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Basement Concrete Wall Design Based on ACI 318-14
INPUT DATA & DESIGN SUMMARY
CONCRETE STRENGTH fc' = 3 ksi
REBAR YIELD STRESS fy = 60 ksi
LATERAL SOIL PRESSURE Pa = 45 pcf (equivalent fluid pressure)
BACKFILL SPECIFIC WEIGHT gb = 110 pcf
SURCHARGE WEIGHT ws = 100 psf
WALL LATERAL FORCE, ASD wLat = 25 psf
SERVICE GRAVITY LOAD P = 20 kips / ft
ECCENTRICITY e = 6 in
SEISMIC GROUND SHAKING PE = 48 psf / ft
HEIGHT ABOVE GROUND H1 = 1.4 ft
HEIGHT UNDER GROUND H2 = 12.5 ft
THICKNESS OF WALL t = 10 in
WALL VERT. REINF. (As) # 5 @ 18 in o.c.
As LOCATION (1=at middle, 2=at each face) 2 at each face
WALL HORIZ. REINF. 2 # 5 @ 18 in o.c.

[THE WALL DESIGN IS ADEQUATE.]

ANALYSIS
Case A: Fixed Bottom & Pinned Top, with Lateral Soil Pressure Increasing Uniformly to Bottom
SERVICE LOADS
Hb = 0.5 Pa H22 = 3.52 kips / ft
Hs = ws Pa H2 / gb = 0.51 kips / ft
HLat = wLat (H1 + H2) = 0.35 kips / ft
HE = 0.5 PE (H2)2 = 3.75 kips / ft
W w = t ( H 1 + H 2 ) gc = 1.74 kips / ft
FACTORED LOADS
gHb = 1.6 Hb = 5.63 kips / ft
gHs = 1.6 Hs = 0.82 kips / ft
gHLat = 1.6 HLat = 0.56 kips / ft
gHE = 1.6 HE = 6.00 kips / ft
gWw = 1.2 Ww = 2.09 kips / ft
gP = 1.6 P = 32.00 kips / ft
DETERMINE FACTORED SECTION FORCES

RT = 5.89 kips / ft
RB = 7.11 kips / ft
PB = 34.09 kips / ft
MB = 16.53 ft-kips / ft
S = 7.00 ft, at max moment
PM = 33.04 kips / ft
MM = 8.32 ft-kips / ft
Case B: Pinned both Bottom & Top, with Lateral Soil Pressure Trapezium Distributed

L = 0.6 H2
Hb = 1.13 kips / ft
gHb = 1.80 kips / ft
RT = 6.20 kips / ft
RB = 2.97 kips / ft
S = 6.13 ft, at max moment
PM = 33.16 kips / ft
MM = 13.82 ft-kips / ft

CHECK MINIMUN HORIZ. REINF.

rProvD = 0.003444
> rMIN = 0.002
(ACI 318 11.6.1)
[Satisfactory]

CHECK VERT. FLEXURE CAPACITY

rProvD = 0.00224 < rMAX = 0.04 (tension face only, ACI 318-14 22.2.3 or 10.9.1)
> rMIN = 0.00075 (tension face only, ACI 318-14 6.6.4.3, 9.6.1 or 11.6.1)
[Satisfactory]

200.0 f Pn f Mn
180.0 AT AXIAL LOAD ONLY 171.5 0.0
160.0 AT MAXIMUM LOAD 171.5 8.0
AT MIDDLE 115.5 19.3
140.0
AT e t = 0.002 59.5 22.5
120.0
AT BALANCED 58.1 22.6
f Pn (k) 100.0 AT e t = 0.005 42.7 25.4
80.0 AT FLEXURE ONLY 0.0 7.0
60.0 (Note: For middle reinforcing the max fMn is at c
equal to 0.5 t / b1, not at balanced condition.)
40.0
Case A Case B
20.0
at bottom at middle
0.0
Pu 34.09 33.04 33.16
0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0
Mu 16.53 8.32 13.82
f Mn (ft-k) [Satisfactory]
CHECK SHEAR CAPACITY (ACI 318 13.2.7.2 & 22.5)

V u  Max. Horiz. Shear = 7.11 kips, at bottom

fV n  2f bd fc
'
= 7.58 kips > Vu [Satisfactory]
 (cont'd)

ng the max fMn is at c

b1, not at balanced condition.)