Lateral Pressure on Retaining Walls from Surcharges - Based on Theory of Elasticity

q
m1 m2
Input Parameters Parameter Value Unit
Height of the Wall H 12 m
Point Load QP 15 MN x = mH
Strip Load=
qL q/unit area
Line Load 20 MN/m
Horizontal Distance fromWall to the Load Point x 4 m
Strip Load r
Strip Footing Width m2 1 m b CL
Radial horizontal distance from centreline of the Strip r 4.5 m H a
a
Strip Load qS 20 MPa z = nH sh

Results

Point Load Surcharge Line Load Surcharge

1.77Q m 2n 2 4q m2 n
h  for.m  0.4 h  for .m  0.4
H 2 (m 2  n2 )3  H (m 2  n 2 ) 2
0.28Q n2 0.203q n
h  for.m  0.4 h  for.m  0.4
H 2 (0.16  n 2 )3 H (0.16  n2 )2

Strip Load Surcharge

2q
h  (   sin  cos 2 )
H
 2q
h  (   sin  cos 2 )
H
Strip Load=
q/unit area
m x/H 0.333333333

Point Load
z n m <0.4 m>0.4 sh
m 0.28q/H2 n2/(0.16+n2)3 1.77q/H2 m2n2/(m2+n2)3 MPa
0 0.0 0.00 0.0000 0.18 0.0000 0.0000
1 0.1 0.029 1.4925 0.18 0.4690 0.0435
2 0.2 0.03 4.1953 0.18 1.1520 0.1224
3 0.3 0.03 5.6740 0.18 1.3271 0.1655
4 0.3 0.03 5.5759 0.18 1.1250 0.1626
5 0.4 0.03 4.6758 0.18 0.8357 0.1364
6 0.5 0.03 3.6273 0.18 0.5899 0.1058
7 0.6 0.03 2.7177 0.18 0.4111 0.0793
8 0.7 0.03 2.0126 0.18 0.2880 0.0587
9 0.8 0.03 1.4915 0.18 0.2045 0.0435
10 0.8 0.03 1.1132 0.18 0.1476 0.0325
11 0.9 0.03 0.8396 0.18 0.1084 0.0245
12 1.0 0.03 0.6407 0.18 0.0810 0.0187
0 0.0000
0 0.0000
0 0.0000
0 0.0000
0 0.0000
0 0.0000
0 0.0000
0 0.0000
Area no. Area
m2
0
1 0.02
2 0.08
3 0.14
4 0.16
5 0.15
6 0.12
7 0.09
8 0.07
9 0.05
10 0.04
11 0.03
12 0.02

0.98
 0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8
9 9
10 10
11 11
12 12
13 13
14 14
15 15
16 16
17 17
18 18
19 19
20 20
 Lateral Pressure on a Retaining Wall Casued by Point - Load Lateral Pressure on a Retaining Wall Casued by Line - Load Lateral Pressure on Retaining Wall Casued by Strip - Load
Surcharge Surcharge Surcharge
Input
Input
sh (MPa) sh (MPa) Parameters
Parameters
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0
0 0 0

1 2 1 2 1 2

2 3 2 3 2 3

3 4 3 4 3 4

Depth (m)
4 5 4 5 4 5
Depth (m)

Depth (m)
5 6 5 6 5 6

6 7 6 7 6 7

7 8 7 8 7 8

Total Lateral Force

8 9
per unit Length 0.98
8 9 Column R 8 9
MN/m Total Lateral Force per
Column R unit Length 10.84 Column Q
Point Load 15 MN MN/m Total Lateral Force per
Line Load 20 MN/m unit Length 13.87
9 10 9 10 9 MN/m 10
Strip Load 20 MPa

10 10 11
10 11 11
sh (MPa)
 8 9 8 9 Column R 8 9
MN/m Total Lateral Force per
Column R unit Length 10.84 Column Q
Point Load 15 MN MN/m Total Lateral Force per
Line Load 20 MN/m unit Length 13.87
9 10 9 10 9 MN/m 10
Strip Load 20 MPa

10 10 11
10 11 11
sh (MPa)

Total Lateral Force per unit Length Total Lateral Force per unit Length Total Lateral Force per unit Length
0.98 10.84 13.87
5 9 MN/m MN/m MN/m

Point Load Line Load Strip Load

15 20 20
MN MN/m MPa
 Strip Load 20.00 MPa
p 3.14159

Strip Load Das, 2002

z 2q/p a b (b-sinbcos2a) sh Area no. Area
m degree radian MPa m2
0 12.73 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.00
1 12.73 77.5 0.05 0.05 0.68 1.0 0.34
2 12.73 66.0 0.09 0.09 1.17 2.0 0.93
3 12.73 56.3 0.11 0.11 1.42 3.0 1.30
4 12.73 48.4 0.12 0.12 1.50 4.0 1.46
5 12.73 42.0 0.12 0.12 1.48 5.0 1.49
6 12.73 36.9 0.11 0.11 1.41 6.0 1.44
7 12.73 32.7 0.10 0.10 1.32 7.0 1.36
8 12.73 29.4 0.10 0.10 1.23 8.0 1.27
9 12.73 26.6 0.09 0.09 1.14 9.0 1.19
10 12.73 24.2 0.08 0.08 1.07 10.0 1.11
11 12.73 22.2 0.08 0.08 0.99 11.0 1.0
12 12.73 20.6 0.07 0.07 0.93 12.0 1.0
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
13.87
 Teng, 1976
sh Area
MPa m2
0.00 0.00 0 0
0.68 0.34 1 1
1.17 0.93 2 2
1.42 1.30 3 3
1.50 1.46 4 4
1.48 1.49 5 5
1.41 1.44 6 6
1.32 1.36 7 7
1.23 1.27 8 8
1.14 1.19 9 9
1.07 1.11 10 10
11.0 0.99 1.0 11 11
12.0 0.93 1.0 12 12
13 13
14 14
15 15
16 16
17 17
18 18
19 19
20 20
13.87
m x/H 0.333333333

Line Load
z n m <0.4 m>0.4 sh Area no.
m 0.203q/H n/(0.16+n2)2 4q/pH m2n/(m2+n2)2 MPa
0 0.0 0.34 0.0000 2.12 0.0000 0.00 0
1 0.1 0.34 2.9900 2.12 0.6644 1.01 1
2 0.2 0.34 4.7267 2.12 0.9600 1.60 2
3 0.3 0.34 5.0499 2.12 0.9216 1.71 3
4 0.3 0.34 4.5351 2.12 0.7500 1.53 4
5 0.4 0.34 3.7438 2.12 0.5711 1.27 5
6 0.5 0.34 2.9744 2.12 0.4260 1.01 6
7 0.6 0.34 2.3307 2.12 0.3181 0.79 7
8 0.7 0.34 1.8247 2.12 0.2400 0.62 8
9 0.8 0.34 1.4368 2.12 0.1837 0.49 9
10 0.8 0.34 1.1414 2.12 0.1427 0.39 10
11 0.9 0.34 0.9162 2.12 0.1125 0.31 11
12 1.0 0.34 0.7432 2.12 0.0900 0.25 12
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Area
m2
0 0 0
0.51 1 1
1.31 2 2
1.65 3 3
1.62 4 4
1.40 5 5
1.14 6 6
0.90 7 7
0.70 8 8
0.55 9 9
0.44 10 10
0.35 11 11
0.28 12 12
13 13
14 14
15 15
16 16
17 17
18 18
19 19
20 20
10.84