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Horizontal Vessel / Heat Exchanger on Combined Pile Cap

Foundation Design(ACI 318-14) - English

Geometrical Description

Exchanger Geometry

Unit : ft
Length of Exchanger (L) : 30.00
Upper Exchanger Diameter (UD) : 4.00
Lower Exchanger Diameter (LD) : 4.00
Lower Exchanger Diameter (LD) : 10.00
Spacing between Exchanger (S) : 6.00

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Soil Depth (SD) : 5.00

Height from Base to Pier top (B) : 9.00

Footing Geometry

Pier To Pier Distance : 15.00

Pier Length : 3.00
Pier Width : 5.33

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Design Parameters
Cover and Soil Properties

Pier Clear Cover : 2.00 in

Footing Clear Cover : 3.00 in
Unit Weight of Soil : 110.00 lb/ft3
Soil Surcharge : 0.00 ksi

Concrete and Rebar Properties

Unit Weight of Concrete : 150.000 lb/ft3

Compressive Strength of concrete : 432.000 kip/ft^2
Yield Strength of Steel : 8640.000 kip/ft^2
Minimum Bar Size : #3
Maximum Bar Size : #10
Minimum Bar Spacing : 2.00 in
Maximum Bar Spacing : 18.00 in

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Load Description
Primary Load

Force Unit : kip

Empty Load : -92.00
Operating Load : -106.00
Test Load : -118.00
Live Load : 0.00
Erection Load : -110.00
Miscellaneous Load (Axial) : 0.00
Thermal Load : 0.00
Bundle Pull Force : 0.00
Moment Unit : kip-in
Empty Moment : 0.00
Operating Moment : 0.00
Longitudinal Miscellaneous Moment : 0.00
Transverse Miscellaneous Moment : 0.00

Load distribution Percentage

Shell End Percent : 40.00 %

Channel End Percent : 60.00 %

Wind Load

Wind Speed : 70.000 mph

Wind Directional Factor (Kd) : 0.900
Topographic Factor (Kzt) : 1.000
Importance Factor (I) : 1.000
Gust Effect Factor (G) : 0.850
Net Force Coefficient (Cf) : 1.200
Design Wind Pressure (P) = 0.00256 Kd.Kz.Kz.v2.I.G.Cf psf
Wind Pressure on each Pier width : 0.344 kip/ft (consider 1feet strip)

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Seismic Load

Empty Load Case:

Shear Force : Fx : 10.000 kip

Shear Force : Fz : 9.000 kip
Moment : Mx : 0.000 kip-ft
Moment : Mz : 0.000 kip-ft

Operating Load Case:

Shear Force : Fx : 15.000 kip
Shear Force : Fz : 10.000 kip
Moment : Mx : 0.000 kip-ft
Moment : Mz : 0.000 kip-ft

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Load Combination per User Defined

Allowable Stress Design Factors (Service Loads)
Seismic Seismic Bundle
LC SWF SBF Empty Operating Test Live Erection Miscellaneous Wind X Wind Z Thermal
X Z Pull
101 1.00 1.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00

Ultimate Stress Design Factors

Seismic Seismic Bundle
LC SWF SBF Empty Operating Test Live Erection Miscellaneous Wind X Wind Z Thermal
X Z Pull
201 1.40 1.40 0.00 1.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.40
Note: SWF : Self Weight and Dead Weight Factor
SBF : Soil Bearing Factor

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Applied Loads At Top of Pier- Allowable Stress Level

- Channel End Shell End
Axial Shear X Shear Z Moment X Moment Z Axial Shear X Shear Z Moment X Moment Z
LC
(kip) (kip) (kip) (kip-ft) (kip-ft) (kip) (kip) (kip) (kip-ft) (kip-ft)
101 63.600 -0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 42.400 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

Applied Loads At Top of Pier- Strength Level

- Shell End Channel End
Axial Shear X Shear Z Moment X Moment Z Axial Shear X Shear Z Moment X Moment Z
LC
(kip) (kip) (kip) (kip-ft) (kip-ft) (kip) (kip) (kip) (kip-ft) (kip-ft)
201 89.040 -0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 59.360 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

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Channel End Pedestal

Pedestal Shape : Rectangular

Pedestal Height (Ph) : 9.000 ft

Pedestal Length - X (Pl) : 3.000 ft

Pedestal Width - Z (Pw) : 5.333 ft

Shell End Pedestal

Pedestal Shape : Rectangular

Pedestal Height (Ph) : 9.000 ft

Pedestal Length - X (Pl) : 3.000 ft

Pedestal Width - Z (Pw) : 5.333 ft

Combined Pile Cap

Pile Cap Geometrical Data

Pile Cap Length PCL = 22.000 ft
Pile Cap Width PCW = 8.833 ft
Initial Pile Cap Thickness tI = 1.667 ft
Pile in Pile Cap PCP = 0.250 ft

Pile Geometrical Data

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Pile spacing Ps = 5.833 ft

Pile Edge distance Pe = 1.500 ft
Pile Diameter Pd = 1.000 ft

Pile Capacities
Axial Capacity PP = 100.000 kip
Lateral Capacity PL = 40.000 kip
Uplift Capacity PU = 40.000 kip

Material Properties
Concrete f'c = 432.000 kip/ft^2
Reinforcement fy = 8640.000 kip/ft^2

Loading Applied At Top Of Cap(Geometric C.G. Location)

Channel End

Load Fx Fy Fz Mx My Mz
Case (kip) (kip) (kip) (kip-ft) (kip-ft) (kip-ft)
101 -0.000 63.600 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
201 -0.000 89.040 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

Shell End

Load Fx Fy Fz Mx My Mz
Case (kip) (kip) (kip) (kip-ft) (kip-ft) (kip-ft)
101 0.000 42.400 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
201 0.000 59.360 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

Combined Pile Cap Design Calculation

Self Weight Calculation

Self Weight = 48.583 kip

Pedestal Weight = 43.200 kip
Soil Weight = 89.283 kip
Extra weight for Surcharge = 0.000 kip
Buoyancy Reduction = 0.000 kip

Maximum Pile Reactions for service load cases

Reaction Load case Pile X Coord. Z Coord. Reaction Allowable

Capacity Chk
Type No. No. (ft) (ft) (kip) (kip)
Axial 101 1 -7.500 -2.917 -55.631 100.000 Pass
Lateral N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.000 40.000 Pass
Uplift N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.000 40.000 Pass

Pile Reactions for ultimate load cases

Governing Load Case = 201

Total pile number N = 6

_ Arrangement Reaction
X Y Axial Lateral Uplift
Pile No.
(ft) (ft) (kip) (kip) (kip)
1 -7.500 -2.917 -77.884 0.000 0.000
2 0.000 -2.917 -66.982 0.000 0.000
3 7.500 -2.917 -56.081 0.000 0.000
4 -7.500 2.917 -77.884 0.000 0.000
5 0.000 2.917 -66.982 0.000 0.000
6 7.500 2.917 -56.081 0.000 0.000

Reinforcement Calculation

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Maximum bar size allowed along length = # 10

Maximum bar size allowed along width = # 10
Bending Moment At Critical Section = 0.000 kip-ft (Along Length)
Bending Moment At Critical Section = 20.874 kip-ft (Along Width)
Pile Cap Thickness t = 1.667 ft
Selected bar size along length = #3
Selected bar size along width = #3
Selected bar spacing along length = 2.99 in
Selected bar spacing along width = 3.09 in

Pile Cap Thickness Check

Two Way Shear Check For Pile Reactions

Note: CW = Column or Pedestal Width

CL = Column or Pedestal Length
Pile Reactions
Contributing Two-way
Pile No.
Shear
(kip)
1 -60.782
4 -60.782
3 -43.766
6 -43.766

Punching shear force is calculated per CRSI method (Punching Shear = Applied Load + Self Weight - Pile reaction inside punching
perimeter)

Critical Load Case : 201

Design Shear for Two-Way Action St : 12.933 kip

= = 1.778

b0 = = 20.910 ft

ACI 318 - 14 Table 22.6.5.2,

= = 743.555 kip
(b) : VC1

ACI 318 - 14 Table 22.6.5.2,

= = 704.948 kip
(c) : VC2

ACI 318 - 14 Table 22.6.5.2,

= = 699.817 kip
(a) : VC3

VC = minimum of (VC1, VC2, VC3) = 699.817 kip

St <= 0.75 VC. Hence, safe

Check for One-way Shear (Shear Line Parallel to Width)

For Channel End

Pile Shear Force Shear Force

No. x1-x1(kip) x2-x2(kip)

1 -77.884 0.000

2 -66.982 -66.982

3 -56.081 -56.081

4 -77.884 0.000

5 -66.982 -66.982

6 -56.081 -56.081

For Shell End

Pile Shear Force Shear Force

No. x1-x1(kip) x2-x2(kip)

1 0.000 0.000

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2 0.000 0.000

3 -56.081 0.000

4 0.000 0.000

5 0.000 0.000

6 -56.081 0.000

Critical Load Case : 201

Design Shear for One-Way Action (Shear Line Parallel to : 68.920 kip
Width) SOL

Width of Shear Area, bw : 8.833 ft

VC = = 140.444 kip

SOL <= 0.75 VC. Hence, safe

Check for One-way Shear (Shear Line Parallel to Length)

Pile Shear Force Shear Force

No. y1-y1(kip) y2-y2(kip)

1 -77.884 0.000

2 -66.982 0.000

3 -56.081 0.000

4 -77.884 0.000

5 -66.982 0.000

6 -56.081 0.000

Critical Load Case : 201

Design Shear for One-Way Action (Shear Line Parallel to : 18.285 kip
Length) SOL

Width of Shear Area, bw : 22.000 ft

VC = = 349.784 kip

SOL <= 0.75 VC. Hence, safe

Punching Shear Check for Internal Piles

Spacing between piles (Ps) = 5.833 ft

Diameter of pile (Pd) = 1.000 ft

Governing one-way shear St = 0.000 kip

= 1.000

b0 = = 6.308 ft

ACI 318 - 14, Table 22.6.5.2 (b) : VC1 = = 300.881 kip

ACI 318 - 14, Table 22.6.5.2 (c) : VC2 = = 260.545 kip

ACI 318 - 14, Table 22.6.5.2 (a) : VC3 = = 200.587 kip

VC = minimum of (VC1, VC2, VC3) = 200.587 kip

St <= 0.75 VC. Hence, safe

Punching Shear Check for Corner Piles

Shear Force
Pile No.
(kip)

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Governing reaction (PC) = maximum of = 0.000 kip

(Pi, Pj,... Pn)

Pile Edge distance (Pe) = 1.500 ft

Effective Depth (d) = 1.008 ft

d1 = = 0.000 ft

d2 = = 0.000 ft

dcritical = maximum of (d1, d2) = 0.000 ft

d > = dcritical.Hence, safe.

Calculation of Maximum Bar Size

Bottom Reinforcement Along Length

Selected maximum bar size = # 10

Bar diameter corresponding to max bar size (db) = 1.270 in

Required development length for bars = = 5.797 ft

Available development length (ld) = (PCL - CL) / 2 - Clear Cover = 11.000

Not OK for straight bars, use bent bars or increase size.

Bottom Reinforcement Along Width

Selected maximum bar size = # 10

Bar diameter corresponding to max bar size (db) = 1.270 in

Required development length for bars = = 5.797 ft

Available development length (ld) = (PCW - CW) / 2 - Clear Cover = 4.250 ft

Not OK for straight bars, use bent bars or increase size.

Top Reinforcement Along Length

Selected maximum bar size = # 10

Bar diameter corresponding to max bar size (db) = 1.270

Required development length for bars = = 5.797 ft

Available development length (ld) = (PCL - CL) / 2 - Clear Cover = 11.000

Not OK for straight bars, use bent bars or increase size.

Top Reinforcement Along Width

Selected maximum bar size = # 10

Bar diameter corresponding to max bar size (db) = 1.270 in

Required development length for bars = = 5.797 ft

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Available development length (ld) = (PCW - CW) / 2 - Clear Cover = 4.250 ft

Not OK for straight bars, use bent bars or increase size.

Selection of Bottom Reinforcement

Along Length

Critical Load Case : 201

Critical Load Position of Longitudinal Moment : 0.000 ft

For Channel End

Moment along Moment along

Pile
x1-x1, Mt1(kip- x2-x2, Mt2(kip-
No.
ft) ft)

1 -155.767 0.000

2 -636.331 -435.384

3 -953.374 -785.132

4 -155.767 0.000

5 -636.331 -435.384

6 -953.374 -785.132

For Shell End

Moment along Moment along

Pile
x1-x1, Mt1(kip- x2-x2, Mt2(kip-
No.
ft) ft)

1 0.000 0.000

2 0.000 0.000

3 -112.162 0.000

4 0.000 0.000

5 0.000 0.000

6 -112.162 0.000

Governing moment (Mtl) = 0.000kip-ft

dBeta =

Maximum
Reinforcement = = 0.0135
Ratio (Rmax)

Minimum
As per ACI Cl.
Reinforcement = 0.0018
7.6.1.1,
Ratio (Rmin) =

Calculated Reinforcement Ratio (R) = 0.0000

Rmin<= R <= Rmax, R is accepted

Minimum spacing allowed (Smin) = 1.5 x db = 2 in

Selected Bar Size = #3

Provided number of bars = 35

Provided spacing (S) = 2.99 in

Smin<= S <= 18 inch and selected bar size < selected maximum bar size. The reinforcement is accepted.

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Along Width

Critical Load Case : 201

Critical Load Position of Transverse Moment : 7.083 ft

Moment along Moment along

Pile
y1-y1, Mt1(kip- y2-y2, Mt2(kip-
No.
ft) ft)

1 -2.434 0.000

2 -2.093 0.000

3 -1.753 0.000

4 -434.850 -21.905

5 -373.984 -18.839

6 -313.118 -15.773

Governing moment (Mtl) = = 20.874 kip-ft

dBeta =

Maximum
Reinforcement = = 0.0135
Ratio (Rmax)

Minimum
As per ACI Cl.
Reinforcement = 0.0018
7.6.1.1,
Ratio (Rmin) =

Calculated Reinforcement Ratio (R) = 0.0000

Rmin<= R <= Rmax, R is accepted

Minimum spacing allowed (Smin) = 1.5 x db = 2 in

Selected Bar Size = #3

Provided number of bars = 85

Provided spacing (S) = 3.09 in

Smin<= S <= 18 inch and selected bar size < selected maximum bar size. The reinforcement is accepted.

Selection of Top Reinforcement

Along Length

Critical Load Case : 201

Critical Load Position of Longitudinal Moment : 11.000 ft

Moment along Moment along

Pile
x1-x1, Mt1(kip- x2-x2, Mt2(kip-
No.
ft) ft)

1 -259.612 0.000

2 -725.640 0.000

3 -1028.149 0.000

4 -259.612 0.000

5 -725.640 0.000

6 -1028.149 0.000

Governing moment (Mtl) = = 312.831 kip-ft

dBeta =

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Maximum
Reinforcement = = 0.0135
Ratio (Rmax)

Minimum
As per ACI Cl.
Reinforcement = 0.0018
7.6.1.1,
Ratio (Rmin) =

Calculated Reinforcement Ratio (R) = 0.0000

Rmin<= R <= Rmax, R is accepted

Minimum spacing allowed (Smin) = 1.5 x db = 2 in

Selected Bar Size = #3
Provided number of bars = 50
Provided spacing (S) = 2.07 in
Smin<= S <= 18 inch and selected bar size < selected maximum bar size. The reinforcement is accepted.

Along Width

Critical Load Case : 201

Critical Load Position of Longitudinal Moment : 0.000 ft

Moment along Moment along

Pile
y1-y1, Mt1(kip- y2-y2, Mt2(kip-
No.
ft) ft)

1 -2.434 0.000

2 -2.093 0.000

3 -1.753 0.000

4 -434.850 -21.905

5 -373.984 -18.839

6 -313.118 -15.773

Governing moment (Mtl) = = 0.000 kip-ft

dBeta =

Maximum
Reinforcement = = 0.0135
Ratio (Rmax)

Minimum
As per ACI Cl.
Reinforcement = 0.0018
7.6.1.1,
Ratio (Rmin) =

Rmin<= R <= Rmax, R is accepted

Minimum spacing allowed (Smin) = 1.5 x db = 2 in

Selected Bar Size = #3
Provided number of bars = 85
Provided spacing (S) = 3.09 in
Smin<= S <= 18 inch and selected bar size < selected maximum bar size. The reinforcement is accepted.

Channel End Pedestal Design Calculations

Pedestal Reinforcement Arrangement : 4 Faces

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Calculation Of Shear Capacity

Design Passed in Shear

Critical Load Case For Shear Along Global X = 2

Critical Load Case For Shear Along Global Z = 2
Shear along X = -0.000 kip
Shear along Z = 0.000 kip
(ϕ = 0.75, ref ACI 318 Table 21.2.1 (a))

Shear Capacities

ϕVcX = 187.023kip

ϕVsX = 163.682kip

ϕVcZ = 181.723kip

ϕVsZ = 89.462kip

Tie bar for shear X = 3

Tie bar for shear Z = 3
Tie bar provided = 3
Legs for resisting FX = 9
Legs for resisting FZ = 9

Tie spacing required to resist FX = 2.573 ft

Tie spacing required to resist FZ = 1.406 ft
Spacing provided = 1.406 ft

Note- Actual stirrup provided is dependent upon design requirement and bar binding and positioning. So Stirrup provided in detail drawing may vary from designed stirrup requirements.

Critical Load Case Based on Main Reinforcement Design : 2

As total moment = 0.0, the pedestal will be designed for axial force only.

Axial force (Pa) = -170.215 kip

Ф = 0.650

Stirrup Factor (Facs) = 0.800

2
Section Area (Ag) = 16.000 ft

Minimum Steel Area (Min. Pct) = 11.5200 in2

Case 2 - Pa < 0.0,(Axial load imparts compression)

Required Area = 11.5200 sq.in

Shell End Pedestal Design Calculations

Pedestal Reinforcement Arrangement : 4 Faces

Calculation Of Shear Capacity

Design Passed in Shear

Critical Load Case For Shear Along Global X = 2

Critical Load Case For Shear Along Global Z = 2
Shear along X = 0.000 kip
Shear along Z = 0.000 kip
(ϕ = 0.75, ref ACI 318 Table 21.2.1 (a))

Shear Capacities

ϕVcX = 185.847kip

ϕVsX = 163.682kip

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ϕVcZ = 180.580kip

ϕVsZ = 89.462kip

Tie bar for shear X = 3

Tie bar for shear Z = 3
Tie bar provided = 3
Legs for resisting FX = 9
Legs for resisting FZ = 9

Tie spacing required to resist FX = 2.573 ft

Tie spacing required to resist FZ = 1.406 ft
Spacing provided = 1.406 ft

Note- Actual stirrup provided is dependent upon design requirement and bar binding and positioning. So Stirrup provided in detail drawing may vary from designed stirrup requirements.

Critical Load Case Based on Main Reinforcement Design : 2

As total moment = 0.0, the pedestal will be designed for axial force only.

Axial force (Pa) = -124.554 kip

Ф = 0.650

Stirrup Factor (Facs) = 0.800

2
Section Area (Ag) = 16.000 ft

Minimum Steel Area (Min. Pct) = 11.5200 in2

Case 2 - Pa < 0.0,(Axial load imparts compression)

Required Area = 11.5200 sq.in

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