Diseño De Estructuras En Canales De Concreto

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Department of the Army

EM 1110-2-2104

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Engineer
Manual
1110-2-2104

Washington, DC 20314-1000

Engineering and Design
STRENGTH DESIGN FOR REINFORCED
CONCRETE HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES

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US Army Corps
ofEngineers
ENGINEERING AND DESIGN

Strength Design
for Reinforced-Concrete
Hydraulic Structures

ENGINEER MANUAL

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
US Army Corps of Engineers
Washington, DC 20314-1000

EM 1110-2-2104

Engineer Manual
No. 1110-2-2104

30 June 1992

Engineering and Design
STRENGTH DESIGN FOR
REINFORCED-CONCRETE HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES

1. Purpose. This manualprovides guidance for designing reinforced concrete
hydraulic structures by the strength-design method.
Plain concrete and
prestressed concrete are not covered in this manual.
2.
Applicability.
This manual applies to all HQUSACE/OCE elements, major
subordinate commands, districts, laboratories, and field operating activities
having civil works responsibilities.
FOR THE COMMANDER:Colonel, Corps of Engineers
Chief of Staff

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This manual supersedes ETL 1110-2-312, Strength Design Criteria for Reinforced
Concrete Hydraulic Structures, dated 10 March 1988 and EM 1110-2-2103, Details
of Reinforcement-Hydraulic Structures, dated 21 May 1971.

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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION1-1.

Purpose

This manual provides guidance for designing reinforced-concrete hydraulic
structures by the strength-design method.
1-2.

Applicability

This manual applies to all HQUSACE/OCE elements, major subordinate commands,
districts, laboratories, and field operating activities having civil works
responsibilities.
1-3.

References
a.

EM 1110-1-2101, Working Stresses forStructural Design.

b.

EM 1110-2-2902, Conduits, Culverts, and Pipes.

c. CW-03210, Civil Works Construction Guide Specification for Steel
Bars, Welded Wire Fabric, and Accessories for Concrete Reinforcement.
d. American Concrete Institute, "Building Code Requirements and
Commentary for Reinforced Concrete," ACI 318, Box 19150, Redford Station,
Detroit, MI 48219.
e. American ConcreteInstitute, "Environmental Engineering Concrete
Structures," ACI 350R, Box 19150, Redford Station, Detroit, MI 48219.
f. American Society for Testing and Materials, "Standard Specification
for Deformed and Plain Billet-Steel Bars for Concrete Reinforcement," ASTM
A 615-89, 1916 Race St., Philadelphia, PA 19103.
g. American Welding Society, "Structural Welding Code-Reinforcing
Steel," AWSD1.4-790, 550 NW Le Jeune Rd., P.O. Box 351040, Miami, FL 33135.
h. Liu, Tony C. 1980 (Jul). "Strength Design of Reinforced Concrete
Hydraulic Structures, Report 1: Preliminary Strength Design Criteria,"
Technical Report SL-80-4, US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station,
3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180.
i. Liu, Tony C., and Gleason, Scott. 1981 (Sep). "Strength Design of
ReinforcedConcrete Hydraulic Structures, Report 2: Design Aids for Use in
the Design and Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Hydraulic Structural Members
Subjected to Combined Flexural and Axial Loads," Technical Report SL-80-4,
US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, 3909 Halls Ferry Road,
Vicksburg, MS 39180.

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j. Liu, Tony C. 1981 (Sep). "Strength Design ofReinforced Concrete
Hydraulic Structures, Report 3: T-Wall Design," Technical Report SL-80-4,
US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, 3909 Halls Ferry Road,
Vicksburg, MS 39180.
1-4.

Background

a. A reinforced concrete hydraulic structure is one that will be
subjected to one or more of the following: submergence, wave action, spray,
chemically contaminated atmosphere, and severe...