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Masonry Retaining Wall
Masonry Retaining Wall
CLIENT : DESIGN BY :
JOB NO. : DATE : REVIEW BY :
Retaining Wall Design Based on ACI 530-99 & ACI 318-02
ANALYSIS
SERVICE LOADS
Hb = 0.5 Pa (HT + HB + hf)2 = 1.44 kips
Hs = ws Pa (HT + HB + hf) / gb = 0.29 kips
Hp = 0.5 Pp (hp + hf + hk)2 = 1.80 kips
HLat = wLat (HF + HT + HB - hp) = 0.24 kips
Ws = ws (LH + tb - tt) = 0.63 kips
Wb = [HT (LH + tb - tt) + HB LH] gb = 5.39 kips
Wf = hf (LH + tb + LT) gc = 1.50 kips
Wk = hk tb gc = 0.15 kips
Ww,t = tt (HT +HF) gm = 0.54 kips
Ww,b = tb HB gm = 0.61 kips
FACTORED LOADS
gHb = 1.6 Hb = 2.30 kips
gHs = 1.6 Hs = 0.47 kips
gHLat = 1.6 HLat = 0.38 kips
gWs = 1.6 Ws = 1.01 kips OVERTURNING MOMENT
gWb = 1.2 Wb = 6.47 kips H gH y Hy gH y
gWf = 1.2 Wf = 1.80 kips Hb 1.44 2.30 3.27 4.71 7.53
gWk = 1.2 Wk = 0.18 kips Hs 0.29 0.47 4.90 1.44 2.30
gWw,t = 1.2 Ww,t = 0.64 kips HLat 0.24 0.38 7.90 1.86 2.98
gWw,b = 1.2 Ww,b = 0.73 kips S 1.97 3.15 8.01 12.82
RESISTING MOMENT
W gW x Wx gW x
Ws 0.63 1.01 6.83 4.33 6.92
Wb 5.39 6.47 6.94 37.38 44.86 OVERTURNING FACTOR OF SAFETY
Wf 1.50 1.80 5.00 7.50 9.00
Wx
Wk 0.15 0.18 3.50 0.53 0.63 SF 6.70 > 1.5
Ww,t 0.54 0.64 3.33 1.78 2.14 Hy [Satisfactory]
Ww,b 0.61 0.73 3.50 2.12 2.54
S 8.81 10.83 53.64 66.09
CHECK SOIL BEARING CAPACITY (ACI 318-02 SEC.15.2.2)
L Wx Hy
L LT t b L H = 10.00 ft e = ### ft
2 W
6e
W 1 L L
, for e
q MAX BL 6 = 0.79 ksf < Qa [Satisfactory]
W L
, for e
3B(0.5L e ) 6
CHECK FLEXURE CAPACITY FOR MASONRY STEM (ACI 530-99 SEC.1.8.2.1, & 2.3)
3 2
y y ws At top srem At base of bottom stem
M Pa Pa M Lat = 0.88 ft-kips , 6.20 ft-kips
6 2 b
1 kd te kd te kd
M allowable MIN b wkd F b d P d , As F s d P
2 3 2 3 2 3
At top stem At base of bottom stem
where te = 7.63 in , 11.63 in
d = 4.41 in , 8.33 in
bw = 12 in , 12 in
Fb = 0.495 ksi , 0.495 ksi
Fs = 24 ksi , 24 ksi
As = 0.33 in2 , 0.9 in2
r = 0.006 , 0.009
Em = 1350 ksi , 1350 ksi
Es = 29000 ksi , 29000 ksi
n = 21.48 21.48
k = 0.40 0.46
and Mallowable = 1.64 ft-kips , 6.42 ft-kips
> M > M
[Satisfactory] [Satisfactory]
> V > V
[Satisfactory] [Satisfactory]
CHECK HEEL FLEXURE CAPACITY, AS,3, FOR FOOTING (ACI 318-02 SEC.15.4.2, 10.2, 10.5.4, 7.12.2, 12.2, & 12.5)
'
M u ,3
0.85 f c 1 1
0.383
'
bd 2 f c
= 0.002
fy
CHECK TOE FLEXURE CAPACITY, AS,4, FOR FOOTING (ACI 318-02 SEC.15.4.2, 10.2, 10.5.4, 7.12.2, 12.2, & 12.5)
q u ,4
2q u ,toe b LT2 2
LT w f
M u ,4 = 3.95 ft-kips
6 2L
where d = 8.69 in
qu, 4 = 0.90 ksf
M u ,4
0.85 f 'c 1 1
0.383bd 2 f 'c
= 0.001
fy
Techincal References:
1. "Masonry Designers' Guide, Third Edition" (MDG-3), The Masonry Society, 2001.
2. Alan Williams: "Structural Engineering Reference Manual", Professional Publications, Inc, 2001.
3. Alan Williams: "Structural Engineering License Review Problems and Solutions", Oxford University Press, 2003.