CANTILEVERED TILT-UP WALLS

Height of Retaining wall (h) :

Thickness of Retaining wall (t):
Footing Depth (d):
Length of Toe (BL):
Length of Heel (BR):
Length of Base:
Unit Weight of Aggregates (p):
Internal angle of friction, :
Assumed soil allowable bearing pressure:
Coefficient of friction:
Unit weight of concrete:
Concrete cover at base; (cB)
Concrete cover at wall; (cw)
Specified compressive strength of concrete; (f'c)
Specified yield strength of steel; (fy)
Factored load; (yf)

5.00 m
0.40 m
0.40 m
0.70 m
2.90
4.00
19.00
30.00
120.00
0.40
24.00

m
m
KN/m3
deg
KN/m2
KN/m3

50.00 mm
35.00 mm
35.00 KN/m2
500.00 KN/m2
1.40

SLIDING
Note:
Consider the forces acting on a 1.0m length of wall. Horizontal Force due to backfill, Fa is:
Fa= 1/2 pa h
pa= ka p h
ka= 1-sin
1+sin
ka= 0.3333333333
pa= ka p h
pa=
34.2 KN/m2
Fa= 1/2 pa h
Fa=
92.34 KN
and
Weight of Wall (Ww)
Weight of Base (Wb)
Weight of Soil (Ws)
Total vertical force (Wt)

48.00
38.40
275.50
361.90

KN
KN
KN
KN

Friction Force, Ff is
Ff= Wt
Assume passive pressure force (Fp)=

144.76 kN
0 .Hence factor of safety against sliding is

=
F.S.

144.76
92.34
1.57

>

OVERTURNING
Taking moments about point A (see figure), sum of overturning moments (M overturning) is
=
Bending moment (Hm)
(M overturning)

Fa x Hm
3
5.40 m

166.212 kN.m

Sum of restoring moments (Mres) is

Mres

= (Ww x (0.5t+BL)) + (Wb x (0.5(BL+BR+t))) + (W

Mres

822.53 KN.m

822.53
166.212
4.95

Factor safety against overturning

F.S.

>

GROUND BEARING PRESSURE

Moment about center line of base (M) is
M=

Fa x H

+ Ww x 1.1 - Ws x 0.55

3
=
N=
M/N=

67.49
361.90
0.186 m

kN.m
kN

Therefore, the maximum ground pressure occurs at the toe, ptoe ,which is given by
Ptoe=

115.783 kN/m2

Pheel=

65.167 kN/m2

Ground Bearing Pressure at the heel, pheel is

BENDING REINFORCEMENT
Wall
Height of stem of wall; h=
Fs=
Fs=

5.00 m. Horizontal force on stem due to backfill, Fs

1/2 ka p h2
79.17 KN/m

Design moment at base of wall, M is

M=
M=
Effective Depth

Eric:
Look for 1.4 where it come fr

Yf Fs hs
3
184.73 KN.m

20 mm

Assume diameter of main steel:

Hence effective depth, d, is
d=

355.00 mm

Ultimate moment of resistance

Mu=
Mu=
Mu=
Since Mu

Eric:
Look for 0.156 constant valu

0.156*f'c *bd2
688,096,500.00 N.mm
688.10 KN.m
>
M

No compression reinforceme

Steel Area
M
K=

f'c b d2

K=
0.0419
z= d[0.5 + sqrt(0.25-K/0.9)]
z=
337.63
As=
M
0.87 fy z
As=
Asmin =

1258 mm2/m
800.00 mm2/m

Vertical Bars:
spaced at:

20 mm
249 mm

Horizontal Bars:
spaced at:

12 mm
141 mm

=
=
=
=

385.7 kN
162.1 KN/m2
142.62 KN/m2
91.24 KN/m2

159.51 kN.m

Base
Heel

Design moment at point C, Mcr is

Assuming diameter of Main Steel is
Top Bars:
d=
K=

20 dia mm
340.00 mm
159509666.666667
4,046,000,000.00

>

K=
0.0394240402
z= d[0.5 + sqrt(0.25-K/0.9)]
z=
323.00
As=

M
0.87 fy z

As=
spaced at:

1136 mm2/m
276 mm

Toe
Design moment at point B, MB is given by
=

12.83 kN.m

Assuming diameter of Main Steel is

Bottom Bars:
d=
K=

12 dia mm
#VALUE! mm
12834500
#VALUE!
K=
#VALUE!
z= d[0.5 + sqrt(0.25-K/0.9)]
z=
#VALUE!

As=

As=
spaced at:

:
f'c:
fy:
B1:
:
pbalance
pmax
pmin
p

M
0.87 fy z
#VALUE! mm2/m
#VALUE! mm

0.9
35 mpa
500 mpa
0.81
0.2817 where; =p(fy)/f'c
0.0263
0.0197
0.0028
0.0197

b:
d:

1000
355

Ultimate Moment Capacity

Mu= f'c b d2 (1-.59) where =0.90
Mu=
Mu=

932.3177075715 KN.m
932,317,707.57 N.mm

4.7kPa per meter of depth

34degs

fety against sliding is

1.5 OK

(Wb x (0.5(BL+BR+t))) + (Ws x (BL+t+0.5BR))

1.5 OK

Ww x 1.1 - Ws x 0.55

<
<

on stem due to backfill, Fs is

for 1.4 where it come from?

0.667 m
allowable

120.00

for 0.156 constant value comes from?

compression reinforcement required

Asvmin

600.00

OK

Design of Stem
Design of Thickness of stem
Design code: ACI 318-08