A1

B
C
D
E
F
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))
6
Wall Height, H = 20.8
W

7
Stem Top Width, W = 1.5
Backfill Angle, = 10.0
8
9
Depth, D = 4.0
10
Base Thickness, BT = 2.8
11
Toe Length, TL = 4.0
H
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27

Stem Bottom Width, W' =

Heel Length, HL =
Back Height, H' =

Material Properties
Active Backfill =
Heel cover =
Passive backfill =
Concrete =
=
or ( + ) =

2.5
6.0
21.8

Active

TL

Base Width, B = 12.5

W'

Passive

HL
BT

Ka =
c =
Kp =
c =
k1 =
k2 =

Results
Factor of Safety - Sliding = 1.59
Factor of Safety - O.T. = 3.48

Item
(1) Backfill
(2) Backfill
(3) Stem
(4) Stem
(5) Base
28 Pa =
29 Ph = Pa cos()

Width Height
6
18.0
6
1.06
1.5
18.0
1
18.0
12.5
2.75

Bearing Capacity
F.S = 4.21
Gamma
117.0
117.0
150
150
150

H(R)

H(O)

8179.62
8055.36

30 Pv = Pa sin()
31 Pp
32 Cohesion at the base
33 Friction at the base
34

V
12636.00
371.34
4050.00
1350.00
5156.25

eccentricity =
q toe =
q heel =

1420.38

SUM

24983.97

8055.36

117.00
117.00
107.00
150.00
0.00
10.00

For > 0,
Cell K11 = 1
For = 0,
Cell K11 = 0.5

1.0

0.294
0.00
0.00
900.0
0.67
0.67
0.45
2428.68
1568.76

arm
9.50
10.50
5.75
4.67
6.25

M(R)
120042.0
3899.1
23287.5
6300.0
32226.6

2.00

0.0

7.27
12.50

0.0
7503.75
5313.24
12816.99

(Is e< B/6?)

B' =
11.604
M(O)

58557
17754.7

203510

58557

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24983.97

5.80

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C
D
E
F
G
H
I
2
Resultant Active Earth Force on a Wall -- Coulomb and Rankine Method
3
4
Wooksheet Name: Active
5
Reference: Das, Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering
6
7
deg
rad

=
8
Friction angle
34.00
0.5934 =
117.00
=
9
Wall friction angle
0.00
0.0000 H' =
21.81
=
10
Backfill angle (0 horiz)
10.00
0.1745
11
Wall inclination (0 = vert) =
0.00
0.0000
12
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
20
Coulomb Ka = 0.314
Pa = 8723.1
Pa cos() = 8590.6
21
22

Rankine Ka = 0.294

Pa =

8190.0

Pa (cos) = 8065.6

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C
D
E
F
G
H
I
2
Resultant Passive Earth Force on a Wall -- Coulomb and Rankine Method
3
4
Wooksheet Name: Passive
5
Reference: Das, Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering
6
7
deg
rad

=
8
Friction angle
18.00
0.3142 =
107.00

c2 =
9
900.00
D=
4.00
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22

Coulomb Kp = 1.894
Rankine Kp = 1.894

Pp =

11531.58

Pp =

11531.58

nkine Method

BEARING CAPACITY OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS

Terzaghi and Vesic Methods
Date
Identification

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Problem 13.1

Input

Results

Units of Measurement
E SI or E
Foundation Information
Shape
CO
B' =
11.60
L=
20
D=
4.00

SQ, CI, CO, or RE

ft
ft
ft

Soil Information
c=
phi =

900.00 lb/ft^2
18.00 deg

gamma =
Dw =

107.00 lb/ft^3
20 ft

Factor of Safety
F=

Terzaghi
Bearing Capacity
q ult =
18,609 lb/ft^2
qa=
18,609 lb/ft^2
Allowable Wall Load
P/b =
214 k/ft

Vesic
10,219 lb/ft^2
10,219 lb/ft^2

117 k/ft

Unit conver

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'
428
Vesic Computation
Nc =
13.10
Fcs =
1.00
Fcd =
=
Fci = Fqi =
Nq =
Fqs =
Fqd =
N =
Fs =
Fd =
Fi =
B/L =
D/B =
W sub f

1.138
17.87
0.642
5.26
1.00
1.107
4.07
1.00
1.00
0.000
0
0.344718
2.0

c- =

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