EXIT GRADIENT CALCULATION FOR PROTECTION WALL

FROM Km. 0.925 TO Km. 1.630 OF RAMALINGESWARNAGAR

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BLIGH's THEORY
15 m earth fill
0.6
+ 20.140 MFL
11.520 15.000
+ 16.000

5.760 2 :1 EARTH FIL 0.337 :1

2.600
2.400
+ 11.240 3.600
10.24 1.350
+ 9.890 8.600

SHEET PILE DEPTH d 6.000

7MM THICK SHHET PILE

3.890
H= Difference of head = 20.14 - 10.24 9.900

LH = Sum of horizontal distance along shortest flow path

= 2.6 + 8.6 + 22.516 = 33.716 M

LV = Sum of vertical distance along shortest flow path

= 1.35 + 6 + 6 + 0.35 = 13.700

LW = Weightd creep distance = LH + LV

= 47.416

H
Exit gradient at toe of earth filling
Lw
= 9.900
47.416
= 0.209
 EXIT GRADIENT CALCULATION FOR PROTECTION WALL
FROM Km. 0.925 TO Km. 1.630 OF RAMALINGESWARNAGAR
VIJAYAWADA