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2 SOLUTION FOR CANTILEVER RETAINING WALL STABILITY

3 Refence: Das, Principles of Foundation Engineering 6th,
4 Section 8.4 -8.7, Example 8.1
5 Wall Geometry (See Fig. 8.2(b)) Material Properties
6 Wall Height, H = 6.6 W Active Backfill g = 117.00
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7 Stem Top Width, W = 1.0 Heel cover g = 117.00 For f > 0,
8 Backfill Angle, a = 10.0 Passive backfill g = 107.00 Cell K11 = 1
9 Depth, D = 1.0 Concrete g = 150.00 For f = 0,
10 Base Thickness, BT = 1.3 q= 0.00 Cell K11 = 0.5
11 Toe Length, TL = 2.6 H a or (q + d) = 10.00 1.0
12 Stem Bottom Width, W' = 1.0 Active Ka = 0.294
13 Heel Length, HL = 2.6 c = 0.00
14 Passive Kp = 0.00
15 Back Height, H' = 6.6
TL HL c = 900.0
W' BT
16 Base Width, B = 6.2 k1 = 0.67
17 k2 = 0.67
18 Results eccentricity = -0.46 (Is e< B/6?)
19 Factor of Safety - Sliding = 6.22 Bearing Capacity q toe = 335.66 B' =
20 Factor of Safety - O.T. = 9.39 F.S = 30.61 q heel = 865.13 7.150
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22 Item Width Height Gamma V H(R) H(O) arm M(R) M(O)
23 (1) Backfill 2.625 5.2 117.0 1611.96 4.92 7932.8
24 (2) Backfill 2.625 0.00 117.0 0.00 5.36 0.0
25 (3) Stem 0.984 5.2 150 774.98 3.12 2415.4
26 (4) Stem 0 5.2 150 0.00 2.62 0.0
27 (5) Base 6.234 1.31232 150 1227.06 3.12 3824.4
28 Pa = 740.50 1.31 0.0
29 Ph = Pa cos(a) 729.25 2.19 1595
30 Pv = Pa sin(a) 128.59 6.23 801.5
31 Pp 0.0
32 Cohesion at the base 3741.98
33 Friction at the base 795.92
34 SUM 3742.59 4537.90 729.25 14974 1595
35 Normal force on base (N) 3742.59 3.57
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2 Resultant Active Earth Force on a Wall -- Coulomb and Rankine Method
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4 Wooksheet Name: Active
5 Reference: Das, Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering
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7 deg rad
8 Friction angle f= 34.00 0.5934 g = 117.00
9 Wall friction angle d= 0.00 0.0000 H' = 6.56
10 Backfill angle (0 horiz) a= 10.00 0.1745
11 Wall inclination (0 = vert) q = 0.00 0.0000
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13 deg rad function
14 phi - theta = 34.00 0.5934 0.6873
15 delta + theta = 0.00 0.0000 1.0000
16 delta + phi = 34.00 0.5934 0.5592
17 phi - alpha = 24.00 0.4189 0.4067
18 delta + theta = 0.00 0.0000 1.0000
19 theta - alpha = -10.00 -0.1745 0.9848
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21 Coulomb Ka = 0.314 Pa = 789.7 Pa cos(q+d) = 777.7
22 Rankine Ka = 0.294 Pa = 741.4 Pa (cosa) = 730.2
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2 Resultant Passive Earth Force on a Wall -- Coulomb and Rankine Method
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4 Wooksheet Name: Passive
5 Reference: Das, Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering
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7 deg rad
8 Friction angle f 2
= 18.00 0.3142 g = 107.00
9 c2 = 900.00 D= 1.00
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21 Coulomb Kp = 1.894 Pp = 2578.84
22 Rankine Kp = 1.894 Pp = 2578.84
nkine Method
BEARING CAPACITY OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS
Terzaghi and Vesic Methods

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Identification Problem 13.1

Input Results
Units of Measurement Terzaghi Vesic
E SI or E Bearing Capacity
q ult = 15,880 lb/ft^2 10,274 lb/ft^2
Foundation Information qa= 15,880 lb/ft^2 10,274 lb/ft^2
Shape CO SQ, CI, CO, or RE
B' = 7.15 ft Allowable Wall Load
L= 20 ft P/b = 113 k/ft 73 k/ft
D= 1.00 ft

Soil Information
c= 900.00 lb/ft^2
phi = 18.00 deg
gamma = 107.00 lb/ft^3
Dw = 20 ft

Factor of Safety
F= 1
Unit conve 1000

Gamma w 62.4
phi (radian 0.314159

Terzaghi Computations
a theta = 2.043238
Nc = 15.52
Nq = 6.04
N gamma 3.31
gamma' = 107
coefficient 1
coefficient 0.5
sigma zD' 107
Vesic Computation
Nc = 13.10
Fcs = 1.00
Fcd = 1.056
y= 11.03
Fci = Fqi = 0.770
Nq = 5.26
Fqs = 1.00
Fqd = 1.043
Ng = 4.07
Fgs = 1.00
Fgd = 1.00
Fgi = 0.150
B/L = 0
D/B = 0.139866
W sub f 0.3
gc-g = 43