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Slender Wall Design

Alternative Design Method (ACI 318-05, 14.8)
Design of the wall shown is required. The wall is restrained at the top edge, and the roof
load is supported through 4 in. tee stems spaced at 4 ft on center.

Design Data
Loads:
Roof dead load

q D := 60psf

Roof live load

q L := 30psf

Wind

q W := 20psf

Steel
fy := 60ksi

Es := 29000ksi

minh := 0.0020

minv := 0.0012

Concrete
f'c := 4ksi

wc := 150

lbf
ft

:= 0.9

1
Ec := 57000 f'c
psi Ec = 3605 ksi
psi

1
fr := 7.5 f'c
psi
psi

1 := if f'c 4000psi , 0.85 , max 0.65 , 0.85 0.05

(f'c 4000psi)
1000psi

fr = 474.341 psi
1 = 0.85

Geometry
Wall height

l c := 16ft

Stem width

w := 4in

Parapet length

l p := 2ft

Tee beam spacing

s := 4ft

Roof load eccentiricity

e := 6.75in

Roof span

l r := 40ft

Effective length factor

k := 1.0

Wall thickness

h := 6.50in

Slenderness

k lc
0.3 h

Reinforcement location

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= 98.462

d := 0.5 h

d = 3.25 in
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Calculations
1.

Trial wall section

Minimum reinforcement area

Asminv := minv h

Trial area of vertical reinforcement

in
As := 0.175
ft

in
Asminv = 0.094
ft

2.

3.

Effective wall length for roof reaction

Roof loading per foot width of wall

Roof dead load

Wall dead load at midheight

Roof live load

4.

Factored load combinations

(1.2D + 0.5Lr + 1.6W)
Factored axial load at mid-height
Moment (not-magnified) at
mid-height

l eff := min( w + 4 h , s)

l eff = 2.5 ft

b := 1ft
s lr
PD1 := q D

l eff 2
lc

PD2 := h l p +
wc
2

PD1 = 1920 plf

PD2 = 812.5 plf

s lr
PL := q L

l eff 2

PL = 960 plf

Pu := b 1.2 PD1 + PD2 + 0.5 PL Pu = 3.759 kips

q W l c
e
e
M ua := b 1.2 PD1 + 0.5 PL + 1.6
8
2
2

M ua = 21.684 in kips

5.

Check axial stress at mid-height

Ag := b h

Gross area of concrete

0.06f'c = 240 psi

Allowable axial stress

Axial stress check

Pu
Ag

Ag = 78 in

= 48.192 psi

Pu

0.06 f'c , "OK" , "NG" = "OK"

Ag

if

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6.

Panel properties
Gross moment of inertia

Depth of equivalent concrete stress

block

b h
Ig :=
12
Pu

a :=

Ig = 274.625 in

+ As b fy
a = 0.36 in

0.85 f'c b
a

Neutral axis depth

c :=

Net tensile steel strain

(Check if section is
tension-controlled)

t :=

c = 0.423 in

1
0.003

( d c)

t = 0.02

if t > 0.005 , "OK" , "NG" = "OK"

Cracked moment of inertia

Icr :=
Icr
Ig

Cracking moment

b ( c)

Es

Pu

fy

As b +

Ec

= 0.057

M cr :=

( d c)

Icr = 15.58 in

fr Ig

M cr = 40.082 in kips

h
2

Moment capacity

M n := fy As b +

a
d
2
fy

Pu

M n = 45.059 in kips
7.

Check design strength vs. required

strength
Magnified moment

if M n M cr , "OK" , "NG" = "OK"

M ua

M u :=
1
Mu
M n

Ultimate load deflections

u :=
Double-check magnified moments
(Should be equal to M ui)
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M n = 40.553 in kips

5Pu l c

M u = 32.988 in kips

0.75 48 Ec Icr

Mu

= 0.813 if

5M u l c

M n

1 , "OK" , "NG"

= "OK"

0.75 48 Ec Icr

u = 3.007 in

M ua + Pu u = 32.988 in kips
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8.

Check service load deflections

(1.0*D + 1.0*Lr + 1.0W)
(For seismic devide by 1.4 to reduce
to service level)
Service load (not magnified) moment

q W l c
e
e
M sa := b 1.0 PD1 + 1.0 PL + 1.0
8
2
2

M sa = 17.4 in kips

Service load axial load

Ps := b 1.0 PD1 + PD2 + 1.0 PL

Allowable service load displacement

Find magnified moment and effective

moment of inertia
Let the service magnified moment
Ms = Msa

s.allowable :=

s.allowable = 1.28 in

150

:= 1

:= 1

Given
= max 1 ,

5 Ps l c

1 48E I
c ( g)

where

Let the effective moment of inertia

I e = Ig

M 3

cr
= min 1 ,
+
M
sa

where

Solve for and

lc

Ps = 3.693 kips

Mcr

Msa

Icr

I
g

:= Find( , )

= 1.015

= 1.000

Magnified service moment

M s := M sa

M s = 17.653 in kips

Effective moment of inertia

Ie := Ig

Ie = 274.625 in

Service load displacement

5M s l c

s :=

48 Ec Ie
s

Sevice load displacement check

s.allowable

s = 0.068 in

= 0.053

if s s.allowable , "OK" , "NG" = "OK"

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