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Spreadsheets to BS 8110etc REINFORCED CONCRETE COUNCIL ENTER DATA IN BLUE CELLS ONLY.
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Location Grid line 1 rc 27-Jul-2017 101
RETAINING WALL design to BS 8110:1997, BS 8002:1994. BS 8004:1986 etcChecked Revision Job No
Originated from 'RCC62.xls' v2.1 1999-2002 BCA for RCC 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= 3250 B= 4000 Tw = 300
Hw = 1500 BI = 1200 Tb = 300
Hp = 300 BN = 0 TN = 0
Hn = 0
MATERIAL PROPERTIES
fcu = 35 N/mm gm = 1.5 concrete
fy = 460 N/mm gm = 1.05 steel
cover to tension steel = 50 mm
Max allowable design surface crack width (W) = 0.3 mm (0.2 or 0.3 BS8007 specifies crack widths of 0.1
mm only)
Concrete density = 24 kN/m or 0.2 mm.
SOIL PROPERTIES Wall Geometry
Design angle of int'l friction of retained mat'l () = 30 degree
Design cohesion of retained mat'l (C ) = 0 kN/m (Only granular backfil considered, "C" = zero)
Density of retained mat'l (q ) = 20 kN/m
Submerged Density of retained mat'l (qs ) = 5.00 kN/m [default=2/3*q (only apply when 13.33
Design angle of int'l friction of base mat'l (b) = 20 degree ASSUMPTIONS
Design cohesion of base material (Cb ) = 10 kN/m a) Wall friction is zero
Density of base material (qb ) = 10 kN/m b) Minimum active earth pressure = 0.25qH
Allowable gross ground bearing pressure (GBP) = 200 kN/m c) Granular backfill
d)Does not include check of rotational slide/slope failure
LOADINGS Surcharge load -- live (SQK) = 10 kN/m e)Does not include effect of seepage of ground
Surcharge load -- dead (SGK) = 10 water beneath the wall.
Line load -- live (LQK) = 10.3 kN/m f)Does not include deflection check of wall due to 300
Line load -- dead (LGK) = 43 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 29.58
LATERAL FORCES (unfactored) Ka = 0.33 [ default ka = (1-SIN )/(1+SIN )0.33]
Kp = 2.04 [ default kp = (1+SIN b)/(1-SIN 2.04
Kpc = 2.86 [ default kpc = 2kp ] =
0.5
2.86
Kac = 1.15 [ 2ka0.5 ]
Originated from 'RCC62.xls' v2.1 1999-2002 BCA for RCC chg - R68
SLIDING (using overall factor of safety instead of partial safety factor) F.O.S = 1.50
PASSIVE FORCE, Pp x Reduction factor (1) = -9.49 kN Red'n factor for passive force = 1.00
BASE FRICTION ( V TANb + B Cb ) = -138.36 kN
Sum of FORCES RESISTING SLIDING, Pr = -147.85 kN
GROUND BEARING FAI Taking moments about centre of base (anticlockwise "+") :
Vertical FORCES (kN) Lever arm (m) Moment (kNm) BEARING PRESSURE (KN/m)
Wall = 21.24 0.65 13.81 0 0 5 6 12 6 8 24 8 0 3 6 9 2
0. 0. 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3.
28.80 0.00 0.00 0.000
Base =
Nib = 0.00 2.00 0.00
Earth = 102.50 -0.75 -76.88
Water = 30.00 -0.75 -22.50
Surcharge= 50.00 -0.75 -37.50 50.000
Line load = 53.30 0.50 26.65
V= 285.84 Mv = -96.42
Originated from 'RCC62.xls' v2.1 1999-2002 BCA for RCC chg - R68
CHECK CRACK WIDTH TO BS8110/BS8007 (:Temperature and shrinkage effects not included)
X= 80.69 mm em = 0.000905 BS8007
Acr = 86.81 mm W= 0.18 mm < 0.30 OK App. B.2
CHECK CRACK WIDTH to BS8100/ BS8007 (: Temperature and shrinkage effects not included)
X= 80.69 mm em = 0.000611 BS8007
Acr = 86.81 mm W= 0.12 mm < 0.30 OK App. B.2
Originated from 'RCC62.xls' v2.1 1999-2002 BCA for RCC chg - R68
SUMMARY Approx total reinforcement per metre length of wall (kg) 274.4
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)))))
4
1 73.72
0 79.87 3
BEARING PRESSURE DIAGRAM
0.4 77.41 3
0.8 74.95 3
1.2 72.48 3
0 1 2 3 4 5
1.6 70.02 3 0
2 67.56 3
KN/M^2
2.4 65.10 3
50
2.8 62.64 3
3.2 60.17 3
3.6 57.71 3 100
M
4 55.25 3
4 0.00 0
IF(ECCY<0,B/1000-B/1000/50*B24,B/1000/50*B24)
73.72
0 0.00 79.870 0 79.870 0.080 6.390 8.370 0.080 6.390
1 0.08 79.378 BEARING PRESSURE DIAGRAM 1 79.378 0.080 6.350 7.811 0.080 6.350
2 0.16 78.885 2 78.885 0.080 6.311 7.257 0.080 6.311
3 0.24 78.393 3 78.393 0.080 6.271 6.710 0.080 6.271
4 0.32 77.901 0 6 2 8 4 0
.0 .5 .1 .6 .2 .8 .3 .9
6 2 4 77.901 0.080 6.232 6.170 0.080 6.232
0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3
5 0.40 77.408 0.000 5 77.408 0.080 6.193 5.635 0.080 6.193
6 0.48 76.916 6 76.916 0.080 6.153 5.107 0.080 6.153
7 0.56 76.423 7 76.423 0.080 6.114 4.585 0.080 6.114
KN/M^2
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Diagrams
UTM= 157.92
157.92
0 0.00 0 0.00
1 0.06 1.5336 0.06 MOMENT DIAGRAM
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180
2 0.12 3.1182 0.12 0
0
0.
3 0.18 4.7539 0.18
4 0.24 6.4406 0.24 24
0.
5 0.30 8.1784 0.30
6 0.35 9.9672 0.35 47
0.
7 0.41 11.807 0.41
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8 0.47 13.698 0.47 0.
0 0
0 300 WALL GEOMETRY
4000 0 2000
0 0
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0 0
1000
0 0
0 0 500
0 0 0
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BASE ( mm)
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Diagrams
000)*(BP-(VL/(B/1000)*(1-
0.08 6.390
0.08 6.350
0.08 6.311
0.08 6.271
0.08 6.232
0.08 6.193
0.08 6.153
0.08 6.114
0.08 6.074
0.08 6.035
0.08 5.996
0.08 5.956
0.08 5.917
0.08 5.878
0.08 5.838
0.08 5.799
0.08 5.759
0.08 5.720
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Project Spreadsheets to BS 8110etc
Location Grid line 1 CRACK WIDTH CALCULATIONS
RETAINING WALL design to BS 8110:1997, BS 8002:1994. BS 8004:1986 etc. Made by rc Job No R68
Originated from 'RCC62.xls' v2.1 1999-2002 BCA for RCC Date 27-Jul-17
WALL
MR= 15.06 MIN SPACING= 231 ASreq = 1743.1 fs = 255.23Asprov%= 0.8727
As/bd= 0.009 MSBB= 558 ASBBreq 0.01 fs = 0.0023Asprov%= 0.5539
X= 95.47 MSBT= 524 ASBTreq 730.24 fs = 167.07Asprov%= 0.5539
Ic= 948749705
STS= 0.0013
ST1= 0.0018
ST2= 0.0003455
Acr= 86.046864
W= 0.28
em= 0.0015
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Notes
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with the RCC.
Revision history RCC62 Retaining Wall.xls
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Notes
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