PROJECT NAME: PROTECTION WALL PROJECT #: A

LOCATION: PIRPANCHAL SECTION: 1

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER: DEPARTMENT REPORT #: 1

NOTES: PRIOR THE EXECUTION ALL THE GEOTECHINAL PARAMETERS DRAWING #: 1

ASSUMED HEREIN WILL HAVE BE CONFIRMED BY DETAIL
SOIL -INVESTIGATION AT THE SPOTS WHERE SUCH WALL IS DATE:
PROPOSED

Descriptions symbols Input Units Notes

Values

Backfill slope angle above wall β 28.000 º <Ф

Angle of internal friction Φ 30.000 º
Wall friction reduction by geotextile fr 0.000 % Back of wall
Angle of wall friction δ 30.000 º Φ(100-fr)/100
Inclination angle to vertical plane ω 0.000 º for wall with straight back (no offsets)
Back of wall angle to horizontal α 90.000 º 90+ω
Cohesion c 0 psf Ignore cohesion
Surcharge q 0.000 psf
Soil density γs 125.000 pcf
Rock density γr 138.000 pcf
Void in gabion v 20.000 %
Gabion density γg 110.400 pcf γr(100-v)/100
Actual height of wall H 11.470 ft (hCosω) Corrected for inclination
Embedment d 3.500 ft 0 ft to ignore passive thrust
Width of base B 13 ft
Allowable soil bearing capacity qa 1566.405 psf determined by Geotechnical Engineer

45
GABION RETAINING WALL ROW 1
 45 ROW 1

42 ROW 2

ROW 3
39
ROW 4
36
ROW 5

33
ROW 6

30
X Y ROW 7

ROW 8
27
ROW 9
24
ROW 10
21
ROW 11
Y

18 ROW 12

15 ROW 13

ROW 14
12
ROW 15
9
EMBEDMT
6
BACKFILL

-3
-3 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36
-6
X
Row # Width Height offset Area X Moment Y Moment
(ft) (ft) (from toe) (ft) (ft²) (ft) (ft³) (ft) (ft³)
15 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
14 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
13 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
12 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
11 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
10 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
9 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
8 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
7 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
6 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
5 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
4 6.6 3.3 6.00 21.780 9.300 202.554 9.820 213.880
3 6.6 3.3 4.00 21.450 7.300 156.585 6.545 140.390
2 6.6 3.3 2.00 21.450 5.300 113.685 3.295 70.678
1 13.0 1.7 0.00 21.710 6.500 141.115 0.835 18.128
h= 11.5 86.390 7.107 613.939 5.129 443.075

1 COULOMB'S THEORY

BACK
Active earth pressure Ka = Sin²(α+Φ)
coefficient Sin² α Sin(α-δ) 1+ Sin(Φ+δ) Sin(Φ-β) ²
Sin(α-δ) Sin(α+β)

0.750
1.000 0.866 1+ 0.866 0.035 ²
0.866 0.883

0.750
1.245

0.603

Active soil thrust Ps = 0.5Kaγs H²

= 4954.907 lb/ft

Active surcharge thrust Pq = Sinα KaqH

Sin(α+β)

= 1.000 0.000
0.883

= 0.000 lb/ft

Horizontal active soil thrust Phs = PsCos(δ- ω)

= 4291.075 lb/ft

Horizontal active surcharge Phq = PqCos(δ- ω)

thrust
= 0.000 lb/ft

Vertical active soil thrust Pvs = PsSin(δ- ω)

= 2477.453 lb/ft

Vertical active surcharge Pvq = PqSin(δ- ω)

thrust
= 0.000 lb/ft

FRONT

Inclination angle to vertical ωp = 0.000

Front face angle to horizontal αp = 90-ωp
= 90.000
Backfill slope βp = 0.000
Angle of wall friction δp = 0.000

Passive earth pressure Kp = Sin²(α-Φ)

coefficient Sin² α Sin(α+δ) 1- Sin(Φ+δ) Sin(Φ+β) ²
Sin(α+δ) Sin(α+β)

0.750
 1.000 1.000 1- 0.500 0.500 ²
1.000 1.000

0.750
0.250

3.000

Passive soil thrust Pp = 0.5Kpγs d²

= 2296.875 lb/ft

2 Check Overturning:

Vertical distance to Phs Yhs = H/3-BSinω

= 3.823 ft

Vertical distance to Phq Yhq = H/2-BSinω

= 5.735 ft

Overturning moment ∑Mo = YhsPhs + YhqPhq

= 16406.210 ft-lb / ft

Weight of Gabion Wg = ∑A γg

= 9537.456 lb / ft

Horizontal distance to W g Xg = Ysinω + XCosω

= 7.107 ft

Horizontal distance to Pvs Xvs = B/Cosω + (H/3-BSinω)Tanω

13.000

Horizontal distance to Pvq Xvq = B/Cosω + (H/2-BSinω)Tanω

13.000

Vertical distance to Pp YPp = d/3

= 1.167

Resisting moment ∑Mr = W g Xg + Pvs Xvs + Pvq Xvq + PpYPp

= 102665.447 ft-lb / ft

Overturning factor of safety SFo = ∑Mr

∑Mo

6.258 ≥ 2.000 O.K

3 Check Sliding

Total Normal forces ∑W = WgCosω + PsSinδ + PqSinδ - PpSinω

= 12014.909 lb/ft

Frictional force Ff = ∑W TanΦ

= 12014.909 0.577

= 6936.811

Total Resisting Forces ∑Fr = Ff + CosωPp

= 9233.686

Total Driving Forces at base ∑Fd = PsCosδ + PqCosδ - W gSinω

4291.075

Siding factor of safety SFs = ∑Fr

∑Fd

2.152 ≥ 1.500 O.K

4 Check the Eccentricity of Resultant Force

(Resultant is in middle one third)

Eccentricity e = 0.5 B - ( ∑Mr - Mo)

∑W

= 6.500 - 7.179

= -B/6 ≤ e ≤ +B/6

-2.167 ≤ -0.679 ≤ 2.167

O.K O.K

5 Check Bearing

Applied bearing pressure P = ∑W (1± 6e/B)

B

= 924.224 (1± 0.314 )

Right = 1214.010 psf ≤ 1566.405 O.K

Left = 634.437 psf ≤ 1566.405 O.K