STRUCTURAL DESIGN CALCULATION

Date : 05-May-16
Part : UG Swimming Pool Number: Element :
Project :

a) Material Proerties
fcu : 40 MPa (28 days compressive cube strength of concrete)
fy : 500 MPa (Characteristic steel strength)
3
wc : 25 kN/m (unit wt. of concrete)
2
Soil qallow : 350 kN/m (Net Safe bearing capacity of soil)
3
s : 18 kN/m (unit wt. of soil)
w : 10 kN/m3 (unit wt. of water)
: 27 deg (angle of internal friction of soil)
: 0.5 (Conc. friction factor)
Depth of foundation : 1.2 m (Top of footing)

b) Loading
Soil Pressure
Rankins coefficient ka : (1-sin)/(1+sin)
: 0.38
Ht. of RT wall Hs : 1.20 m

Active pressure on wall

pa : ka s H
: 8.111 kPa (maximum at bottom of wall)

Various earth pressure on wall at varying depths.

S.No. depth pressure
1 0.6 4.06
2 0.9 6.08
3 1.2 8.11
4 1.50 10.14
5 1.50 10.14

Water Pressure
max water level Hw : 1.20 m

Hydrostatic pressure on wall

pa : w H
: 12 kPa (maximum at bottom of wall)

Surcharge due to ramp

Live load on wall L1 : 3.13 kPa
Self wt. of solid slab L2 : 1.41 kPa
L : 4.54 kPa

Surcharge due to ramp slab and live load

pa : ka L
: 1.704 kPa (applied uniformly on walls)
 STRUCTURAL DESIGN CALCULATION

Date : 05-May-16
Part : UG Swimming Pool Number: Element :
Project :

c) BM Calculation
Max. ht. of wall h : 1.50 m
Pa : 14.19 kPa (with load factor 1.4)
Surcharge PL : 7.26 kPa (with load factor 1.6)

BM : Pa*1/3h + PL*h2/2
: 35.85 kNm/m (Ultimate load)
: 24.88 kNm/m (Service load)

Reinforcement required
Wall thickess t : 300 mm
Effective depth of footing d : 242 mm
Along Length
bx : 1000 mm
Mux : 35.8 kNm

Here, k : Mu/bd2fcu (BS-8110-1:1997- Sec.3.4.4.4)

: 0.015
< 0.156, hence comp. reinf. is not required.

zx : 237.8 mm
but not greater than, 0.95d 0.95d : 229.9 mm
z : lesser of {237.81, 0.95 d}
zx : 229.9 mm
Required reinforcement for the BM,
As,req : Mu/0.87Fyz
2
Asx,req : 358.5 mm

Provide reinforcement along x direction as

12 mm @ 200 mm c/c. no. of bars : 5 nos.
2
Asx,prov : 565 mm > 358.45 sqmm, Hence o.k.