Purpose of calculation: The details of a cantilever retaining wall are shown below, is the design of the wall satisfactory?
Calculation Reference: Craig Soil Mechanics. R.F. Craig
Calculation Validation: Check against a worked example in the reference above.
Calculation Parameters
- Surcharge Pressure
- Thickness of the Stem
- Thickness of the Base
- Length of Backfill
- Height of Wall from the Base
- Width of the Base
- Characteristics of Backfill
- Drained (effective stress) Shear Strength Parameter
- Unit Weight of the backfill
- Drained (effective stress) Shear Strength Parameter
- Characteristics of Concrete
- Unit Weight of Concrete
- Angle of friction between the base and the foundation soil is
- Active earth pressure coefficient
- Horizontal Forces
- Sum of Horizontal Forces
- Vertical Forces
- Sum of Vertical Forces
- Lever
- Moments
- Lever arm of base resultant
- FoS against overturning
- Eccentricity of base reaction
- Maximum and minimum base pressures
- FoS against sliding
Code
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