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RC WALL DESIGN (ACI 318-05)

200 mm

Geometry of wall
Depth of wall; h = 250 mm
Clear cover to reinforcement (both sides); cc = 40 mm
Unsupported height of wall; lu = 3500 mm
Effective height factor; k = 1.00
Reinforcement of wall
Numbers of reinforcement layers; Nl = 2
Vertical steel bar diameter number; Dver_num = 4
Spacing of vertical steel; sv = 200 mm
Diameter of vertical steel bar; Dver = 13 mm
Horizontal steel bar diameter number; Dhor_num = 4
Spacing of horizontal steel; sh = 200 mm
Diameter of horizontal bar; Dhor = 13 mm
Specified yield strength of reinforcement; fy = 415 MPa
Specified compressive strength of concrete; f'c = 40 MPa
Modulus of elasticity of bar reinforcement; Es = 200000 MPa
Modulus of elasticity of concrete; Ec = 4700 (fc 1 MPa) = 29725 MPa
Ultimate design strain; c = 0.003 mm/mm
Check for minimum area of vertical steel of double layer reinforcement wall (ACI 318-05, cl. 14.3)
Gross area of wall per running meter length; Ag = h 1000 mm = 250000 mm2
Numbers of vertical bars per running meter length; Nv = 1000 mm / sv = 5.0
Area of vertical steel per running meter length; Ast_v = 2 Nv (Dver2) / 4 = 1327 mm2
Minimum area of vertical steel required; Ast_v_min = 300 mm2
PASS - vertical steel provided is greater than minimum vertical steel required
Check for minimum area of horizontal steel of double layer reinforcement wall (ACI 318-05, cl. 14.3)
Gross area of wall per running meter length; Ag = h 1000 mm = 250000 mm2
Number of horizontal bar per running meter height; Nh = 1000 mm / sh = 5.000
Area of horizontal steel per running meter height; Ast_h = 2 Nh (Dhor2) / 4 = 1327 mm2
Minimum area of horizontal steel required; Ast_h_min = 500 mm2
PASS - horizontal steel provided is greater than minimum horizontal steel required
Unbraced wall slenderness check (ACI 318-05, cl. 10.12)
Maximum slenderness ratio limit; sr_max = 100
Permissible slenderness ratio; sr_perm = 22
Slenderness check for unbraced wall
Radius of gyration; rmin = 0.3 h = 75 mm
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Actual slenderness ratio; sr_act = k lu / rmin = 46.67

Wall slenderness limit OK, wall is unbraced slender wall
Design loads and moments for wall subjected to shear, axial load and bending
Ultimate axial force per running meter; Pu_act = 2620.00 kN/m
Ultimate large end moment per running meter; M2_act = 99.00 kNm/m
Ultimate small end moment per running meter; M1_act = 75.00 kNm/m
Ultimate shear force per running meter; Vu_act = 360.00 kN/m
Ratio of DL moment to total moment; d = 0.650
Magnified moment for uniaxially unbraced slender wall (ACI 318-05, cl. 10.13)
Moment of inertia of section; Ig = (1000 mm h3) / 12 = 1302083333 mm4
Pc = ( 0.4 Ec Ig) / ((1 + d) (k lu ) 1 m) = 7559.73 kN/m
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Eulers buckling load;
Correction factor for actual to equiv. mmt. diagram; Cm = 1
Moment magnifier; ns1 = Cm / (1 - (Pu_act / (0.75 Pc))) = 1.859
Moment magnifier; ns = ns1 = 1.859
Magnified uniaxial moment; Mc= ns M2_act = 184.05 kNm/m
Axial load capacity of double layer reinforcement wall subjected to bending
c/dt ratio; r = 0.752
Effective cover to reinforcement; d = cc + (Dver / 2) = 47 mm
Depth of tension steel; dt = h - d = 204 mm
Depth of NA from extreme compression face; c = r dt = 153 mm
Factor of depth of comp. stress block (cl.10.2.7.3); 1 = 0.764
Depth of equivalent rectangular stress block; a = min((1 c), h) = 117 mm
Stress in compression reinforcement; fs = Es c (1 - (d / c)) = 418 MPa
Since abs(f's) > fy, hence f'cs = fy
fcs = min(abs(fs), fy) = 415 MPa
Stress in tension reinforcement; fs = Es c ((dt / c) - 1) = 198 MPa
Since abs(fs) < fy, fs = fts
fts = min(abs(fs), fy) = 198 MPa
Capacity of concrete in compression; Cc = 0.85 fc a 1000 mm /1 m= 3974.53 kN/m
Area of vertical tension steel per running meter; As = Ast_v / 2 = 664 mm2
Area of vertical comp. steel per running meter; As = Ast_v / 2 = 664 mm2
Strength of steel in compression; Cs = As fcs / 1 m = 275.42 kN/m
Strength of steel in tension; Ts = As fts / 1 m= 131.60 kN/m
Nominal axial load strength; Pn = Cc + Cs - Ts = 4118.35 kN/m
Strength reduction factor; = 0.65 = 0.650
Ultimate axial load carrying capacity of wall; Pu = Pn = 2676.93 kN/m
PASS - wall is safe in axial loading
Bending capacity of wall
Centroid of wall; y = h 0.5 = 125 mm
Nominal moment strength; Mn = Cc (y - (0.5 a)) + Cs (y - cc) + Ts (dt - y) = 298.25 kNm/m
Ultimate moment strength capacity of wall; Mu = Mn = 193.86 kNm/m
PASS - wall is safe for bending
Eccentricity ratio
Actual eccentricity; ed = Mc / Pu_act = 70 mm
Calculated eccentricity; eall = Mu / Pu = 72 mm
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Eccentricity ratio; er = ed / eall = 0.970

Compression controlled case
Check for shear capacity of wall subjected to shear, axial load and bending (ACI 318-05, cl. 11.3.1.2)
Effective cover to reinforcement; d = cc + (Dver / 2) = 47 mm
Depth of tension steel; dt = h - d = 204 mm
Factored moment for axial compression; Mm = M2_act - (Pu_act ((4 h) - dt) / 8) = -161.85 kNm/m
Vc1 = (0.16(fc1MPa)dt)+(17Ast_vmin(1,(Vu_actdt/Mm)))(1kN/m )
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Shear force resisting capacity of wall (eq. 11.5);
Shear force resisting capacity of wall; Vc1 = 205.92 kN/m
Max. shear force resisting capacity of wall(eq.11.7); Vmax = 0.29 (fc) h (1 MPa + (0.29 Pu_act 1 m / Ag))
Max. shear force resisting capacity of wall; Vmax = 921.54 kN/m
Shear force resisting capacity of wall; Vc = Vmax = 921.54 kN/m;
PASS - shear force resisting capacity of wall is greater than shear force acting on wall
Design summary
Wall is 250 mm thick with 40 MPa concrete and 415 MPa steel
Vertical reinforcenment is 13 mm dia at 200 mm spacing
Horizontal reinforcenment is 13 mm dia at 200 mm spacing
Design status
PASS - wall is safe
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