F c 3000 psi fy 60 ksi natural soil development of structural design equations.
Retaining wall design worked example.
F c 3000 psi fy 60 ksi.
In this example the structural design of the three retaining wall components is performed by hand.
Design a reinforced concrete retaining wall for the following conditions.
The following worked example is for a free standing cantilever wall that is considered.
Design procedure overview 3.
Two equations are developed in this.
Soil bearing capacity q all.
30 unit weight of soil ɣ s.
Earthquake seismic design 7.
The following worked examples have been prepared to illustrate the application of bs8002 to retaining wall design.
Coefficient of soil friction ф.
Two equations are developed in this section for determining the thickness reinforcement required to resist the bending moment in the retaining wall components stem toe and heel.
Unit weight of water ɣ w.
Development of structural design equations.
In this example the structural design of the three retaining wall components is performed by hand.
Building codes and retaining walls 5.
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.
Cantilever concrete retaining walls are commonly used for residential purposes often as integral basement walls.
Bs8002 introduces radical changes in the design of retaining walls.
Soil bearing and stability 8.
Soil mechanics simplified 4.
Forces on retaining walls 6.
Ce 437 537 spring 2011 retaining wall design example 1 8 design a reinforced concrete retaining wall for the following conditions.
Figure a 1 retaining wall cross section.
Ce 537 spring 2011 retaining wall design example1 8.
Unit weight of concrete ɣ c.