Considerations:

a) Design for active/pasive/at rest condition of soil.

b) Depth of Trench should be ------
c) Soil Bearing Capacity is considered as ------- (minimum value among the all values from different bore holes)
Soil Parameters:
Allowable bearing capacity = kN/m
2
Unit weight of soil = kN/m
3
Uniform surcharge = kN/m
2
Angle of Repose =
Earth pressure coefficient =
Ground Water Table depth =
Material Properties:
Grade of concrete =
Grade of reinforcement =
Unit Weight of concrete =
Clear Cover to Concrete:
Cover Slab
Side wall
Bottom Slab
Loading Data:
Uniform distributed load on top slab
Uniform surcharge pressure
point loas at midpoint of top slab
A. POWER CABLE TRENCH OF 2000mm*1500mm
Trench Particulars
Depth excluding bottom slab (max)
Height of top from FGL
Clear width (internal)
Cover slab thickness
width of each cover slab
Bearing legth on each wall
side wall thickness
bottom slab thickness
Design of precast slab
Effective span of slab
minimum thickness required = l/20
Self weight of slab
point load at mid span
maximum bending moment from point load
UDL on each trench cover
maximum bending moment from UDL
Design bending moment
Main Reinforcement :
dia. Of reinf. Steel
effective depth
Assuming depth of stress block,a =
Area of steel As= M*1000000/(0.9*fy**(d-a/2))
Check for stress block,a
a= As*fy/(0.85*fc'*b)
consideration is OK, so As =
Minimum reinforcement = 0.18% =
Provide 2 nos 10 mm dia bars as main reinfocement , Ast provided =
Distribution Reinforcement :
Min. Reinforcement = 0.0018*bt =
Provide 10 nos 8mm bars as main R/I , Ast provided =
Check for shear
Shear force ( case 1 ; For Point Load )=
Shear force ( case 2 ; For UDL )=
Shear stress developed =
Permissible shear stress =
Design of side wall
( Load per metre width of cable trench)
Earth pressure at bottom =
bending moment due to earth pressure = wl^3/36
Bending moment due to surcharge pressure =
Total bending moment which is producing tension outside=
Design bending moment=
Wall thickness=
vertical reinforcement
diameter of reinforcement steel
effective depth
assuming depth of stress block,A =
area of steel , As = M*1000000/(.9*fy*(d-a/2)) =
check for stress block,a
a= As*fy/(0.85*fc'*b)
Consideration is OK , So As =
Minimum Reinf. = 0.18% =
So, spacing =
Distribution Reinf.
Min Reinf. = 0.0018*bt
Provide 9 nos 8 mm bars as distribution reinforcement , Ast provided =
Design of bottom slab
( Load per metre width of cable trench)
length of cover slab =
weight of cover slab =
live load on cover slab (point load)
live load on cover slab (UDL)
weight of cables =
weight of side walls =
bottom slab width =
weight of bottom slab =
weight of bottom slab =
weight of water =
Total load
Pressure at bottom slab =
Net upward pressure =
Effective span = 2+d =
Bending moment at ( bottom ) ends of bottom slab =
Bending moment at ( top ) middle of bottom slab =
Design moment
c) Soil Bearing Capacity is considered as ------- (minimum value among the all values from different bore holes)