Retaining Wall Reinforcement

[@PaulPaid]

That's one CRAZY strong wall.

[@MariEnid]

This looks like an excellent retaining wall for a Seismic Active area. I have a home standing on concrete columns and would like to create a retaining wall like this to further fortify the structure.

[@jhansirani6196]

Super bro ..I need more useful videos like this .

[@aidenkim4471]

THIS HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT VIDEO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH

[@neilmackenzie4920]

You're very welcome, I'm glad to hear it's been of use to you!

[@babezganda280]

Ang ate grace. Host

[@eltabordakike]

Great Job. I really enjoyed watching it.

[@neilmackenzie4920]

Many thanks Enrique, glad you enjoyed it!

[@archis84]

Interesting to see that max 25% rebar overlapp in one section.

[@neilmackenzie4920]

Yes, the rebar shown is detailed to the Eurocodes which is a lot more of a pain than detailing to the old British Standards (which I was used to). The minimum lap length in British standards could be achieved by lapping only 50% of the bars in a cross section but unfortunately this has changed to 25% in the Eurocodes. This change results in many additional bar marks if you want to use the smallest lap length or the use of a lot of additional steel if you keep the bars lapped at 50% in a cross section and apply a 1.4 factor to all lap lengths.

[@SteelDetailingOfficial]

Nice video!

[@neilmackenzie4920]

Much appreciated!

[@TurinTuramber]

Would make a good back stop for catching bullet trains.

[@babezganda280]

Good

[@Assam-bt1dl]

very nice work.. keep it up.. it was very helpful 😊😊

[@neilmackenzie4920]

I'm glad to hear it, thanks for letting me know!

[@jackyeh7512]

Basically this video provides U-bar at all footing edges and at wall top. However, this almost never happened since the tensile stresses are negligible in these areas. The private owners will cry about the high cost but public entities probably don't care.

[@safafathima6062]

Very good

[@patricksullivan2186]

So is all of this rebar necessary for all concrete walls OR can this be simply for load bearing? I am only looking for what needs to be had for an exterior non-load bearing wall next to a walkway … TYIA and God bless

[@neilmackenzie4920]

Sorry for the slow response. So each case is different and there should be a design done for each case. This wall in particular was supporting a 1 in 2 slope up to a highway so needed to be pretty robust. You wouldn't need anywhere near this amount of reinforcement for a non-load bearing wall next to a walkway.

[@mikedale4274]

That thing is fricking army grade.

[@neilmackenzie4920]

Hahaha there's certainly a decent amount of rebar in there....but I've seen a lot worse ;)

[@luckystrike656]

There is more rebar there then concrete :) This retaining wall is for a dam

[@phyohtetkoko929]

Noted thank you sir 👍

[@alex.matoski]

Excellent video Neil! May I ask for some direction on how you made it, in which software and so on? I myself have make some video animations but not with reinforcement bars. So if its not a secret I would appreciate some directions :) Thank you in advance!

[@neilmackenzie4920]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Sure thing, the actual animation itself was made using 3Ds Max which is a visualisation tool. It's made by Autodesk but has a completely different setup to Revit/Inventor/AutoCAD. It's a very powerful tool but I wouldn't do the actual modelling of the rebar in it as you would never manage to get the accuracy required. I would just create the rebar in the way you usually do (Revit or Tekla or CADSRC/modeled in AutoCAD), import it into 3Ds Max and then texture and animate it up. I hope this helps!

[@alex.matoski]

Yes sir, that helped! Already got the 3Ds Max, and now I have to sit down and learn the necessary parts...any tips on a short simple intro to making animations like this? or maybe some done examples (3Ds Max files) that you have so I can look at an analyse? Maybe I ask for too much, but any help would be highly appreciated!! :)) Thank you again!

[@neilmackenzie4920]

Well Autodesk have some fantastic tutorials online that I would highly recommend. This animation is very simple and can be done mostly just using the "Auto Key" or "Set Key" methods which are set out in the following link. docs.autodesk.com/MAXDES/16/ENU/3ds-Max-Design-Tutorials/ . If you are looking to get into 3Ds Max then I would recommend downloading the files that go along with these tutorials and running through them all. Like I said, it's a very different setup to other Autodesk packages (and that almost put me off getting into it) but it works very well once you're used to it.

[@alex.matoski]

Thank you a million for all the info! I will most definitely study the tutorials. And once again, great video! Keep the good work up!

[@neilmackenzie4920]

No bother at all, I hope it works out for you! Thanks, I'll try to find time to create more stuff soon. I wish I could share some of my most recent projects but unfortunately it's all for my company. Cheers

[@motlatsimolefe1077]

This for nuclear containment area?

[@arvinsantiago7153]

Hi, what software did you use fod 3d modeling? Also, for video presentations? Thank you

[@neilmackenzie4920]

Morning Arvin, I used AutoCAD to model the wall and reinforcement as I find it's the easiest tool for modelling simple geometry accurately (and in this case I had no requirements to have anything more than dumb solids), the unwrapping, texturing, animation and rendering was all done in 3ds Max.

[@arvinsantiago7153]

@@neilmackenzie4920 thanks Niel much appreciated,

[@ReallyNo.01]

Did you… did you make this?

[@sjanejms9394]

Very good video👌

[@neilmackenzie4920]

Many Thanks!

[@marthentaulabi]

Could you tell me, what is the size of iron ???

[@neilmackenzie4920]

I believe these were 25mm diameter steel reinforcement bars at 150mm centres. It should be noted that this design was for a tall and heavily loaded wall and that every instance is different. The size of rebar you should use will be dictated by the design of the wall.

[@aidenkim4471]

Hello may I please get your permission to use this video in my assignment? Thanks

[@neilmackenzie4920]

Yeah, that's totally fine. Feel free to use it!

[@bnet1050]

EXCELLENT VIDEO

[@neilmackenzie4920]

Excellent, thanks for letting me know!

[@alextohid3117]

May I ask what programs are used to create this excellent video ?

[@neilmackenzie4920]

Sure thing, 3ds Max was used but this is a visualisation tool only.

[@qsultan]

Hello Sir, Which Software you use to make these animations?

[@neilmackenzie4920]

Morning Qasim, This was produced using key frame animation in 3ds Max. However you could easily make something of this kind using a free package like Blender or even in the Unreal Engine.

[@PaulPaid]

Do the bars get welded together?.... or tied? Thanks.

[@neilmackenzie4920]

These bars would just be tied together. Cheers

[@hari9343]

Which software is it

[@neilmackenzie4920]

The reinforcement detailing for this was originally done in CADS RC. The modelling, texturing, animating and rendering was all done in 3ds Max.

[@AmirKhan-ql2bv]

Which software is used to create this kind of animation videos. Please help me.

[@neilmackenzie4920]

This was created in 3ds Max (which is quite pricey) but you can just as easily use a free package like Blender and the results will be just as good. Hope this helps!

[@faruk2980]

Isn't that too many steel are used there? Can we build a retaining wall with fewer steel? Could you inform us please..

[@neilmackenzie4920]

It really depends on a lot of things. In some cases you can get away with a lot less reinforcement and in other cases you'll need more. You'd need to undertake a full design of the wall to calculate the reinforcement requirements. Good luck!

[@xXxMarecinqoxXx]

In Switzerland is standard split 15cm from time to time 10 or 20, thickness depends on type of building

[@qasimraza5120]

I really don't understand the reinforcement that you've provided, for a structural engineers' pov.

[@eleazarcalel5300]

How i can get, a excel sheet

[@neilmackenzie4920]

I assume you mean the Bar Bending Schedule. This was produced using a visualisation tool so my model didn't contain that information. However, I would use CADS RC to detail something like this and that automatically generates the Bar Bending Schedule as you detail the reinforcement. Once generated within the software the schedule can be exported as an excel sheet, pdf, etc.

[@smellycat249]

Holy smokes

[@TaslimGraphy]

Thanks you so much

[@neilmackenzie4920]

No bother at all, glad you enjoyed it!

[@關心千萬人自然醫學]

what software is this please

[@neilmackenzie4920]

The original reinforcement was done in CADS RC and the visualisation was done in 3ds max

[@nishantkumar9570]

Which software is used?

[@neilmackenzie4920]

Well to create this animation I modelled the reinforcement in AutoCAD and imported this into 3Ds Max to create the animation. However, when I'm doing reinforcement detailing on a live project then I'll use CADS RC to do the detailing and produce the rebar Schedule. You can do reinforcement in Revit but I found some fundamental issues with it and I believe it's not quite ready to be used on live projects yet. I've heard positive things about using Tekla to produce reinforcement details but I don't have much experience in using it so can't say for certain. I hope this helps.

[@nishantkumar9570]

Neil Mackenzie how can we make 3D reinforcement models in AutoCad?

[@neilmackenzie4920]

Well I only usually use AutoCAD to model 3d reinforcement details if there's a particular area which has a complicated rebar arrangement and I want to check it can be built. Like I said, I use CADS RC to actually detail the reinforcement and generate the schedule. AutoCAD has a pretty decent 3D capability but everything you model will just be a "dumb" object and not linked to anything else. To create each different bar mark in AutoCAD I just draw out the bar centreline and then sweep the correct diameter circle along it. I can then place it in the location for the first bar in the range and array it.

[@nishantkumar9570]

Neil Mackenzie thank you very much

[@ttsr7387]

👍👍👍

[@shaikiqbal3428]

Indicate the bars names clearly

[@goldengraphics7587]

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[@TXGladiators]

Get a shovel and learn some manly skills.