PROJECT NAME Box Culvert Wall Formwork

CLIENT Myanmar Railway (MR)

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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 No.

1.) a.) Project data

wc - 150.00 lb/ft3 Unit weight of concrete
h - 7.87 ft Wall height
R - 5 ft/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 - 36000 psi Steel yield strength
E - 29000 ksi Modulus of elasticity of steel
Ha - 0.00 lb/ft Additional external lateral force

b.) Material and Sections

Plywood [Grain perpendicular to strut]
tp - 0.50 in Thickness of plywood
2
EI - 882.29 lb-ft /ft Bending stiffness
fZ - 43.10 lb-ft/ft Moment capacity
qA - 432.00 lb/ft Shear load

Vertical Strut HSS

th - 0.05 in Thickness
Dh - 1.96 in Depth OK!!
Bh - 1.96 in Width OK!!
φ - 1.96 in Diameter N.A!!
Sv - 9.00 in Assumed struct spacing
lv - 24.00 in Length (same as whale spacing)

Whale Circular
D - 2.00 in Depth N.A!!
B - 2.00 in Width N.A!!
φ - 1.90 in Diameter OK!!
t - 0.05 in Thickness
N - 2.00 nos. Number
Sw - 24.00 in Assumed whale spacing
lw - 24.00 in Whale length (same as strong back spacing)

Strong Back Circular

D - 2.00 in N.A!!
B - 2.00 in N.A!!
φ - 1.90 in OK!!
t - 0.05 in Thickness
Ss - 24.00 in Assumed strong back spacing
ls - 38.00 in Braced length of strong back

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Inclined Strut Circular

D - 2.00 in N.A!!
B - 2.00 in N.A!!
φ - 1.90 in OK!!
t - 0.05 in Thickness
Si - 24.00 in Inclined strut spacing (same as strong back spacing)
li - 67.00 in Length of inclined strut
D/t - 38.00 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 - 1.00 - Unit weight coefficient (Table 5-4)
Cc - 1.00 - Chemistry coefficient (Table 5-4)
H - N.A!! lb/ft Minimum external lateral force (SEI/ ASCE 37)
[100 lb/ft or (100 psf for below grade) x 1 x h x (1/2)]
Pmax - 600.00 lb/ft 2
Maximum lateral pressure (Eq; 2.4)
[Cw x Cc x (150 + 9000 x (R/T)]

hps - 3.87 ft Height of pressure stable point from bottom [h - Pmax / wc]

hts - 4.00 ft Height of pressure stable point from top [Pmax / wc]

Ptop - 900.00 lb Top point load on strut [0.5 x Pmax x hts]

Pbot - 1741.50 lb Bottom point load on strut [Pmax x hps]

Properties of plywood
wp - 600.00 lb/ft Distributed load on plywood per feet
Mu - 37.50 lb-ft/ft Design moment for plywood [wpSv2/9]
Mn - 43.10 lb-ft/ft Moment capacity OK!!

Properties of vertical strut [From section properties calculator]

S - 0.25 in3 Elastic section modulus
4
I - 0.25 in Moment of inertia
2
EI - 50347.22 lb-ft /ft Bending capacity
S x fy - 750.00 lb-ft/ft Moment Capacity

wv - 1320.75 lb/ft Distributed load on strut per feet [(Ptop + Pbot)/lv]

Mu - 660.38 lb-ft/ft Design moment for strut [wvlv2/8]

Mn - 750.00 lb-ft/ft Moment Capacity OK!!

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Properties of whale [From section properties calculator]

S - 0.27 in3 Elastic section modulus
4
I - 0.13 in Moment of inertia
2
EI - 26522.92 lb-ft /ft Bending capacity
S x fy - 1605.60 lb-ft/ft Moment Capacity [2 x S x fy]

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

rv - 1320.75 lb Reaction from one vertical strut [(wv x lv)/2]
ww - 1320.75 lb/ft Distributed load on whale per feet [(Ns x rs)/lw]

Mu - 440.25 lb-ft/ft Design moment for whale [wwlw2/12]

Mn - 1605.60 lb-ft/ft Moment Capacity OK!!

δallow - 0.09 in Allowable deflection (Appendix-C)

[lw/270]
δact - 0.06 in Actual deflection (Appendix-B) OK!!
[0.013 ww x lw3 /EI]

Properties of strong back [From section properties calculator]

S - 0.27 in3 Elastic section modulus
4
I - 0.25 in Moment of inertia
2
EI - 49803.47 lb-ft /ft Bending capacity
S x fy - 802.80 lb-ft/ft Moment Capacity

Nw - 1.58 nos. Number of whale set [ls/sw]

rw - 1320.75 lb Reaction from one whale set [ww x lw/2]
ws - 660.38 lb/ft Distributed load on strong back per feet [(Nw x rw)/ls]

Mu - 551.84 lb-ft/ft Design moment for strong back [ws x ls2/12]

Mn - 802.80 lb-ft/ft Moment capacity OK!!

δallow - 0.14 in Allowable deflection (Appendix -C)

[ls/270]
δact - 0.07 in Actual deflection OK!!
3
[0.013 ws x ls /EI]

Properties of inclined strut

Ag - 0.58 in2 Gross cross-sectional area
3
S - 0.25 in Elastic section modulus
4
I - 0.25 in Moment of inertia
r - 0.65 in Radius of gyration
KL/r - 103.08 Slenderness ratio OK!!
2 2
Fe 26.95 ksi elastic buckling stress [π E/(kl/r) ]

EI - 50347.22 lb-ft2/ft Bending capacity

S x fy - 750.00 lb-ft/ft Moment Capacity
Fcr - 20.58 ksi Critical compressive stress [(0.658fy/fe)fy]
Pn - 10145.99 lb Nominal compressive strength [0.85AgFcr]

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 PROJECT NAME Box Culvert Wall Formwork
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Pu - 5374.01 lb Design axial force [cosϴ x (H+Ha)]
OK!! Adequate compression strength

3.) Check
Axial (lb) Moment (lb-ft) Delfection (in) Remark Spacing (in)
Pu Pn Mu Mn δact δallow C/C

- - 37.50 43.10 - -
a.) Plywood - 0.870 - OK!! -

- - 660.38 750.00 - -
b.) Vertical strut - 0.881 - OK!! 9.00

- - 440.25 1605.60 0.06 0.09

c.) Whale - 0.274 0.699 OK!! 24.00

- - 551.84 802.80 0.07 0.14

d.) Strong back - 0.69 0.47 OK!! 24.00

5374.0 10146.0 - - - -
e.) Inclined strut 0.5 - - OK!! 24

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