DESIGN OF COUNTERFORT RETAINING WALL

WITH FRONT AND REAR COUNTERFORT

GENERAL ARRANGEMENT
HEIGHT ABOVE GROUND M. 10.5 0.35
DEPTH OF FOUNDATION M. 3
ANGLE OF REPOSE 20
BEARING CAPACITY T/SQ.M. 30
COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION 0.6
DENSITY OF SOIL T/CU.M. 1.7 10.5
GRADE OF CONCRETE 25
GRADE OF STEEL 415
ACTIVE PRESSURE COEFFICIENT 0.49
PASSIVE PRESSURE COEFFICIENT 2.04
SUBMERGED PRESSURE 1.34
REAR C.F.
THK OF WALL AT BASE M. 0.7
THK OF WALL AT TOP M. 0.35 WIDTH STEM
THK. OF TOE SLAB M. 0.8 4 FRONT C.F.
THK. OF HEAL SLAB M. 0.8 7.5 3 4 7.5
SPACING OF COUNTERFORT M. 3 0.7
THK OF COUNTERFORT M. 0.7 0.8 TOE HEAL 0.8

CHECK FOR STABILITY AGAINST OVERTURNING KEY

0.7
ELEMENT MARK WT. TON CG FROM TOE M. MOMENT T-M 0.7
STRAIGHT WALL W1 11.11 4.18 46.39
TRIANGULAR WALL W2 5.56 4.23 23.52 PRESSURE DIAGRAM T/M
TOE SLAB W3 8.00 2.00 16.00 0.35
HEAL SLAB W4 16.40 8.45 138.58
SOIL ABOVE TOE W5 14.96 2.00 29.92
SOIL ABOVE HEAL W6 161.93 8.45 1368.27
TOTAL 217.95 1622.68
10.5

OVERTURNING MOMENT T-M 550.80 5.7

REAR C.F.
FOS 2.95 OK 23.6

MAX BASE PRESSURE T/SQ.M. 28.25 SAFE STEM 2.2 15.7

MIN BASE PRESSURE T/SQ.M. 7.48 NO TENSION FRONT C.F.
4 7.5 17.1
0.7
CHECK FOR STABILITY AGAINST SLIDING TOE HEAL 0.8

FRICTION T. 130.77 10.4 KEY 18.1

PASSIVE EARTH PRESSURE T. 15.60 0.7

SLIDING PRESSURE T. 122.40 7.48

FOS 1.20 PROVIDE SHEAR KEY

WIDTH DEPTH 9.2
SHEAR KEY 0.7 0.7 28.3 20.2
26.5 21.4

DESIGN OF TOE SLAB CRACK WIDTH CALCULATION

Ast reqd bar Dia spacing Ast Prov. m x Icr e1 acr em Wcr
CONTINUOUS BEAM MOMENT AT SUPPORT T-M 24.4 919.0 20 125 2512 16 208.6 1.48E+10 0.000519 70.0 0.000090 0.017 SAFE
CONTINUOUS BEAM MOMENT AT CENTRE T-M 18.3 685.6
CANTILEVER MOMENT AT FACE OF STEM T-M 15.6 582.9 Tv Pt REQD Tc
CONTINUOUS BEAM SHEAR AT d DISTANCE T 25.2 0.34 0.35 0.35 SAFE

DESIGN OF HEAL SLAB CRACK WIDTH CALCULATION

Ast reqd bar Dia spacing Ast Prov. m x Icr e1 acr em Wcr
CONTINUOUS BEAM MOMENT AT SUPPORT T-M 17.2 643.4 12 150 753.3 16 122.9 ### 0.001157 82.0 -0.000461 -0.101 SAFE
CONTINUOUS BEAM MOMENT AT CENTRE T-M 12.9 480.8
CANTILEVER MOMENT AT FACE OF STEM T-M 3.3 122.8 Tv Pt REQD Tc
CONTINUOUS BEAM SHEAR AT FACE T 26.3 0.35 0.35 0.36 SAFE

DESIGN OF STEM CRACK WIDTH CALCULATION

Ast reqd bar Dia spacing Ast Prov. m x Icr e1 acr em Wcr
CONTINUOUS BEAM MOMENT AT SUPPORT T-M 18.4 691.7 16 125 1608 16 159.0 7.54E+09 0.000705 70.8 0.0000874 0.017 SAFE
CONTINUOUS BEAM MOMENT AT CENTRE T-M 13.8 516.8
CANTILEVER MOMENT AT FACE OF STEM T-M 16.3 608.7 Tv Pt REQD Tc
CONTINUOUS BEAM SHEAR AT FACE T 28.3 0.43 0.5 0.45 SAFE

DESIGN OF REAR COUNTERFORT

CANTILEVER MOMENT AT BASE T-M 2063.5 7772.6

Tv Pt REQD Tc
SHEAR FORCE AT BASE T. 487.5 0.22 0.2 0.25 SAFE