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Hoop Stress

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NHR

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Nov 7, 2006
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5.0m Diameter Reinforced Concrete Collar, 1.5m deep and 2.0m width.
Side design pressure from the earth to be 30KN/m-sq I am trying to find compression force to check concrete agains to compression.
Could you tell me how to calculate hoop stress?

Thank you

 
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pR/t ... from your post i'm not sure if the thickness is 2m (that'd leave a 1m hole, which looks a bit odd to me)

anyways ...
30e3*2.5/2 about 40kNm-2
 
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