jamiemaccas
Civil/Environmental
Hi All,
I am a 4th year civil engineering student and have a question regarding wall design.
We have a project to design an underground water tank, approx 10m long, 5m wide, and 3.5m deep. The water table is near the ground surface and the lid of the tank will be required to support 7.5 kPa.
I am having some interpretation issues regarding the code for wall design that is subject to in plane bending, shear, and axial forces. I am considering the top of the wall to be unrestrained (the lid of the tank is not connected to the wall) and hence section 11 states to design it in accordance to section 9 and 10 as appropriate.
Do I simply take a 1m unit length of the wall and design it as a column and then apply minimum confinement and horizontal reo as per section 11?
Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
I am a 4th year civil engineering student and have a question regarding wall design.
We have a project to design an underground water tank, approx 10m long, 5m wide, and 3.5m deep. The water table is near the ground surface and the lid of the tank will be required to support 7.5 kPa.
I am having some interpretation issues regarding the code for wall design that is subject to in plane bending, shear, and axial forces. I am considering the top of the wall to be unrestrained (the lid of the tank is not connected to the wall) and hence section 11 states to design it in accordance to section 9 and 10 as appropriate.
Do I simply take a 1m unit length of the wall and design it as a column and then apply minimum confinement and horizontal reo as per section 11?
Any tips would be greatly appreciated!