Shear Wall Mat Foundation

Raft mat foundation one way shear geo321 civil environmental 22 feb 16 22 40.
Shear wall mat foundation. Otherwise the supports above rather than the soil springs below could resist some lateral moment and shear. A mat need not have columns and walls modeled above. The allowable soil pressure is 5000 psf. In particular i am talking about large mats that support multiple shear walls and columns and are not easily divided up visualized in any particular grid.
I usually count d on each side of the shear wall assemblage. Does anyone have any good references for designing for shear in mat foundations. Select depth of mat for shear requirement select steel reinforcement for moment requirement y ixx qe x iyy qe a q y r x r max min v. The reasons to model columns and walls above include improving the appearance of the model and providing snap points for point and line loads.
A mat foundation is a thick reinforced concrete slab supporting arrangements of columns or walls in a row or rows and transmitting the loads to the soil. It is also termed as a box mat foundation. It is used to support storage tanks industrial equipment silos chimneys and various tower structures. The shear wall carries service dead and live loads of 10 kips ft and 12 5 kips ft respectively.
Design of mat foundation on safe 2014 duration. Reinforced concrete shear wall foundation strip footing analysis and design a 12 in. Do we design a raft for one way shear if yes what is the criteria to check one way shear design of raft mat foundation. This type of foundation is suitable for loose soil.
Typically shear walls are constructed as lift core walls and around the staircases. Suhir nofal 33 024 views. The walls are connected by slabs at the top and bottom. Usually we provide a thickness such that shear reinforcement is not required.
The thickness and the length of the walls are determined as per the design requirements. Shear wall design in etabs 2016 in details duration. Thick structural reinforced concrete shear wall is to be supported by a strip footing.