Determine the factors of safety against sliding and overturning.
Reinforced concrete retaining wall design pdf.
Design the wall and base reinforcement assuming fcu 35 knm 2 f y 500 knm 2 and the cover to reinforcement in the wall and base are respectively 35.
Constructed using a reinforced concrete masonry stem steel reinforcement grouted into hollow concrete blockwork which is built on a reinforced concrete footing.
Design for earth loads retaining walls which set out a design.
Types of retaining walls tieback wall tieback is a horizontal wire or rod or a helical anchor use to reinforce retaining wall for stability one end of the tieback is secured to the wall while the other end is anchored to a stable structure i e.
7 0 walls 102 8 0 corbels 116 9 0 cantilever structures 124.
Forces on retaining walls 6.
Coefþcient of friction is 0 4 and the unit weight of reinforced concrete is 24 knm 3 1.
Gravity wall masonry or plain concrete cantilever retaining wall rcc.
Detailings of individual.
The stem may have constant thickness along the length or may be tapered based on economic and construction criteria.
Calculate ground bearing pressures.
F c 3000 psi fy 60 ksi o development of structural design equations.
Reinforced concrete cantilever retaining wall analysis and design aci 318 14 reinforced concrete cantilever retaining walls consist of a relatively thin stem and a base slab.
Soil bearing and stability 8.
The base is divided into two parts the heel and toe.
Concrete deadman driven into the ground or anchored into the earth with sufficient resistance.
This practical design manual intends to outline practice of detailed design and detailings of reinforced concrete work to the code.
Reinforced concrete walls cantilever retaining walls can be constructed entirely from reinforced concrete.
Earthquake seismic design 7.
Strength of reinforced concrete sections amount of rebar a s the project calls for 5 10 and 5 12 are used.
Two equations are developed in this.
Design and detailing of retaining walls.
In 1990 the concrete masonry association of australia cmaa published masonry walling guide no 4.
3 gravity retaining wall gl1 gl2 retaining walls are usually built to hold back soil mass.
Retaining wall design 10 editionth a design guide for earth retaining structures contents at a glance.
Strength reduced from 136 7 to 114 9 in kips.
However retaining wallscanalsobeconstructed for aesthetic landscaping purposes.
Ce 537 spring 2011 retaining wall design example 1 8 design a reinforced concrete retaining wall for the following conditions.
Building codes and retaining walls 5.
The wall can be either cast insitu figure 6 or precast figure 7.
In this example the structural design of the three retaining wall components is performed by hand.
Design procedure overview 3.
Masonry cantilever retaining walls design and construction guide ma51 available from the concrete masonry association of australia.