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REVISION:
TITLE: Design of Wall Footing
REFERENCE DESIGN CALCULATIONS & FORMULAS Output
ACI-318-08

wall width,bw= 8 in.

Footing depth,h= 5 ft. below the final grade
concrete clear cover,cc= 3 in.
3
soil unit weight,γs= 110 lb/ft
Allowable soil pressure ,qa= 1200 psf.
Steel
Steel Yield Yield Strength ,fy= 60 ksi
Strength
Concrete Compressive strength,fc= 4 ksi. normal-weight concrete.
Concrete density ,γd= 150 pcf.

Service loads:
Dead load,ωd= 3.4 k/ft.
Live load ,ωl= 1 k/ft.

Footing thickness t= 14 in.

Depth to tension reinforcement,d= 10.5 in.

The effective soil pressure:

 
      ℎ  475 psf.

Width of footing required

 
  9.2632 ft.


Using 10 ft. O.k

Bearing Pressure for Strength Design for a 14in. width

1.2 1.6

   0.64 ksf


Depth Required for Shear at a Distance d from Face of Wall


     
  2.43 kips.
2

  2.1307 in
0.75 2  
h reqd= 5.6307 in. O.k

0.64ksf

10ft.
3.79ft. 10.5in. 4in.

Critical flexure and shear locations

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REVISION:
TITLE: Design of Wall Footing
REFERENCE DESIGN CALCULATIONS & FORMULAS Output

Determining Steel Area (Using d = 10.5in.)

Taking moments at face of wall

 
%&'()*)+ )',ℎ    4.6667 ft.
2 2.

- 
  6.9689 ft.-k.
2

-
/$   70.233 psi.
0.
0.85 2/$
1 1 1  0.0012
3 0.85

145$  0.0033

2
/)
6(+)   1  0.4158 in /ft.

Use # 6 bars @ 10 in.   0.53 ('./ O.k

Development Length

12.2.4(a) 78  1
12.2.4(b) 7  1
12.2.4 (c) 7  1
λ= 1

cb = side cover = 3.5 in.

cb = one-half of center-to-center spacing of bars= 5 in.

:8  0 (no transverse reinforcement)

%" :8
 4.6667 > 2.5
"
use 2.5

3 3 78 7 7
  "  28.46 diameters
40  %" :8
"

  !
 22.319 diameters
"  # $

  17 in.

Available development length assuming = 53 in. > 17 in. Ok

bars are cut off 3 iin. from edge of footing

Longitudinal Temperature and Shrinkage Steel (Perpendicular to the #6 Bars)

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6(+)   0.0018ℎ  0.3024 in2

Use # 6 bars @ 10 in.   0.53 ('./ O.k