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Lateral Earth Pressure

1. This document provides design calculations for lateral earth pressure on a retaining wall including soil properties, groundwater conditions, surcharge loads, and seismic parameters. 2. Key parameters determined include earth pressures under at-rest and active soil conditions, as well as a pseudostatic earthquake load using the Seed & Whitman method. 3. Soil properties, groundwater table, surcharge loads, and a peak ground acceleration are used to calculate lateral earth pressures and seismic loads on the retaining wall.

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Lateral Earth Pressure

1. This document provides design calculations for lateral earth pressure on a retaining wall including soil properties, groundwater conditions, surcharge loads, and seismic parameters. 2. Key parameters determined include earth pressures under at-rest and active soil conditions, as well as a pseudostatic earthquake load using the Seed & Whitman method. 3. Soil properties, groundwater table, surcharge loads, and a peak ground acceleration are used to calculate lateral earth pressures and seismic loads on the retaining wall.

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DESIGN CALCULATIONS

PMD/ENGINEERING/DESIGN SERVICES/CIVIL-STRUCTURAL

LATERAL EARTH PRESSURE

Height of soil layer, H 7 m


Depth of water table, Hw = 3 m
Dead Load on Top, PD = 0 kPa
Live Load on Top, PL = 12 kPa

SOIL DATA

γmoist = 18.36 kN/m3


ω= 16.74 %
Gs = 2.54
φ= 27 deg
γw = 9.81 kN/m3

γdry = γmoist/(1+ω) = 15.727 kN/m3


γsat = (Gs + Gsω)γw/(1+Gsω) = 20.410 kN/m3
Ko = 1-sinθ = 0.546
Ka = (1-sinθ)/(1+sinθ) = 0.376
Kp = (1+sinθ)/(1-sinθ) = 2.663

SEISMIC PARAMETERS

amax = 0.40 g *peak ground acceleration

SURCHARGE

qD = PD = 0 kPa
qD+L = PD + PL = 12.0 kPa

SOIL PRESSURES

At-rest Condition
Po1 = KoγmoistHw = 30.07 kPa
Po2 = Po1+Ko(γsat-γw)(H-Hw) = 53.23 kPa
Psur = KoqD = 0.00 kPa
Pw = γw(H-Hw) = 39.24 kPa

Active Condition
Pa1 = KaγmoistHw = 20.68 kPa
Pa2 = Pa1+Ka(γsat-γw)(H-Hw) = 46.00 kPa
Psur = KaqD+L = 4.51 kPa
Pw = γw(H-Hw) = 39.24 kPa

PSEUDOSTATIC EARTHQUAKE LOAD (using Seed & Whitman Method)

PE = (3/8)(amax/g)H2γmoist = 134.946 kN
P1 = (2/5)(PE/H) = 7.71 kPa
P2 = (8/5)(PE/H) = 30.84 kPa

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