Swimming pool load
Swimming pool load
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What loading should swimming pools be given behind MSE walls? There seems to be differing opinions out there. Assuming the pool load is within twice the height of the wall.
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RE: Swimming pool load
RE: Swimming pool load
RE: Swimming pool load
I thought a dead load of 150 to 250 psf might be in the range but just do not have the experience as a non engineer to know that to be true.
Thanks for the help on this one.
RE: Swimming pool load
Your MSE wall would be reinforced for about 0.7 to 0.8 times the height of the wall - i.e., 5.6 to 6.4 ft (see BS8006). Therefore, the pool would not be within the zone of the reinforced mass and therefore not within the zone of influence of the active earth pressure 'failure plane'. (45 + >30/2 or >=60 from horizontal. The horizontal pressure that civilperson indicated would be an "overturning" pressure against the reinforced mass - but as you don't have soil - only water, for this height of wall, it is basically (not quite true) a wash. Check the global stability of a slip surface going from behind to underneath the wall - if okay, I'd say you would be okay. Of course, your "wall" must satisfy sliding and overturning which, for the mass described above, I see no reason it wouldn't.
RE: Swimming pool load
RE: Swimming pool load
RE: Swimming pool load