AMENDMENT TO IRC:6-2014

subject to maximum
of 22.5º
Point of Application:

214.1.1.3 Live Load Surcharge

A live load surcharge shall be applied on abutments and retaining walls. The increase in horizontal pressure due
to live load surcharge shall be estimated as
p
=k heq
where,

heq = Equivalent height of soil for vehicular loading which shall be 1.2 m.
The live load surcharge need not be considered for any earth retaining structure beyond 3 m from edge of
formation width.
214.1.2 Lateral Earth Pressure Under Seismic Conditions for Non –Cohesive soil

The total dynamic force in kg/m length wall due to dynamic active earth pressure shall be:
1
(Paw) dyn = wh2 Ca
2
where,
Ca
w = unit weight of soil in kg/m3
h = height of wall in m, and

214.1.2. (a)

where,
Av
= angle of internal friction of soil
–1 Ah
1 Av

38 INDIAN HIGHWAYS, OCTOBER 2014