Active Force on Retaining Walls with Earthquake Forces

Reference: Principles of Geotechnical Engineering by Braja M. Das (5th Ed.) Data Height of Retaining Wall H 13.124 ft Density of Retained Material 0.17 kcf Friction Angular of Granular Retained Soil ' 30 deg. 0.5236 Angle of Wall Slope with Vertical 0 deg. 0.0000 kh Horizontal Component of Earthquake 0.23 g k Vertical Component of Earthquake 0.115 g v Inertial Angle due to EQ '=tan-1 kh/(1-kv) 14.569 deg. 0.2543 Angle of Friction between soil and wall 0.00 deg. 0.0000 Angle of Sloping Backfill with Horizontal 0 deg. 0.0000 Caluculations With Earthquake W/O EQ Cos2('--') Factor F1 0.929 0.750 2 Cos () Factor F2 1.000 1.000 Factor F3 Cos(') 0.968 1.000 Factor F4 Cos(++') 0.968 1.000 Factor F5 Sin(+') 0.500 0.500 Factor F6 Sin('--') 0.266 0.500 Factor F7 Cos(-) 1.000 1.000 (1+[F5F6/F4F7](1/2))2 Factor F8 1.879 2.250 F1 0.528 0.333 Ka'= F2F3F4F8 kh(cr)=(1-kv)tan' 0.511 g Pae Pa P ae 2 Total Active Force with EQ Pae=1/2xH (1-kv)Ka' 6.84 4.88 1.96 Location of Pae z' 5.38 4.37 7.874 Fraction of H 0.41 0.3333 0.6 Moment 36.78 kft Momentx1.9 69.9 kft Pressure at Rest= Ko=1 - sin() 0.50

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Passive Force on Retaining Walls with Earthquake Forces

Reference: Principles of Geotechnical Engineering by Braja M. Das (5th Ed.) Data Height of Retaining Wall H 11.32 ft Density of Retained Material 0.12 kcf Friction Angular of Granular Retained Soil ' 30 deg. 0.5236 rad. Angle of Wall Slope with Vertical 0 deg. 0.0000 rad. kh Horizontal Component of Earthquake 0.31 g k Vertical Component of Earthquake 0.155 g H v Inertial Angle due to EQ '=tan-1 kh/(1-kv) 20.148 deg. 0.3516 rad. Angle of Friction between soil and wall 0.00 deg. 0.0000 rad. Angle of Sloping Backfill with Horizontal 0 deg. 0.0000 rad. Caluculations With Earthquake W/O EQ Cos2('+-') Factor F1 0.971 0.750 2 Cos () Factor F2 1.000 1.000 Cos2(') Factor F3 0.881 1.000 Factor F4 Cos(-+') 0.939 1.000 Factor F5 Sin(+') 0.500 0.500 Factor F6 Sin('+-') 0.171 0.500 Factor F7 Cos(-) 1.000 1.000 (1/2) 2 (1-[F5F6/F4F7] ) Factor F8 0.487 0.250 F1 2.407 3.000 Kp'= F2F3F4F8 kh(cr)=(1-kv)tan' 0.488 g Ppe Pp P pe Total Pass. Force with EQ Ppe=1/2xH2(1-kv)Kp' 15.64 23.06 -7.43 kip Location of Ppe z' 2.34 3.772956 6.792 ft Fraction of H 0.21 0.3333 0.6

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