Problem F -Wall Resisting Hydrostatic Pressure

Concrete E =3600 ksi, Poissons Ratio = Boundary Conditions Case 1: Wall clamped at bottom only. Case 2: Wall clamped at bottom and sides. To Do Determine maximum Y-direction displacements at top of wall for Case 1 and Case 2 support conditions. Use joint patterns to apply hydrostatic load. | Problem F Wall Resisting Hydrostatic Pressure Concrete E 3600 ksi Poissons Ratio Boundary Conditions Case 1 Wall clamped at bottom only. Case 2 Wall clamped at bottom and sides. To Do Determine maximum Y-direction displacements at top of wall for Case 1 and Case 2 support conditions. Use joint Note Our intent is that you try this problem on your own first. After you have solved it on your own you can step through our solution if desired. If you have problems trying to create the model then follow the steps in our solution. 1 Problem F Solution 1. Click the drop down box in the status bar to change the units to kip-ft. Kip-ft 2. From the File menu select New Model From Template. This displays the Model Templates dialog box. 3. In this dialog box click on the Shear Wall template Wall dialog box. 4. In this dialog box button to display the Shear Type 30 in the Number of Spaces Along X edit box. Type 15 in the Number of Spaces Along Z edit box. Type 1 Space Width Along X edit box. Type 1 Space Width Along Z edit box. Click the OK button. 5. Click the X in the top right-hand corner of the 3-D View window to close it. 6. Click the drop down box in the status bar to change the units to kip-in. 7. From the Define menu select Materials. to display the Define Materials dialog box. Highlight the CONC material and click the Modify Show Material button to display the Material Property Data dialog box. 8. In this dialog box Verify that the modulus of elasticity is 3600 and poisson s ratio is . Click the OK button twice to exit the dialog boxes. 9. Click the drop down box in the status bar to change the units to kip-ft. 10. Select all of the support joints at the bottom of the wall by windowing . 11. From the Assign menu choose Joint and then Restraints. from the submenu. This will display the Joint Restraints dialog box. 12. In this dialog box Click the fixed base fast restraint button to set all degrees of freedom U1 U2 U3 R1 R2 and R3 as restrained. 2 Click the OK .