Battered Retaining Wall Design

Battered Retaining Wall Design
 
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The batter dimensions can be set from Wall Footing Definitions:

Batter Wall Footing RISAFoundation

wall footing definition RISAFoundation


The batter will affect:

  • The depth of wall for shear and bending checks

  • The self-weight of wall

  • Minimum reinforcement checks will be based on the maximum thickness of wall

Concrete Design per ACI 318-14 Concrete Code now Available

Concrete Design per ACI 318-14 Concrete Code now Available

The new ACI 318-14 code has been implemented into RISA-3D v14, RISAFloor v10, and RISAFoundation v8.

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Gross and Net Soil Pressures

Gross and Net Soil Pressures

In RISAFoundation, the Allowable Soil Bearing value is controlled by the Soil Region. This value is always taken as a Gross allowable soil...

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Vertical Slab and Beam Offsets

Vertical Slab and Beam Offsets

In RISAFoundation, you can add a vertical offset for slabs or beams. Traditionally, RISA uses centerline analysis which aligns all elements at...

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