Checks for Bearing Wall with Transfer Loads

[efFeb]

Good Afternoon,
I am working on a project with many transfer beams framing into the perimeter retaining walls.
I have checked the walls for bearing and also using the emperical wall formulas, and they work, but I wanted to do another check, considering each wall segment as an unconfined column.
I would really appreciate input on checks that others have done for similar situations. Also, I am not able to find any reference in the code for unconfined column checks - if anyone may know where this is, I would appreciate it greatly.
Thanks so much for your help.

 

[ash060]

If I'm right in your thinking, by unconfined you mean unconfined reinforcing (no ties). Looking at it that way would be checking as if it were plain concrete. One thing to check is if the emperical formulas apply, if I remember correctly there is an axial stress limit.