AMENDMENT TO IRC:6-2014

Point of application - The dynamic decrement in passive pressures due to uniform surcharge shall be applied
at an elevation of 0.66 h above the base of the-walls while the static component shall be applied at mid-height
of the wall.
214.1.2.5 Effect of Saturation on Lateral Earth Pressure

earthquakes shall be found from expressions given in 214.1.2 (a) and 214.1.2. (b) above with the following

1
the value of
2

Ws Ah
–1
× 214.1.2 (e)
Ws 1 1 ± Av

where,
Ws = saturated unit weight of soil in gm/cc,
Ah
Av
c) Buoyant unit weight shall be adopted.
d) From the value of earth pressure found out as above, subtract the value of earth pressure determined
by putting Ah = Av
increment.

K0 = 1 – sin
where,
= angle of internal friction of soil
K0
Walls that have of no movement should be designed for “at-rest” earth pressure. Typical examples of such
structures are closed box cell structures.
Point of Application:
height of the wall.
) soil – Non
Seismic Condition
and kp) for lateral active and passive earth pressure shall be
a
calculated based on Coulomb’s formula taking into consideration of wall friction. For cohesive soils, the effect
of ‘c’ shall be added as per procedure given by Bell.
For cohesive soils, active pressure shall be estimated by
Pa = ka Ka

40 INDIAN HIGHWAYS, OCTOBER 2014