834 CHapter 19   Braced Cuts

Table 19.3   National Plaza Wale and Strut Loads

Strut Elevation Load measured
level (m) (kN/m)
A 10.915 233.49
B 21.83 386.71
C 24.57 423.20
D 27.47 423.20
E 210.37 423.20
F 213.57 448.0
o2337.8

+4.36 m

5.36 m
+0.915 m
A

–1.83 m
B

–4.57 m
C 283.7 kN/m2

–7.47 m
D 16.07 m
Peck’s pressure
envelope

–10.37 m
E
Actual pressure envelope

–13.57 m
F

Bottom of cut
–17.07 m

Figure 19.19  Comparison of actual and Peck’s pressure envelopes

Now, using Eq. (19.8), we can convert the sand layer located between elevations
14.36 m and 10.305 and the equivalent clay layer of 17.375 m to one equivalent
clay layer with a thickness of 21.43 m:

1
cav 5 [g K H 2 tan f9s 1 sH 2 Hsdn9qu]
2H s s s

3 4
1
5 [s17.29ds1ds4.055d2 tan 301s17.375ds0.75ds2351.24d] <34.99 kN/m2
s2ds21.43d

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