ACTIVE PRESSURE DUE TO SOIL WEIGHT CALCULATION

Angle of internal friction, φ= 12

Saturated soil unit weight= 17.81 kN/m3
Dry soil unit weight= 9.81 kN/m3
Sheet pile width= 400 mm
1.333333 ft
Height between Ground level
& dredging level, H= 24 ft

Average dry unit weight of Soil, ϒ'= 8 kN/m3

51.38491 lb/ft3

Active earth pressure coefficient, ka= 0.65575

p'= 808.696 lb/ft2

UDL per sheet pile= 1078.261 lb/ft

1.078261 k/ft

ACTIVE PRESSURE DUE TO SURCHARGE LOAD CALCULATION

a'= 2 m
b'= 1 m
Surcharge Load, q= 40 kN/m2 (Strip Loading)
H= 6 m

Ө1 9.462322 DEGREES
Ө2 26.56505 DEGREES

Total Force per unit length due to strip loading , P= 45.60728 kN/m
3.125092 k/ft
 TOTAL ACTIVE PRESSURE DUE TO SOIL WEIGHT & SURCHARGE LOAD CALCULATION

Active Pressure due to Soil Weight & Surcharge, P a= 4.203353 k/ft

 SPRING CONSTANT CALCULATION

Modulus of subgrade reaction,ks

ks=C(SF)qa
C= 40(SI unit) & 12(fps un
C= 12 ( BOWLES, PG-736) SF= 3 (for cohesive soil) &
SF 3
q a= 2.78 ksf ( qa= bearing capacity computed at several depths in th

Soil spring is provided at every = 2 ft

Modulus of subgrade reaction, ks= 100.08 k/ft3

Spring Constant for Etabs Analysis= 266.88 k/ft

(Strip Loading)
CALCULATION
 40(SI unit) & 12(fps unit)
3 (for cohesive soil) & 2(for cohesion soil)

d at several depths in the likely range of pile embedment depth D and q ult= qa*SF)