XXB01 -0.18 kN =-Kb*Xpb/4*A^2
XXB02 0.01 kN =Kb*(VolA*YC+Ww)
Thrust term XXB03 -14.96 kN =-TD*Fs
Combined coeffs XXB1 7.14322 m =(XXB11+XXB12)/2/XXB2
XXB0 -8.7807 =(XXB01+XXB02+XXB03)/XXB2
Solve for B Bp 0.59023 m =-XXB1+SQRT(XXB1^2-XXB0)
round up nearest 50(or A) XX1B 0.60 =MAXA(ROUND(2*Bp+0.049,1)/2,A)

Dimension B B 0.60 =CHOOSE(grav+1,XX1B,X1B,XX1B)

Volume of Concrete
Vol concrete Volf1 0.06225 m3 =B*Hb*Lf
Volb1 0.03351 m3 =(B^2-A^2)*Hb/4

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 Vol 0.09577 m3 =Volf1+Volb1+VolA

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