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Design of masonry retaining wall

In put data
Calculated data
Check out put
Soil data
SELACTED GRANULAR MATERIAL
Ø= 30 º
Ÿsoil= 18 KN/M3
C= 0
Ÿmasonry= 27 KN/M3
Ø 0.52 radians
delta = 20.00
tan(delta)=µ= 0.364
Allowable soil pressure= 200 KN/M2

Kp = ( 1+sinØ )/( 1- sinØ ) Ka = 0.33


Kp = 3.00

Retaining wall data

top width of wall = 0.4 M b in put data


bottom width of wall = 1.05 M B in put data
embeded depth of wall = 0.8 M D in put data
total height of wall = 2.6 M H in put data
lever arm
weight of rectangular part of wall = 28.08 KN/M 0.20 M
weight of triangular part of wall = 22.82 KN/M 0.62 M
weight of triangular part of soil = 15.21 KN/M 0.83 M
superimposed load = 0 KN 0.00 M
Resultant vertical force = 66.11 KN 0.49 M

Active earth pressure=Ka*Ÿ*h 15.599956 KN/M/M


Passive earth pressure=Kp*Ÿ*h 43.200122 KN/M/M
Distablizing force= 3.00 KN/M 0.87 M
Overturning

Distablizing moment = 2.60 KN-M


Stablizing moment = 32.36 KN-M
Ratio = 12.45 >= 2 safty factor
safety factor= 2
the bottom width is safe for overturning
Sliding

Distablizing force = 3.00 KN


total vertical force = 66.11 KN
stablizing force = 24.06 KN
Ratio = 8.02 >= 1.5 safty factor
the bottom width is safe for sliding
Bearing pressure

Min stress Q 36.05 < 200


Max stress Q 89.87 < 200
Check for tension failure safe for tension failure
Check for bearing failure safe for bearing
Check for bearing failure safe for bearing
Eccentricity

Total horizontal force = 3.00 KN


Total vertical force = 66.11 KN
Tan(teta) = 22.04
Teta = 87.40 º
Horizontal distance from the toe
edge where the resultant force acts= 0.45
Base width/2 = 0.525 M
Eccentricity = 0.075 M < 0.18
Required base width of the retaining
wall = ( 6*eccentricity) = 0.45 < 1.05
The bottom width is safe

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