Concrete Wet Well Reinforcement Design
Concrete Wet Well Reinforcement Design
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Hi,
I need guidance on the Reinforcement Design of a Concrete Lift Station. I'm not a structural engineer, and do not have the proper software to do this design, so I just wanted to get an idea of what kind of Rebar Schedule you guys typically require. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Here are the details:
Normal Weight Concrete
10'8" Square x 23' Deep (Inside Dimensions)
16' Square x 12" Thick Base Slab
12" Walls
8" Lid w/ 67" x 101" Access Hatch
Here is what I had in mind, but I could be way off:
Base Slab: #4 @12 OC EW Double Mat
Walls: #5 @ 9" OC EW
Lid: #5 @ 9" OC EW
Thanks!
I need guidance on the Reinforcement Design of a Concrete Lift Station. I'm not a structural engineer, and do not have the proper software to do this design, so I just wanted to get an idea of what kind of Rebar Schedule you guys typically require. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Here are the details:
Normal Weight Concrete
10'8" Square x 23' Deep (Inside Dimensions)
16' Square x 12" Thick Base Slab
12" Walls
8" Lid w/ 67" x 101" Access Hatch
Here is what I had in mind, but I could be way off:
Base Slab: #4 @12 OC EW Double Mat
Walls: #5 @ 9" OC EW
Lid: #5 @ 9" OC EW
Thanks!






RE: Concrete Wet Well Reinforcement Design
Now I can get off my soapbox. You didn't say anything about external soil loads. That's likely to control. Usually a box of that size can get away with minimum ACI bending reinforcing (rho=.0033). You need to make your base thicker. if the walls are 12 inches, the base should be at least 2 inches thicker. And the base reinforcing does not meet ACI minimum for bending. It's not clear if you have two curtains of wall reinforcing. You should.
A eight inch thick lid is a little scary, especially for traffic loads.
RE: Concrete Wet Well Reinforcement Design
Good idea on the thicker base slab, we will go with a 14" slab.
The Lid Slab can go thicker, maybe 12"? But there will not be any traffic loads.
I don't know enough about the external soil loads at this site. At this point, we should probably look at relatively high soil loads.
Thanks again for your help.