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Length of Wall: The total length of the wall.
Reinforcement Tab
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Reinforcement List
Displays a list of all available reinforcement types supported by the retaining wall analysis. These include US Customary, Soft Metric, and Canadian. Currently the retaining wall analysis only supports rebar.
Reinforcement Type
Separate input pages are available, one for the flexural steel, and one for the shrinkage and temperature steel. Both pages are identical in the input available to the user.
Auto Design Reinforcement
The selection of this option will tell the program to automatically design the rebar size spacing pairs for the given reinforcement. It will automatically set the cover of the flexural steel to 3 inches.
Reinforcement Parameters
Cover: The cover of the reinforcement for the selected area.
Bar Size: A drop down box of available bar sizes.
Bar Spacing: The spacing of the bars.
Surcharge Tab
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New: Expands the input to allow the definition of a new surcharge load.
Edit: Expands the input to allow for editing of the currently selected surcharge load in the list.
Delete: Deletes the currently selected surcharge load.
New Surcharge
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The interface for the input of a new surcharge load. These loads are assumed to be uniform loads.
Load Type: A drop down box for selecting the type of load. Either ES (a permanent earth surcharge load) or LS (a transient live load).
Load Magnitude: The magnitude of the surcharge load. Assumes positive is downward.
Edit Surcharge
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An interface for editing the selected surcharge.
Visualization Tab
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Provides a sketch of the retaining wall. This sketch will be automatically updated as you change the dimensions.
Report Tab
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Provides a text report of the summary inputs and the results. To print the report press Ctrl+P.
Summary and Navigation Pane
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Provides as a summary of the design (green pass and red fail) and serves as links to jump to the corresponding section in the report.
When the Visualization tab is active, the summary pane contains an additional box at the bottom to allow the user to turn on and off various parts of the sketch.
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