Earth Pressure

BS8002 F 'max M F 'design F 'design max. d design d gabions

soil 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
parameters 1.5 0.0 (max. tan d = 0.75×tanf'des, except gabions)

ACTIVE EARTH PRESSURE (Coulomb/Muller-Breslau)

F' d Wall a Slope b
Wall Ka(r) Ka(h) Ka(v)
0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.000

F' = effective angle of soil friction a = angle of wall back from vertical (+ve away from retained earth)
d = angle of wall friction b = angle of retained slope (+ve upwards)

ACTIVE EARTH PRESSURE (Rankine)

F' Slope b Ka(r) Ka(h) Ka(v)
0 0 1.000 1.000 0.000

PASSIVE PRESS. AT REST PRESSURE

(Rankine Theory) (BS8002 Cl. 3.3.2)
F' Kp F' Ko
1.000 1.000

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ULTIMATE BEARING CAPACITY (By Brinch Hansen theory, EC7)

Drained conditions Fv/B' = c'.Nc.ic + q'.Nq.iq + 0.5.g'.B'.Ng'.ig

c' F' g' q' B e Fv Fh B'
1 1.000
Nc Nq Ng ic iq ig Fv/B' Bearing capacity
2.0 1.0 0.0 #DIV/0! ### ### 0 #DIV/0! kN/m²

q’ = effective overburden pressure in front of wall

Undrained Conditions Fv/B' = 5.14.cu.ic + q

Fh Fv e B B' q cu ic Fv/B' Bearing capacity
1 1 #DIV/0! 0 #DIV/0!

q = overburden pressure in front of wall

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Bearing capacity
kN/m²

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