Embedded Retaining Wall Worked Example

Cantilever timber pole walls are probably the most commonly used form of retaining wall for residential purposes.

Embedded retaining wall worked example.

It covers temporary and permanent cantilever anchored. Possible modes of failure for free standing concrete cantilever retaining walls. Building codes and retaining walls 5. Unless wall is embedded into sloping ground with sloping backfill or there is a weak layer at the toe of the wall.

This example is intended to be readily calculated by hand although a lot of structural spreadsheets and software such as prokon are available. Soil mechanics simplified 4. Design and analysis of retaining walls 3 f crib walls or coffer dams are cells or units to be filled with soil or built up members of pieces of precast concrete or metal and are supported by anchor pieces embedded in the soil for. Worked example 2 version 1.

To further understand the designed approach here is a worked example of the design of the retaining wall. Ce 437 537 spring 2011 retaining wall design example 1 8 design a reinforced concrete retaining wall for the following conditions. The poles may also be of steel section for more heavily. Retaining wall design 10 editionth a design guide for earth retaining structures contents at a glance.

Geotechnical design dublin 13 14 june 2013 support to the implementation harmonization and further development of the eurocodes. Forces on retaining walls 6. F c 3000 psi fy 60 ksi natural soil development of structural design equations. Earthquake seismic design 7.

The following worked example uses a simplified lrfd design procedure with load and resistance factors. Design procedure overview 3. Foundation engineering chapter 8. Worked examples presented at the workshop eurocode 7.

Worked example to accompany mbie guidance on the seismic design of retaining structures for residential sites in greater christchurch version 2 november 2014. The purpose of this article is for the reader to fully understand the principle behind it. Soil bearing and stability 8. This video shows soilstructure software cantilever shoring capabilities in si units english units.

Two equations are developed.