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Height= 4m
Designed By Eng. Lakshmi Narayan
Approved By Eng. Irfan Ahmed
Backfill Slope angle above wall β 15 °
Angle of Internal Friction Ф 31 °
Angle of Wall Friction δ 20 °
Inclination angle to vertical plane ω 10 °
Back of wall angle to horizontal α 100 °
Cohension c 0 KN/m³
Surcharge q 30 KN/m²
Soil Density γs 18 KN/m³
Rock Density γr 21 KN/m³
Void percentage in Gabion v 20 %
Densityof Gabion wall γg 16.8 KN/m³
Actual Height of the Wall(Ht. of soil H 5m
retained +Embedment depth)
Embedment d 1m
Width of the base B 3.5 m
Allowable soil bearing capacity qa 120 KN/m²
Offset
Row # Width Height from toe Area X Moment Y Moment
m m m m² m m³ m m³
1. COULOMB'S THEORY
BACK
0.56959 0.96985 0.98481 0.77715 0.27564
0.98481 0.90631
0.4899
2.2198
Coefficient of Active Pressure Ka = 0.268653
Active soil thrust Ps = 0.5 x Ka x γs x H²
60.44691 KN/m‐run
Active surcharge thrust Pq = Sin α
Ka q H
Sin (α+β)
0.98481 40.2979
0.90631
Pq = 43.78835
Inclination angle to vertical plane ωp 0°
Front face angle to horizontal αp 90 ° 90+ωp
Backfill Slope angle above wall βp 0° < Ф
Angle of Wall friction δp 0
Angle of Internal Friction Ф 31
0.73474
1 1 0.51504 0.51504
0.85717 0.85717
0.159312
Kp = 4.611923
Passive soil Thrust Pp = 0.5 xKp x γs x d²
41.50731 KN/m‐run
2 Check for Overturning
Weight of Gabion Wg = ƩA γg
= 176.4 KN/m
Horizontal distace to Wg Xg = Ysinω + X sinω
= 2.058306 m
3.081899 ≥ 2 OK
Check for Sliding
Total Normal Forces ƩW = WgCosω + PsSinδ ‐Pp Sin ω
= 187.1865
Frictional force
Ff = ƩW TanФ = 112.473 KN/m
Total Driving Force at the base
ƩFd PsCosδ +PqCosδ‐Wg Sin ω
= 67.31756
= 2.278004 ≥ 1.5 OK
Check the Eccentricity of the Resultant Force
( Resultant is in middle one third)
Eccentricity e = 0.5B‐ (ƩMr‐Ʃmo) / ƩW
‐B/6 ≤ 0.141377 ≤ +B/6
‐0.58333 ≤ 0.141377 ≤ 0.583333
OK OK
Check for Bearing
Applied bearing pressure P = ƩW (1+‐ 6e/B)
B 0.242361