I have a strip footing that has an excessive amount of required transverse bottom reinforcement. When I allow the program to optimize the footing the required transverse bottom reinforcement produces a capacity that is 20 time larger than required. I tried hooking the transverse bars to see if it was a bar development issue that did not change the outcome. Here is a screen shot of the footing design required by the software.
What is causing the software to calculated this large required transverse bottom reinforcement?
For walls the applied load is concentrated at the center. This is sometimes a problem, especially for long walls. I prefer to model such a wall in segments so that the applied forces to the foundation are dispersed. The hooking of the bars for a narrow strip was another thought, but you tried that. This footing is narrow enough that you could also design it as a beam with ties instead.