The foundation of any shear wall must be designed properly because the stability and performance of a shear wall are very dependent on the foundation. The following Excel sheet will help an engineer carry out the footing design of shear walls based on the ACI 318-99 code. It is an efficient and easy method for calculating the size of the footing, bearing pressure, bending moment, shear capacity, and reinforcement required to meet safety and code requirements.
On providing simple input values, like dimensions of walls, soil bearing capacity, material strengths, and applied loads, users are able to get fast and accurate design outputs. The spreadsheet has in-built checks to verify one-way shear, two-way shear, flexure and development length, and it proves to be a good design tool as well as a verification tool. A free Excel-based tool, it is ideal in the hands of structural engineers and consultants, as well as students aiming to augment performance when working on foundation design projects. Download now and make your structural design workflow smooth and therefore less error-prone as it conforms to the ACI 318-99 design standards.
