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DESIGN OF BANDED DRYSTONE

GRAVITY WALL (h=2m)


Designed By Eng. Lakshmi Narayan 
Approved By Eng. Irfan Ahmed

Description Symbols Input ValueUnits

Backfill Slope angle above wall  β 0°
Angle of Internal Friction  Ф 31 °
Angle of Wall Friction  δ 20 °
Inclination angle to vertical plane  ω 0°
Back of wall angle to horizontal α 90 °
Cohension c 0 KN/m³
Surcharge q 0 KN/m²
Soil Density γs 18 KN/m³
Density of Gravitry Wall  γg 21 KN/m³
 Height of the Wall (soil retainined) H 2m
Embedment d 0.5 m
Bottom Width of the base B 1.3 m
Top Width(m) tw 0.6 m

Allowable soil bearing capacity  qa 120 KN/m²


coefficient of base friction  μ 0.5
1. COULOMB'S THEORY 
BACK

0.73474 1 0.93969 0.77715 0.51504


0.93969 1
0.65265
2.73124

Coefficient of Active Pressure Ka = 0.286276

Top Width(m) Bottom Width (m) Area(m²)


0.6 1.3 1.9

Weight of the Retaining Wall   W 39.9 KN/m

Total Earth Pressure P a = Active Earth Pressure + Surcharge 
10.30595 KN

Horizontal Component of Earth Pressure Pah = Pa Cosδ


9.684422 KN

Vertical Component of Earth Pressure Pav = Pa Sinδ


3.524841

Check For Overturning Moment

Overturning Momemt about the base = Pah x H/3
= 6.456282 KNm

Resisiting  Moment about the base  = Pav x B +  W*B/2
= 30.51729

Factor of Safety  = 4.72676 ≥ 2 Safe


Check For Sliding 
Factor of Safety  = 2.241994 ≥ 1.5

Check For Foundation Stability 

Location of the Resultant at the base  x

= 0.5B‐ (ƩMr‐Ʃmo) / ƩW
0.095916
‐B/6 +B/6
‐0.21667 0.216667

Applied bearing pressure  P = ƩW (1+‐ 6e/B)
B

Maximum Base Pressure = 48.19118 ≤ 120 OK


Minimum Base Pressure 18.61626 ≥ 0 OK No tension

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