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Cantilever Retaining Wall with Horizontal Back fill

1.0) Design Data
1.1) Wall ID = Wall1
1.2 Height of Embankment (m) = 3.00
1.3 Unit Weight of Soil (ϒ, kN/m3) = 18.00
1.4) Safe Bearing Capacity SBC ( qo, kN/m2) = 100
1.5) Angle of Repose (Φ, °) = 30
1.6) fck (Mpa) = 20
1.7) fy (Mpa) = 415
1.8) Ru = 2.671
1.9) Coefficient of friction between soil & Concrete(µ) = 0.5

2.0) Minimum Depth of Foundation

2.1)Minimum Depth (Ymin, m) = 0.62 Ymin=qo((1-sinΦ/1+sinΦ))^2/ϒ
2.2) Depth of Foundation (Df, m) = 1.00 Based on Ymin
2.3) Total Height (H, m) = 4.00 H= Height of Embankment+ D

3.0) Dimension of Retaining Wall

3.1) Ratio of Toe to Base of Wall (α) = 0.37 α = 1-(qo/(2.2*ϒ*H))
3.2) Coefficient of Active pressure (Ka) = 0.33 Ka =(1-sinΦ/1+sinΦ)
3.3) Width of Base Slab (b,m)
3.3.1) Normal width of Base b (m) = 1.89 b= 0.95*H*√(ka/((1-α)*(1+3α))
3.3.2) Base width Considering Sliding (b,m) = 2.93 b= 0.7*H*Ka/(1-α)*µ
3.3.3) Range of Width of Base
3.3.3.a) Min Width (b,m) = 1.60 b=0.4*H
3.3.3.b) Max Width (b,m) = 2.40 b=0.6*H
3.3) Width of Base Slab(b,m) = 2.40 Shear Key Check Required
3.4) Width of Toe Slab(btoe,m) = 0.9 btoe= α*b
3.5) Width of Heel Slab(bheel,m) = 1.20
3.6) Thickness of base (D,m) = 0.30 D=H/12
3.7) Height of Stem (H1,m) = 3.70 H1=H-D
3.8) Bending Moment in Stem(Mu, kN-m) = 75.22 Mu = 1.5* Ka*ϒ*H1^3/6
t=√Mu/Ru*B( Designing wall for
167.81 B=1m)
3.9) Effective Thickness of Stem (t,mm) =
3.9.a) Effective Thickness of stem at Top(tt,m) = 0.20
3.9.b) Effective Thickness of Stem at Bottom(Tb, m) = 0.30

tt=0.2m

H1=3.7m
H=4m

btoe=0.9m bheel=1.2m Pa=47.52kN

H/3=1.33m
Tb=0.3m

b=2.4m

4.0) Stability Check

4.1) Weight of Rectangular Portion of Stem = W1
4.2) Weight of Triangular portion of stem = W2
4.3) Weight of Base Slab = W3
4.4) Weight of Soil on Heel Slab = W4

S. No. Designation Force(kN) Lever arm(m) Moment about Toe(kN-m)

1 W1 =1*0.2*3.7*25 18.5 =0.9+0.2 1.10 =18.5*1.1 20.35
2 W2 =1*0.5*0.1*3.7*25 4.625 =0.9+(0.07) 0.97 =4.625*0.97 4.49
3 W3 =1*2.4*0.3*25 18.0 =2.4/2 1.2 =18*1.2 21.6
4 W4 1*1.2*3.7*18 79.9 =0.9+0.3+0.6 1.8 =79.92*1.8 143.86
Total Weight ΣW(kN) 121 Total Resisting Moment (Mr,kN-m) 190.3

4.5) Total Resisting Moment,(Mr, kN-m) = 190.3

4.3) Total Active Earth Pressure (Pa,kN) = 47.52 Pa=Ka*ϒ*(H^2)/2
4.4) Overturning Moment (Mo,kN-m) = 63.36 Mo=Pa*H/3
4.5) Factor of Safet Against overturning = 3.00 FOS=Mr/Mo
4.6) Check for Overturning = >2 Safe
4.7) Factor of Safety against Sliding = 1.27 FOS=µ*ΣW/P
4.8) Check for Sliding/Shear Key = <1.5 Provide Shear Key
5.0) Pressure Distribution
5.1) Net Moment (ΣM, kN-m) = 126.94 ΣM=Mr-Mo