Stability of Cantilever Retaining Walls Abdulrahman Alhabshi

Texas Tech University Units SI

Prepared by Abdulrahman Alhabshi

Date July 16, 2019

Identification Cantilever Retaining Wall with 500 psf Surcharge m
qs = 12 kPa
kN/m3
Input Data kN
Units of Measurement SI 0.35 5 kN-m
b
m2
Wall kN/m
Stem height 2.5 m g conc 23.6
Footing thickness 0.4 m
Include Footing embedment, D 0.9 m 0.35 1 H' = 2.9 Fill Ka Kp
Stem thickness - top 0.35 m H = 2.5 Pqs 10 Simple Rankine 0.333 3.000
Stem thickness - bottom 0.35 m 2 Coulomb 0.333 3.000
Toe extension, btoe Pa
0.4 m 0 25 Rankine with ba 0.577 2.909
Heel extension, bh 1.35 m 3 0.333 3.000
Base Length, B 2.1 m H' = 2.90
Backfill angle, b 0 deg D H3 = 0.00
4
Surcharge Load Yes Yes Include
qs 12 kPa h No Do Not Include
Base Key ? No Bt = 0.4 Bh = 1.35
1 qs = 12

Backfill Soil B = 2.1

g Fill 18 kN/m3
f' Fill 30 deg
c' Fill 0 kPa
Earth Pressure Theory Simple Rankine h d
Ka 0.333 0 0 k = 2/3 0.7 1.0
Pa = 0.5 KagH' 2 25 kN/m ckB 0.0
Pqs = (qsKa) H 10 kN/m SV tan k f 58.4
Kp = tan2 (45+f/2) 3.00
Natural Soil at Base Pkey = 0.5 Kpgh2 27 0
g Soil 18 kN/m3 Reduce D= 0.9
f' soil 30 deg No PD = 0.5 KpgD2 21.9 21.9
c' Soil 0 kPa 2c sqrt(Kp) D 0.0
Allowable bearing pressure, qall 110 kPa Pp 21.9
Forces & Moments Vertical Forces
Resisting Moment 119 kN-m Element Area Weight Mom. Arm Moment
Overturning Moment 50 kN-m m2 kN m kN-m
Net Moment 69 kN-m 1 3.375 60.8 1.43 86.6
Rz = SV + qs(Bh) 117 kN 2 0.875 20.7 0.58 11.9
Pp = Pkey + PpD 22 kN/m 3 0 0.0 0.40 0.0
SFR = SV tanf + Bc+Pp+Pkey 80 kN/m 4 0.84 19.8 1.05 20.8
SFSliding = Ph + Ph qs 35 kN/m

SV 101.2 SMR 119.3

Results Horizontal Forces
Pa 25.2 0.97 24.4
Sliding FS = 2.28 OK Pqs 10.0 3.25 32.5
Overturning FS = 2.37 OK PpD -21.9 0.30 -6.6
Resultant Location, x = MNet/Rz x= 0.59 m Pkey 0.0 0.50 0.0
e = |B/2 - x| e= 0.46 m SFd 13.4 SMo 50.3
B/6 = 0.35 m
No OK, e > B/6

Check Bearing Capcity

q max = (Rz/A)(1+(6e/B)) = 130 kPa

q min = (Rz/A)(1-(6e/B)) = -18 kPa
Bearing pressure OK? No
Backfill Soil

Rankines's Earth Pressure

f' 30 KaR KpR

1-sinf' 0.500 1-sinf' 0.500

1+sinf' 1.500 1+sinf' 1.500

KaR 0.333 KaR 3

Coulomb's Earth Pressure

f' 30 KaC KpC

d 0
h 0 cos2(f'-h) 0.750 cos2(f'+h) 0.750
b 0 cos(h+d) 1.000 cos(h-d) 1.000
cos2h 1.000 cos2h 1.000
sin(f'+d) 0.500 sin(f'+d) 0.500
sin(f'-b) 0.500 sin(f'+b) 0.500
cos(h+d) 1.000 cos(h-d) 1.000
cos(h-b) 1.000 cos(h-b) 1.000

KaC = 0.333 KpC = 3.000

Rankines's Earth Pressure For a Sloping Backfill and a Sloping Wall Face

f' 30 KaR KpR

h 0
b 0 sinb 0.000 sinb 0.000
qa 60.00 sinf' 0.500 sinf' 0.500
qp 30.00 qa 60.000 qp 30.000
cos(b-h) 1.000 cos(b-h) 1.000
sin2f' 0.250 sin2f' 0.250
sin f' 0.500 sin f' 0.500
cos qa 0.500 cos qp 0.866
cos2h 1.000 cos2h 1.000
cos b 1.000 cos b 1.000
sin2b 0.000 sin2b 0.000
KaR 0.577 KpR = 2.909
Stem Desing of a Retaining Wall

Flexural Reinforcement

Top Stem Thickness 0.35 ft a 0.00

Bottom Stem Thickness 0.35 ft a= 1.47 As in
Stem Height 2.5 ft qs = 12 psf
Clear Cover 3 in
g 18 pcf
Ka 0.333
fy 60 ksi
fc 4 ksi

z Thichness d Mu Vu As As min As
of stem 0.0018bh
(ft) (ft) (in) (lbs-ft/ft) lbs (in2) (in2) (in2)
0 0.35 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.000 0.091 0.091
4 0.35 1.2 126.9 95.2 0.002 0.091 0.091
8 0.35 1.2 942.9 353.6 0.015 0.091 0.091
12 0.35 1.2 3,100.8 775.2 0.049 0.091 0.091
16 0.35 1.2 7,253.3 1,360.0 0.121 0.091 0.121
20 0.35 1.2 14,053.3 2,108.0 0.258 0.091 0.258

Mu, ft-lbs
Vu, lbs

0.0 2,000.0 4,000.0 6,000.0 8,000.0 10,000.0 12,000.0 14,000.0 16,000.0

0

4
Depth, z (ft)

10

12

14

16

18

20
Mu
Vu