The base is divided into two parts the heel and toe.
Retaining wall reinforcement design example.
Earthquake seismic design 7.
Forces on retaining walls 6.
The stem may have constant thickness along the length or may be tapered based on economic and construction criteria.
Sketches of the retaining wall forces should be considered to properly distinguish the different forces acting on our retaining wall as tackled in the previous article retaining wall.
Two equations are developed in this section for determining the thickness reinforcement required.
Design a reinforced concrete retaining wall for the following conditions.
Assuming that the allowable bearing pressure of the soil is 120 knm 2 the.
F c 3000 psi fy 60 ksi o development of structural design equations.
Reinforced concrete cantilever retaining wall analysis and design aci 318 14 reinforced concrete cantilever retaining walls consist of a relatively thin stem and a base slab.
In this example the structural design of the three retaining wall components is performed by hand.
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.
Building codes and retaining walls 5.
Retaining wall design 10 editionth a design guide for earth retaining structures contents at a glance.
Assume level backfill no surcharge or seismic loading active earth.
Based on our example in figure a 1 we have the forces due to soil pressure due to water and surcharge load to consider.
Soil mechanics simplified 4.
Design procedure overview 3.