Wall Form Design

7.2.2

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Horizontal Loads

Braces should be designed to resist all foreseeable horizontal

loads, such as seismic forces, wind, cable tension, inclined supports, dumping of concrete, etc.
Wall form bracing must be designed to meet the minimum
wind load requirements of ANSI A58.1 or the local design building
code, whichever is more stringent. For exposed wall, the minimum
wind design load should not be less than 15 psf. Bracing for wall
forms should be designed for a horizontal load of at least 100 lb
per lineal foot of the wall, applied at the top.

7.3

METHOD OF ANALYSIS
Step 1: The procedure for applying equations of Tables 3.15
and 3.16 to the design of a sheathing is to consider
a strip of 1 ft depth (consider the lower 1 ft of sheathing where concrete lateral pressure is maximum).
Determine the maximum allowable span based on
the allowable values of bending stress, shear stress,
and deection. The lowest value will determine the
maximum spacing of studs.
Step 2: Based on the selected stud spacing, the stud itself
is analyzed to determine its maximum allowable
spacing. The studs are subject to uniform pressure
resulting from the fresh concrete. This pressure is
resisted rst by the sheathing which in turn transfer
the loads to studs. The selected stud span will be
the spacing of the wales.
Step 3: Based on the selected stud spacing, the maximum
wale spacing (distance between horizontal supports
or ties) can be determined using the same procedure. For simplicity and economy of design, this
maximum span value is usually rounded down to the
next lower integer or modular value when selecting
the spacing.