TORSION BLOCK DESIGN

TORSION BLOCK DESIGN - CULVERT WALLS

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2 SPAN BOX CULVERT OPTION
clear span of box:
8 ft
wall thickness of box:
9 inches
top slab thickness:
9.5 inches
f'c:
3000 psi
fs:
24 ksi
(soil:
120 pcf
EFP active:
35 pcf
surcharge:
2 ft
traffic impact load:
10 kips
screen wall height:
3 ft
retaining wall height:
2 ft
screen wall thickness:
10 inches
wind force on screen:
20 psf
length of application for impact force:

Design Span:
Overall culvert length:
H soil:
H surch:
H wind:
P impact:

70.00
140.00
60.00
1111.11

8.75 ft
18.25 ft
Arm from CL top slab
ft lbs/ft
1.063 ft
ft lbs/ft
1.396 ft
ft lbs/ft
3.896 ft
ft lbs/ft
5.396 ft

9 ft

RETAINING/SCREEN WALL DESIGN

Load Combination 1:
Earth + Surcharge + Impact at 100%
H1 =
1321 plf
M1 =
6265 ft lbs/ft
Load Combination 2:
Earth + Wind at 125%
H2 =
104 plf
M2 =

247 ft lbs/ft

Load Combination 3:
Earth + Surcharge + Impact + 30% of Wind at 125%
H3 =
1071 plf
M3 =
5068 ft lbs/ft

H design:

1321 plf

M design:

d wall =
7.625 inches
Try #6@12: As =
0.44
k=
0.254
j=
fv =
14 psi
fc=
927 psi
fs=
24483 psi

6265 ft lbs/ft

b =
in**2/ft
D =
0.915
OK
OK
OK

12 inches
0.004809

n =
Check Minimum Reinforcing
1.2 Mcr =
8.22 ft kips
NMn =
14.24 ft kips
USE

OK

#6@12 for screen wall

TORSION BLOCK LOADS

Try Torsion Block Size:
b=
19 inches
h=
Distance from top of torsion block to top of wall:
4.208333
w wall =
0.684 k/ft
w soil =
0.141 k/ft
w block =
0.489 k/ft
w total =
1.314 f/ft
V at center wall =
x distance to d away:
Vu at d away:
Unit torsion loads to block:
t soil =
97 ft lbs/ft
t surch =
430 ft lbs/ft
t impact =
13190 ft lbs/ft
t total =
13716 ft lbs/ft
Tu at d away:

19 inches

7.19 kips
1.71 ft
4.94 kips

Assuming .75 probability factor of collision:

t impact=
9.89 ft kip
tu total=
10419 ft lbs
Tu at center wall =
56.98 ft kips

39.18 ft kip

Check Adequacy of torsion block size:

ph = perimeter of hoop steel =
58 inches
Ao =
178.5 in**2
d=
16 inches
Aoh =
210 in**2
Alpha =
0.364 Beta =
0.466
Is Alpha<= Beta?
block is adequately sized
STIRRUP DESIGN
At/s req'd= 0.0258228 for 1 leg of closed stirrups
For two legs of stirrups: 0.051646
NVc =
14.15 > Vu =
4.94 kips
Try #4 stirrups:
2At =
0.0516456
0.4 =
spacing required =
2*At des =
0.310
2*At min =
0.095

At=1 leg=
0.2 in**s
* spacing
0.051646 * spacing
7.75 inches
Say =

6 inches

At design OK

Check Maximum Spacing of Stirrups permitted

ph/8 =
7.25 inches OK

Use

6 inches

CHECK TORSIONAL CAPACITY OF SECTION

NTn =
50.58 ft kips
torsional capacity is OK
LONGITUDINAL STEEL REQUIRED FOR TORSION
At/s =
0.0333333 OK greater than minimum
Al req'd =
1.93 Al min =
-0.29 in**2
Al req'd is OK
USE Al =
1.93 in**2
FLEXURAL DESIGN OF TORSION BLOCK DUE TO VERTICAL LOADS
Mu design:
12.58 ft kips at center wall of culvert
As req'd =
As design:

0.18 in**2
0.23 in**2

D req'd =

Atotal =

2.17 in**2

Use 8 #6s:

0.000579 D min =

0.00220256

3.52 in**2

ANCHORAGE OF TORSION BLOCK TO CULVERT WALLS

For Horizontal Forces:
Ph =
30644 lbs
As req'd=
0.57 in**2
For bending in culvert wall due to block torsion
Tu = Mu =
56.98 ft kips =
683.74 in kips
d for horizontal block bending =
16.5 inches
As req'd=
0.82

b=

0.00030805

9 inches

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