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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 = 20.8 W Active Backfill g = 117.00
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7 Stem Top Width, W = 1.5 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 = 4.0 Concrete g = 150.00 For f = 0,
10 Base Thickness, BT = 2.8 q= 0.00 Cell K11 = 0.5
11 Toe Length, TL = 4.0 H a or (q + d) = 10.00 1.0
12 Stem Bottom Width, W' = 2.5 Active Ka = 0.294
13 Heel Length, HL = 6.0 c = 0.00
14 Passive Kp = 0.00
TL HL
15 Back Height, H' = 21.8 c = 900.0
W' BT
16 Base Width, B = 12.5 k1 = 0.67
17 k2 = 0.67
18 Results eccentricity = 0.45 (Is e< B/6?)
19 Factor of Safety - Sliding = 1.59 Bearing Capacity q toe = 2428.68 B' =
20 Factor of Safety - O.T. = 3.48 F.S = 4.21 q heel = 1568.76 11.604
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22 Item Width Height Gamma V H(R) H(O) arm M(R) M(O)
23 (1) Backfill 6 18.0 117.0 12636.00 9.50 120042.0
24 (2) Backfill 6 1.06 117.0 371.34 10.50 3899.1
25 (3) Stem 1.5 18.0 150 4050.00 5.75 23287.5
26 (4) Stem 1 18.0 150 1350.00 4.67 6300.0
27 (5) Base 12.5 2.75 150 5156.25 6.25 32226.6
28 Pa = 8179.62 2.00 0.0
29 Ph = Pa cos(a) 8055.36 7.27 58557
30 Pv = Pa sin(a) 1420.38 12.50 17754.7
31 Pp 0.0
32 Cohesion at the base 7503.75
33 Friction at the base 5313.24
34 SUM 24983.97 12816.99 8055.36 203510 58557
35 Normal force on base (N) 24983.97 5.80
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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' = 21.81
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 = 8723.1 Pa cos(q+d) = 8590.6
22 Rankine Ka = 0.294 Pa = 8190.0 Pa (cosa) = 8065.6
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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= 4.00
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21 Coulomb Kp = 1.894 Pp = 11531.58
22 Rankine Kp = 1.894 Pp = 11531.58
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 = 18,609 lb/ft^2 10,219 lb/ft^2
Foundation Information qa= 18,609 lb/ft^2 10,219 lb/ft^2
Shape CO SQ, CI, CO, or RE
B' = 11.60 ft Allowable Wall Load
L= 20 ft P/b = 214 k/ft 117 k/ft
D= 4.00 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' 428
Vesic Computation
Nc = 13.10
Fcs = 1.00
Fcd = 1.138
y= 17.87
Fci = Fqi = 0.642
Nq = 5.26
Fqs = 1.00
Fqd = 1.107
Ng = 4.07
Fgs = 1.00
Fgd = 1.00
Fgi = 0.000
B/L = 0
D/B = 0.344718
W sub f 2.0
gc-g = 43