PARCEL 3 WALL BRACING CALCULATIONS

BRACE SYSTEM

Design Loads
7.5 7.5
 ft  2  ft   ft
2 2
Max. tributary area ratio, Vertical twb   4.75 ft
2 Max. design width
Using an angle of friction ϕ  30 deg K0  1  sin( ϕ)  0.5

Concrete Unit Weight wconc  150  pcf Depth of Concrete Blocks d conc  5.5 ft

Surcharge from concrete blocks scb  wconc  d conc  K0  412.5  psf

 Weight of the forms

Surface plywood area

3 2
aply  2  ( 41 ft  9  in)  ( 30 ft  8  in)  2.561  10 ft

Unit weight of the plywood u ply  2.12 psf wply  u ply aply  5.429  kip

lbf
Weight of the Aluma Beam u aluma  4  n alumabeam1  2  32
ft

 
waluma  u aluma n alumabeam1  ( 41 ft  9  in)

waluma  10.688 kip

lbf
Weight of the Strongback pairs u strong  8  n strong1  2  10
ft

wstrong  u strong  n strong1 ( 30 ft  8  in)

wstrong  4.907  kip

Total weight per set of blocks n set  5 # of concrete block sets

wply  waluma  wstrong

wform   4.205  kip
n set
 Wind Load - City of Chicago q p  30 psf

Assume worst case East-West wall (enclosure on all windows/doors), from asce 7-10 eq 27.4-4,
L/B < 2

G  .85 Cp  0.8 windward wall C'p  0.5 Leeward wall

Ppw  q p  G Cp  20.4 psf Ppl  q p  G C'p  12.75  psf

wload  Ppw  Ppl  33.15  psf

Assume worst case (enclosure on all windows/doors) - Loads Per Brace

t1  7  ft  5  in t2  9  ft t3  7  ft  6  in t4  6  ft  9  in

w1  wload twb t1  1.168  kip w2  wload twb t2  1.417  kip

w3  wload twb t3  1.181  kip w4  wload twb t4  1.063  kip

wt  w1  w2  w3  w4  4.829  kip

Overturning Moment (Moment Per Brace)

 Wind

h 1  2  ft  5  in h 2  10 ft h 3  8  ft h 4  7  ft

 
m1  w1  h 1  2.822 ftꞏkip

 
m2  w2  h 1  h 2  17.596 ftꞏkip

 
m3  w3  h 1  h 2  h 3  24.111 ftꞏkip

 
m4  w4  h 1  h 2  h 3  h 4  29.14 ftꞏkip

mwt  m1  m2  m3  m4  73.671 ftꞏkip

 Total Moment

M 0  mwt  73.671 ftꞏkip

Resisting Moment (Per Brace)

Height of wall h wall  ( 30 ft  8  in) Approx. brick wall pressure wbrick  120  psf

Tributary width of wall twb  4.75 ft Thickness of wall wallt  14 in

3
Concrete Blocks volconc  2  ft 2 ft 6 ft  24 ft # of blocks n blocks  16

CL Wall to Concrete Blocks CL b cl  13 ft To Forms CL fcl  7  in

wallt
w'1  wbrick h wall twb  17.48  kip m'1  w'1   10.197 ftꞏkip
2
wconc  volconc  n blocks
w'2   28.8 kip m'2  w'2  b cl  374.4 ftꞏkip
2
 wallt 
w'3  wform  4.205  kip m'3  wform   fcl  4.905 ftꞏkip
 2 
w't  w'1  w'2  w'3  50.485 kip

M R  m'1  m'2  m'3  389.502 ftꞏkip

Safety Factor (Overturning - Per Brace)

MR
SF over   5.287  1.5 Section OK
M0

Overturning Moment (Moment Total Check)

Lwall  41 ft  9  in

W1  Lwall wload t1  10.265 kip M 01  W1  h 1  24.807 ftꞏkip

W2  Lwall wload t2  12.456 kip  

M 02  W2  h 1  h 2  154.663 ftꞏkip

W3  Lwall wload t3  10.38  kip  

M 03  W3  h 1  h 2  h 3  211.927 ftꞏkip

W4  Lwall wload t4  9.342  kip  

M 04  W3  h 1  h 2  h 3  h 4  284.588 ftꞏkip

WT  W1  W2  W3  W4  42.443 kip M 0T  M 01  M 02  M 03  M 04  675.984 ftꞏkip

Resisting Moment (Total Check)
wallt
 
W'1  h wall Lwall wbrick  153.64 kip M'1  W'1 
2
 89.623 ftꞏkip

W'2  wconc  vol conc  n blocks n set  288  kip 3

M'2  W'2  b cl  3.744  10 ftꞏkip

W'3  wform n set  21.023 kip  wallt 

M'3  W'3    fcl  24.527 ftꞏkip
 2 
3
M RT  M'1  M'2  M'3  3.858  10 ftꞏkip

Safety Factor (Overturning - Total Check)

M RT
SF overT   5.707  1.5 Section OK
M 0T

Brace Models

Brace angles α1  44.2 deg α2  59.9 deg α3  62.3deg α4  63.5deg

w4
 Brace 4 w4  1.063  kip B4 
 
cos α4
 2.382  kip  
F4  w4  tan α4  2.132  kip

For Dayton Superior B-11 brace @ 35'-9", PB11  9  kip  B4  2.382  kip

Section OK

w3
 Brace 3 w3  1.181  kip B3 
 
cos α3
 2.541  kip  
F3  w3  tan α3  2.249  kip

For Dayton Superior B-5 brace @ 28', PB5  6.5  B3  2.541  kip

Section OK

w2
 Brace 2 w2  1.417  kip B2 
 
cos α2
 2.826  kip  
F2  w2  tan α2  2.445  kip

For Dayton Superior B-4 brace @ 19'-6", PB4  6.5 kip  B2  2.826  kip

Section OK

w1
 Brace 1 w1  1.168  kip B1 
 
cos α1
 1.629  kip  
F1  w1  tan α1  1.136  kip

For Dayton Superior B-1 brace @ 10', PB6  6.5 kip  B1  1.629  kip

Section OK
Reactions on Concrete Blocks
w'2
Rcb   3.617  1.5 Section OK
F1  F2  F3  F4
Sliding Force (Per Brace)

 Wind

slf  wt  4.829  kip

Sliding Resistance (Per Brace)

 Weight of concrete blocks - uplift reaction forces).

Using safer coefficient of friction μs  0.5

 
sl1  w'2  F1  F2  F3  F4  20.838 kip

 
slt  μs sl1  10.419 kip

slt
SF slid   2.158  1.5 Section OK
slf

Sliding Force (Total)

 Wind

SLf  WT  42.443 kip

Sliding Resistance (Total)

 Weight of concrete blocks - uplift reaction forces).

SL1  W' 2   F1  F2  F3  F4  nset  248.192  kip

 
SLt  μs SL1  124.096  kip

SLt
SF slidtotal   2.924  1.5
SLf

Section OK
 Brace Anchors to Concrete Blocks (Worst Case)

 Critical Bracing B1  1.629  kip B2  2.826  kip B3  2.541  kip B4  2.382  kip

 
Bcritical  max B1 B2 B3 B4  2.826  kip

Try 3/4" dia X 6" Powers Wedge Bolts. For 5-1/2" minimum embedment into 4000 psi concrete,

16.460 kip 20.840 kip

T6   4.115  kip v 6   5.21 kip
4 4

Tallow  T6  F2  2.445  kip

Vallow  v 6  w2  1.417  kip

 Check interaction - From Power's"Technical Manual for the Design Professional" 6th Edition
 5 5
3 3
 F2   w2 
     0.534  1.0
Section OK
Tallow Vallow
   

 Max total uplift on top block

Brace Lines BL  2

Rear Blocks  
RB  F3  F4  BL  8.762  kip  
VR  w3  w4  BL  4.488  kip

Front Blocks  
FB  F1  F2  BL  7.161  kip  
VF  w1  w2  BL  5.17 kip

L6X4 strap down with 3/4" dia. x 6" Powers Wedge Bolts x (2) sides in shear.

Bolts per strap b strap  2 n straps  3 v 6  5.21 kip

v allow2  v 6  b strap n straps 2  62.52  kip  RB  FB  15.923 kip Section OK

 Max total shear (vertical leg) - 12' strap

L6X4 strap down with 1/2" dia. x 4" Powers Wedge Bolts x (2) sides in shear. Minimum of bolts,

b shear  8 b tension  b shear

RB  VR FB  VF 8.160  kip
VTR   1.656  kip VTF   1.541  kip v 4   2.04 kip
b shear b shear 4
v allow3  v 4  2.04 kip   
VT  max VTR VTF  1.656  kip

Section OK

 Max total shear (horizontal leg) - 12' strap

FB RB 8.480  kip
Tstrapfront   0.895  kip Tstraprear   1.095  kip T4   2.12 kip
b tension b tension 4

Tallow4  T4  2.12 kip   

TT4  max Tstrapfront Tstraprear  1.095  kip

VF VR
Vstrapfront   0.646  kip Vstrapback   0.561  kip
b shear b shear

v allow4  v 4  2.04 kip  

VT4  max Vstrapfront Vstrapback  0.646  kip
5 5
3 3
 TT4   VT4 
      0.48  1.0 Section OK
 Tallow4   v allow4 

 Max total shear (horizontal leg) - 6' strap @ 3 bottom blocks (2 sides)

Bolts per strap b strap2  3 n straps2  2 v 6  5.21 kip

v allow5  v 6  b strap n straps 2  62.52  kip   

max RB FB  8.762  kip Section OK

 Shear on uplift straps. Check L6X4X5/16 angle w/ 1' cantilever

2
Ag  3.03 in fystrap  36 ksi

# bolts per strap n straps  3 n strapbolts  2

 wconc  volconc  n blocks
Pa   9.6 kip
n strapbolts  n straps

3
 Check Cantilever (@ end) lcanstrap  1  ft Sstrap  2.77 in

M strap  Pa lcanstrap  9.6 ftꞏkip

Allowable bending stress is

M strap
fb   20.794 ksi  Fb  0.66 fystrap  23.76  ksi
Sstrap 2

Section OK

 Bolt check. For 3/4" dia. A-325 bolts, from AISC 13 Edition

Pa  9.6 kip  v allow6  10.6 kip

Section OK

Check Load on Aluma Beams (Worst Case)

 Check Max Load

wmaxbeam 

max w1 w2 w3 w4   0.298 
kip
 2.471 
kip
Capacity of Aluma
twb ft ft Beam Gangs

Section OK

Check Vertical Strongback pair (Worst Case)

4 3
 Check @ Bottom lbot  2  ft  5  in E  10150  ksi I  56.43  in s  6.16 in

kip
wmax  wload twb  0.157  Max. Load
ft
2 4
wmax lbot 5wmax lbot 4
M bot   0.115 ftꞏkip δbot   2.11  10  in
8 384  E I

 Check Cantilever (@ Top) lcan  3  ft  3  in

 2 4
wmax lcan wmax lcan 3
M can   0.832 ftꞏkip δcan   6.625  10  in
2 8  E I

3

δmax  max δbot δcan  6.625  10   in Max. Deflection @ ends


M max  max M bot M can  0.832 ftꞏkip  Max. Moment @ ends

Allowable bending stress is

M max
fb   0.81 ksi
s 2

For 6351-T6 Aluminum channels fy  41 ksi

Fb  0.75 fy  30.75  ksi  fb  0.81 ksi Section OK

Interior Span

 Max between supports li  9  ft

2
wmax li
M'max   1.594 ft kip
8

M'max
f'b   3.106  ksi  Fb  30.75  ksi
s

4
5wmax li
δi   0.041  in
384  E I

Section OK

Coil rods added every 4'-0" O.C

Coil Rod (Worst Case)

 Check 3/4" dia. coil rod,

Safe Working Load, tension SWL t  18 kip Safe Working Load, shear SWL s  12 kip

 Bottom Brace

B1  1.629  kip

w1  1.168  kip  SWL t  18 kip

F1  1.136  kip  SWL s  12 kip

Check interaction

F1 w1
  0.16  1.0 Section OK
SWL t SWL s