Retaining Wall Worked Example

Design procedure overview 3.
Retaining wall worked example. Two equations are developed. Retaining wall design 10 editionth a design guide for earth retaining structures contents at a glance. The following worked examples have been prepared to illustrate the application of bs8002 to retaining wall design. Building codes and retaining walls 5.
3 into the above. Geotechnical design dublin 13 14 june 2013 support to the implementation harmonization and further development of the eurocodes. D d db f d f f m y y c u 0 883 2 0 235 0 85 0 235 inserting the material properties. Unit weight of concrete ɣ c.
Ce 437 537 spring 2011 retaining wall design example 1 8 design a reinforced concrete retaining wall for the following conditions. Unit weight of water ɣ w. Retaining walls example 3 16 design of a cantilever retaining wall bs 8 110 the cantilever retaining wall shown below is backþlled with granular material having a unit weight of 19 knm 3 and an internal angle of friction of 30. This video explains about how the forces acting on cantilever retaining wall and check for the factor of safety against sliding and factor of safety against.
Assuming that the allowable bearing pressure of the soil is 120 knm 2 the. 30 unit weight of soil ɣ s. F c 3000 psi fy 60 ksi natural soil development of structural design equations. F c 3 ksi and fy 60 ksi and b 12in 1 foot wide strip of wall in the direction out of the.
Coefficient of soil friction ф. Cantilever concrete retaining walls are commonly used for residential purposes often as integral basement walls. Cantilever timber pole walls are probably the most commonly used form of retaining wall for residential purposes. Worked example to accompany mbie guidance on the seismic design of retaining structures for residential sites in greater christchurch version 2 november 2014.
Usually the cantilever wall stem is of concrete block construction rising from an in situ concrete foundation. The poles may also be of steel section for more heavily loaded. Ce 537 spring 2011 retaining wall design example 2 8 substituting eqn. Soil bearing capacity q all.
They are not full detailed calculations such as might be prepared for a real wall design but are limited to the calculation of earth pressure and bearing capacity showing how the recommendations of bs8002 are applied in practice. Forces on retaining walls 6. Soil bearing and stability 8. Soil mechanics simplified 4.
In this example the structural design of the three retaining wall components is performed by hand. Earthquake seismic design 7. Worked examples presented at the workshop eurocode 7. Consider the cantilever retaining wall with the cross section shown in the above figure a 1 which retains a 2m depth of soil having the groundwater table at 1 0m level.