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Analysis ref; Formwork For Concrete - 7th edition Wall Location Below Grade
Design ref; Formwork_A_Guide_To_Good_Practice - 2nd edition External Lateral Force Yes.

1.) a.) Project data

wc - 23.50 kN/m3 Unit weight of concrete
h - 3.6 m Wall height
R - 1.52 m/hr Rate of placement OK!!
T - 100 F Temperature of casting concrete
a - A - Cement type Type I,II and III cement without retarder

fy - 248.21 kN/mm Steel yield strength

2

E - 199948.00 kN/mm2 Modulus of elasticity of steel

Ha - 0.00 kN/m Additional external lateral force

b.) Material and Sections

Plywood [Grain perpendicular to strut]
tp - 12.50 mm Thickness of plywood
EI - 1.20 kN-m /m Bending stiffness
2

fZ - 0.19 kN-m/m Moment capacity

qA - 6.30 kN/m Shear load

Vertical Strut HSS

th - 1.25 mm Thickness
Dh - 50.00 mm Depth OK!!
Bh - 50.00 mm Width OK!!
φ - 50.00 mm Diameter N.A!!
Sv - 228.60 mm Assumed struct spacing
lv - 400.00 mm Length (same as whale spacing)

Whale Circular
D - 50.00 mm Depth N.A!!
B - 50.00 mm Width N.A!!
φ - 50.00 mm Diameter OK!!
t - 1.25 mm Thickness
N - 2.00 nos. Number
Sw - 400.00 mm Assumed whale spacing
lw - 600.00 mm Whale length (same as strong back spacing)

Strong Back Circular

D - 50.00 mm N.A!!
B - 50.00 mm N.A!!
φ - 50.00 mm OK!!
t - 1.25 mm Thickness
Ss - 600.00 mm Assumed strong back spacing
ls - 800.00 mm Braced length of strong back
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Inclined Strut Circular

D - 50.00 mm N.A!!
B - 50.00 mm N.A!!
φ - 50.00 mm OK!!
t - 1.25 mm Thickness
Si - 600.00 mm Inclined strut spacing (same as strong back spacing)
li - 1701.80 mm Length of inclined strut
D/t - 40.00 Width-thickness ratio
λr - 42.17 Limiting width-thickness ratio [253/sqrt(fy)]
OK!!
λc - 1.50 Assumed slenderness parameter
K - 1.00 Assumed Effective length factor
ϴ - 29.00° Degree of inclined strut

2.) Output
Cw - 1.04 - Unit weight coefficient (Table 5-4)
Cc - 1.00 - Chemistry coefficient (Table 5-4)
H - 8.56 kN/m Minimum external lateral force (SEI/ ASCE 37)
[100 lb/ft or (100 psf for below grade) x 1 x h x (1/2)]
Pmax - 29.85 kN/m 2
Maximum lateral pressure (Eq; 2.4)
[Cw x Cc x (150 + 9000 x (R/T)]

hps - 2.34 m Height of pressure stable point from bottom [h - Pmax / wc]

hts - 1.26 m Height of pressure stable point from top [Pmax / wc]

Ptop - 4.29 kN Top point load on strut [0.5 x Pmax x hts]

Pbot - 15.98 kN Bottom point load on strut [Pmax x hps]

Properties of plywood
wp - 9.10 kN/m Distributed load on plywood per feet
Mu - 0.17 kN-m/m Design moment for plywood [wpSv2/9]
Mn - 0.19 kN-m/m Moment capacity OK!!

Properties of vertical strut [From section properties calculator]

S - 4096.00 mm3 Elastic section modulus

I - 104057.00 mm 4
Moment of inertia
EI - 68.26 kN-m /m Bending capacity
2

S x fy - 3.34 kN-m/m Moment Capacity

wv - 50.68 kN/m Distributed load on strut per feet [(Ptop + Pbot)/lv]

Mu - 1.90 kN-m/m Design moment for strut [wvlv2/14]

Mn - 3.34 kN-m/m Moment Capacity OK!!
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Properties of whale [From section properties calculator]

S - 4096.00 mm3 Elastic section modulus

I - 104057.00 mm4 Moment of inertia
EI - 68.26 kN-m /m Bending capacity
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S x fy - 6.67 kN-m/m Moment Capacity [2 x S x fy]

Nv - 2.00 nos. Total number of vertical strut [lw/sv]

rv - 10.13 kN Reaction from one vertical strut [(wv x lv)/2]
ww - 33.78 kN/m Distributed load on whale per feet [(Nv x rv)/lw]

Mu - 3.33 kN-m/m Design moment for whale [wwlw2/12]

Mn - 6.67 kN-m/m Moment Capacity OK!!

δallow - 2.22 mm Allowable deflection (Appendix-C)

[lw/270]
δact - 1.39 mm Actual deflection (Appendix-B) OK!!
[0.013 ww x lw /EI]
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Properties of strong back [From section properties calculator]

S - 4096.00 mm3 Elastic section modulus

I - 104057.00 mm 4
Moment of inertia
EI - 68.26 kN-m /m Bending capacity
2

S x fy - 3.34 kN-m/m Moment Capacity

Nw - 2.00 nos. Number of whale set [ls/sw]

rw - 10.13 kN Reaction from one whale set [ww x lw/2]
ws - 25.34 kN/m Distributed load on strong back per feet [(Nw x rw)/ls]

Mu - 4.43 kN-m/m Design moment for strong back [ws x ls2/12]

Mn - 3.34 kN-m/m Moment capacity NOT OK!!, Mu>Mn

δallow - 2.96 mm Allowable deflection (Appendix -C)

[ls/270]
δact - 2.47 mm Actual deflection OK!!
[0.013 ws x ls3 /EI]
Properties of inclined strut
Ag - 374.00 mm2 Gross cross-sectional area
S - 4096.00 mm 3
Elastic section modulus
I - 104057.00 mm 4
Moment of inertia
r - 16.51 in Radius of gyration
KL/r - 103.08 Slenderness ratio OK!!
Fe 185.78 kN/mm2 elastic buckling stress [π2E/(kl/r)2]
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EI - 68.26 kN-m2/m Bending capacity

S x fy - 3.34 kN-m/m Moment Capacity

Fcr - 141.90 kN/mm2 Critical compressive stress [(0.658fy/fe)fy]

Pn - 45.11 kN Nominal compressive strength [0.85AgFcr]

Pu - 12.90 kN Design axial force [cosϴ x (Pmax x (Ss + ls) + (H+Ha))]

OK!! Adequate compression strength

3.) Check
Axial (kN) Moment (kN-m) Delfection (mm) Remark Spacing (mm)
Pu Pn Mu Mn δact δallow C/C

- - 0.17 0.19 - -
a.) Plywood - 0.912 - OK!! -

- - 1.90 3.34 - -
b.) Vertical strut - 0.570 - OK!! 228.60

- - 3.33 6.67 1.39 2.22

c.) Whale - 0.498 0.625 OK!! 400.00

- - 4.43 3.34 2.47 2.96

d.) Strong back - 1.33 0.83 NOT OK!! 600.00

12.9 45.1 - - - -
e.) Inclined strut 0.3 - - OK!! 600.00
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