GABION WALL STABILITY CHECK

1 Salient Features:

Heigth of Wall above Bed Level= 4 m

Fountaion Depth= 1 m
Wall inclination from vertical= 0 Degrees
Considered Water Level= 3 m
Width of Footing= 3.7 m

Gabion Fill Properties:

Unit wt of Fill= 18 kN/m3

Back Fill Properties:

Slope of retained soil, β= 0 Degrees
Characteristic peak shearing resistance angle= 30 Degrees
Wall firction angle= 30 Degrees
Characteristic Saturated Density of retained soil,ϒ= 19 kN/m3
Characteristic base friction angle= 30 Degrees
Bearing capacity of soil= 200 kN/m2

2 Load Calculation:
Weight of Gabion:
Cross Sectional Area of Gabion= 10 m2
Weight of Gabion Wall= 180 kN/m
Location of CG from Heel Edge of Gabion Wall
x= 1.35 m
y= 2 m
For ease in calculation, triangular section has been assumed for center of mass calculation

Static Earth Pressure:

α= 90 Degrees
ϴ= 90 Degrees

Sin(α+φrk)= 0.8660254
Sin(α)= 1
Sin(α-δ) 0.8660254
Sin(φrk+δ)= 0.8660254
Sin(φrk-β) 0.5
Sin(α+β)= 1

Active Pressure using Colomb Theory= 0.2971729

Pa,soil= 70.578573 kN/m
Pa,h= 61.122837 kN/m
Acting at a height= 1.6666667 m from base
Pa,v= 35.289286 kN/m
Acting at a distance= 1.2333333 m from heel

Surcharge Load:
Height of Soil Considered= 1.2 m
Psur= 22.8 kN/m
Acting at a height= 2.5 m from base

Dynamic Earth pressure:

Load due to active dynamic earth pressure has been found by Mononobe Okabe Theory
 Coefficient (Ka,dyn)= 0.4881
Dynamic earth pressure PepD= 115.92375 kN/m
Horizontal component= P*Cos(δ)= 100.39291 kN/m
Vertical Component= P*Sin(δ)= 57.961875 kN/m
Acting at a height of= 1.6666667 m from base

Horizontal Water Pressure:

Ph = 44.145 kN/m
Acting at a height= 3 m from base

Uplift Force
In ponding condition, no tailwater and water deph of 4m
Water Depth= 4 m
Fuplift= Density of Water* Depth* g
= 39.24 kN/m

3 Stability Check
Stability check for basic combination of loads in Dry condition (No Water)
γf Lever Overturn Restoring Shear Vertical
Load (KN)
Overturning Restoring Arm (m) ing moment (KN- Force Load
WG 180.000 0.000 1.000 2.350 0.000 423.000 0.000 180.000
PepH(s) 61.123 1.000 0.000 1.667 101.871 0.000 61.123 0.000
V(s)
Pep 35.289 0.000 1.000 2.467 0.000 87.047 0.000 35.289
Fsur(H) 22.800 1.000 0.000 2.500 57.000 0.000 22.800 0.000
Total 158.871 510.05 83.92 215.29

Total overturning moment= 158.871 kNm

Total Restoring moment= 510.047 kNm
Total shear at base of footing= 83.923 kN
Total vertical load at base of footing= 215.289 kN

𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑀𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑒𝑛𝑡

= 3.210 >1.5 (safe in Overturning)
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑂𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑀𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡

𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟

= 1.481 > 1.25 (safe in sliding)
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑆ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒
Check For pressure Distribution at base:
The distance of resultant force from the toe = 1.63
Eccentricity = 0.21882 < 0.61667 Lies
Maximum pressure at toe = 79 KN/m2 < 200 Ok between
Minimum pressure at Heel = 38 KN/m2 < 200 No Tension in Footing
Stability check for Basic combination of loads- Ponding Condition
γf Lever Overturn Restoring Shear Vertical
Load (KN)
Overturning Restoring Arm (m) ing moment (KN- Force Load
WG 180.000 0.000 1.000 2.350 0.000 423.000 0.000 180.000
PepH(s) 61.123 1.000 0.000 1.667 101.871 0.000 61.123 0.000
PepV(s) 35.289 0.000 1.000 2.467 0.000 87.047 0.000 0.000
Ph 44.145 0.000 1.000 3.000 0.000 132.435 -44.145 0.000
Fuplift 39.240 1.000 0.000 2.467 96.792 0.000 0.000 -39.240
Fsur(H) 22.800 0.000 0.000 2.500 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Total 198.663 642.48 16.98 140.76

Total overturning moment= 198.663 kNm

Total Restoring moment= 642.482 kNm
Total shear at base of footing= 16.978 kN
Total vertical load at base of footing= 140.760 kN

𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑀𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑒𝑛𝑡

= 3.234 >1.5 (safe in Overturning)
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑂𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑀𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡

𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟

= 4.787 > 1.25 (safe in sliding)
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑆ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒
Check For pressure Distribution at base:

The distance of resultant force from the toe = 3.15

Eccentricity = -1.30302 < 0.61667 Lies
Maximum pressure at toe -= 42 KN/m2 < 200 Ok between
Minimum pressure at Heel = 118 KN/m2 < 200 No Tension in Footing

Stability check for seismic combination of loads- Dry Condition

γf Lever Overturn Restoring Shear Vertical
Load (KN)
Overturning Restoring Arm (m) ing moment (KN- Force Load
WG 180.000 0.000 1.000 2.350 0.000 423.000 0.000 180.000
PepH(D) 100.393 1.000 0.000 1.667 167.322 0.000 100.393 0.000
PepV(D) 57.962 0.000 1.000 2.467 0.000 142.973 0.000 57.962
Fsur(H) 22.800 0.000 0.000 2.500 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Total 167.322 565.97 100.39 237.96

Total overturning moment= 167.322 kNm

Total Restoring moment= 565.973 kNm
Total shear at base of footing= 100.393 kN
Total vertical load at base of footing= 237.962 kN

𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑀𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑒𝑛𝑡

=
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑂𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑀𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡
3.383 >1.5 (safe in Overturning)

𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟

= 1.368 > 1.25 (safe in sliding)
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑆ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒
Check For pressure Distribution at base:

The distance of resultant force from the toe = 1.68

Eccentricity = 0.174727 < 0.61667 Lies
Maximum pressure at toe = 83 KN/m2 < 200 Ok between
Minimum pressure at Heel = 46 KN/m2 < 200 No Tension in Footing