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B
C
D
E
F
2 SOLUTION FOR CANTILEVER RETAINING WALL STABILITY
3 Refence: Das, Principles of Foundation Engineering 6th,
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Section 8.4 -8.7, Example 8.1
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Wall Geometry (See Fig. 8.2(b))
6
Wall Height, H = 13.0
W

7
Stem Top Width, W = 1.0
Backfill Angle, = 0.0
8
9
Depth, D = 4.0
10
Base Thickness, BT = 3.0
11
Toe Length, TL = 2.0
H
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27

Stem Bottom Width, W' =

Heel Length, HL =
Back Height, H' =

Material Properties
Active Backfill =
Heel cover =
Passive backfill =
Concrete =
=
or ( + ) =

1.0
7.0
13.0

Active

TL

Base Width, B = 10.0

W'

Passive

HL
BT

Ka =
c =
Kp =
c =
k1 =
k2 =

Results
Factor of Safety - Sliding = 2.22
Factor of Safety - O.T. = 6.31

Item
(1) Backfill
(2) Backfill
(3) Stem
(4) Stem
(5) Base
28 Pa =
29 Ph = Pa cos()

Width Height
7
10.0
7
0.00
1
10.0
0
10.0
10
3

Bearing Capacity
F.S = 7.54
Gamma
132.0
132.0
150
150
150

H(R)

H(O)

3156.58
3156.58

30 Pv = Pa sin()
31 Pp
32 Cohesion at the base
33 Friction at the base
34

V
9240.00
0.00
1500.00
0.00
4500.00

eccentricity =
q toe =
q heel =

0.00

SUM

15240.00

3156.58

132.00
132.00
132.00
150.00
34.00
0.00

For > 0,
Cell K11 = 1
For = 0,
Cell K11 = 0.5

1.0

0.283
0.00
3.57
0.0
0.67
0.67
0.23
1738.11
1309.89

arm
6.50
7.67
2.50
2.00
5.00

M(R)
60060.0
0.0
3750.0
0.0
22500.0

1.00

0.0

4.33
10.00

3769.9
0.00
3241.03
7010.95

(Is e< B/6?)

B' =
9.532
M(O)

13679
0.0

86310

13679

35 Normal force on base (N)

15240.00

4.77

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Resultant Active Earth Force on a Wall -- Coulomb and Rankine Method
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Wooksheet Name: Active
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Reference: Das, Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering
6
7
deg
rad
=
8
Friction angle
34.00
0.5934 =
132.00
=
9
Wall friction angle
0.00
0.0000 H' =
13.00

=
10
Backfill angle (0 horiz)
10.00
0.1745

=
11
Wall inclination (0 = vert)
0.00
0.0000
12
13
deg
rad
function
14
phi - theta = 34.00
0.5934
0.6873
15
delta + theta = 0.00
0.0000
1.0000
16
delta + phi = 34.00
0.5934
0.5592
17
phi - alpha = 24.00
0.4189
0.4067
18
delta + theta = 0.00
0.0000
1.0000
19
theta - alpha = -10.00 -0.1745
0.9848
20
Coulomb Ka = 0.314
Pa = 3497.2
Pa cos() = 3497.2
21
22

Rankine Ka = 0.294

Pa =

3283.4

Pa (cos) = 3233.6

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Resultant Passive Earth Force on a Wall -- Coulomb and Rankine Method
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Wooksheet Name: Passive
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Reference: Das, Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering
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7
deg
rad

=
8
Friction angle
18.00
0.3142 =
132.00

c2 =
9
900.00
D=
4.00
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22

Coulomb Kp = 1.894
Rankine Kp = 1.894

Pp =

11910.46

Pp =

11910.46

nkine Method

BEARING CAPACITY OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS

Terzaghi and Vesic Methods
Date
Identification

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Problem 13.1

Input

Results

Units of Measurement
E SI or E
Foundation Information
Shape
CO
B' =
9.53
L=
20
D=
4.00

SQ, CI, CO, or RE

ft
ft
ft

Soil Information
c=
phi =

900.00 lb/ft^2
18.00 deg

gamma =
Dw =

132.00 lb/ft^3
20 ft

Factor of Safety
F=

Terzaghi
Bearing Capacity
q ult =
19,241 lb/ft^2
qa=
19,241 lb/ft^2
Allowable Wall Load
P/b =
183 k/ft

Vesic
13,112 lb/ft^2
13,112 lb/ft^2

124 k/ft

Unit conver

1000

Gamma w
62.4
phi (radian 0.314159
Terzaghi Computations
a theta = 2.043238
Nc =
15.52
Nq =
6.04
N gamma
3.31
gamma' =
132
coefficient
1
coefficient
0.5
sigma zD'
528
Vesic Computation
Nc =
13.10
Fcs =
1.00
Fcd =
=
Fci = Fqi =
Nq =
Fqs =
Fqd =
N =
Fs =
Fd =
Fi =
B/L =
D/B =

1.168
11.70
0.757
5.26
1.00
1.130
4.07
1.00
1.00
0.122
0
0.419653

W sub f
c- =

0.7
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