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EXAMPLE Mexican RCDF-2004 Wall-002

P-M INTERACTION CHECK FOR A WALL

EXAMPLE DESCRIPTION
The Demand/Capacity ratio for a given axial loading and moment is tested in this
example. The wall is reinforced as shown below. The concrete core wall is
loaded with a factored axial load Pu = 10165 kN and moments Mu3 = 11430 kN-
m. The design capacity ratio is checked by hand calculations and results are
compared with ETABS 2013 program results.

GEOMETRY, PROPERTIES AND LOADING

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Material Properties Section Properties Design Properties

E= 25000 MPa tb = 200 mm f ′c = 30 MPa

ν= 0.2 H = 2500 mm fy = 460 MPa
d= 2400 mm
s= 460 mm
As1= As5 = 4-35M+2-20M (4600 mm^2)
As2, As3, As4, As5 = 2-20M (600 mm^2)

TECHNICAL FEATURES OF ETABS 2013 TESTED

 Demand/Capacity Ratio for a General Reinforcing pier section.

RESULTS COMPARISON
Independent results are hand calculated and compared with ETABS 2013 design
check.

ETABS Percent
Output Parameter 2013 Independent Difference

Wall Demand/Capacity Ratio 1.000 1.00 0.000%

COMPUTER FILE: MEXICAN RCDF-04 WALL-002

CONCLUSION
The ETABS 2013 results show an acceptable match with the independent results.

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HAND CALCULATION

Wall Strength Determined as follows:

1) A value of e = 1124.4 mm was determined using e  M u / Pu where M u and Pu were

taken from the ETABS 2013 test model PMM interaction diagram for the pier, P1.
Values for M u and Pu were taken near the balanced condition and large enough to
produce a flexural D/C ratio very close to or equal to one. The depth to the neutral
axis, c, was determined by iteration using an excel spreadsheet so that equations 1 and
2 below were equal.

2) From the equation of equilibrium:

Pn = Cc  Cs  T

where

C c = C cw + C cf , where C cw and C c f are the area of the concrete web and flange in
compression
Ccw  0.85 • 0.8 fc • 200 •  a  200 
Ccf  0.85 • 0.8 fc  200 •1500 
Cs  A1  fs1  0.85 • 0.8 • fc  A2  fs 2  0.85 • 0.8 • fc  A3  fs 3  0.85 • 0.8 • fc
T = As4 f s4  As5 f s5  As6 f s6

Pn1  0.85 • 0.8 fc • 200 •  a  200   0.85 • 0.8 fc  200 •1500   A1  fs1  0.85 • 0.8 • fc
 A2  fs 2  0.85 • 0.8 • fc  A3  fs 3  0.85 • 0.8 • fc  As 4 fs 4  As 5 fs 5  As 6 fs 6
(Eqn. 1)

3) Taking moments about As6:

  a tf  
1 Ccf  d  d  Ccw  d   t f   Cs1  d  d 
Pn2    2   (Eqn. 2)
e  
Cs 2  4s   Cs3  3s   Ts 4  2s   Ts5  s  

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where Cs1  A1  f s1  0.85 • 0.8 f c , Csn  An  f sn  0.85 • 0.8 f c , Tsn  f sn Asn , and the
bar strains are determined below. The plastic centroid is at the center of the section,
2500  200
d   = 1150 mm
2
e' = e + d " = 1124.4 +1150 = 2274.4 mm

4) Using c = 1413 mm (from iteration)

a = 0.85c = 0.85  1413=1201 mm

5) Assuming the extreme fiber strain equals 0.003 and c = 1413 mm, the steel stresses
and strains can be calculated. When the bar strain exceeds the yield strain then,
fs  f y :
 cd '
 s1    0.003 = 0.00279; f s   s E  Fy ; f s1 = 460.0 MPa
 c 
csd '
 s2    0.003 = 0.00181 f s 2 = 362.2 MPa
 c 
 c  2s  d ' 
 s3    0.003 = 0.00083 f s 2 = 166.8 MPa
 c 
 d  c  2s 
 s4     s6 = 0.00014 f s 3 = 28.6 MPa
 d c 
 d cs 
 s5     s6 = 0.00112 f s 4 = 223.9 MPa
 d c 
 d c 
 s6    0.003 = 0.00210 f s 5 = 419.3 MPa
 c 

Substituting in Eqn. 1 and 2 and iterating the value of the neutral axis depth until the
two equations are equal give
Pn1 = 14522 kN
Pn2 = 14522 kN
M n  Pn e  14522(1124.4) /1000000 = 16328 kN-m

6) Calculate Pn and M n ,

Pn  0.70 14522   10165 kN
M n  0.70 16382   11430 kN-m

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