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    The document provides an example problem to calculate lateral earth pressures on a retaining wall. It shows the steps to (a) find the active and passive lateral earth pressure distributions, (b) calculate the active Rankine force, and (c) check the overturning stability of the wall.

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    Example 9.

    2:

    For the retaining wall shown below (use Rankine theory).

    a. Find the lateral earth pressure distribution.

    b. Compute Pa (Rankine).

    c. Calculate Overturning stability.

    Solution:

    a. Calculation of active lateral earth pressure distribution:

    ( ) √ = ( )

    = ( )= ( ) = 0.361 (for the soil retained by the wall)

    @z=0.0 (right side)

    ( ) √ = -300.2 psf

    @z=H=22ft (right side)

    ( ) √ = 613.2 psf

    Since the pressure at the top is negative, so there are some depth causing cracking on
    the wall and may be calculated as following:
    ( ) √ =0.0

    = 7.23 ft

    B-Calculation of passive lateral earth pressure distribution:

    ( ) √ = ( )

    = ( )= ( ) = 3.69 (for the soil below the wall "left soil")

    @z=0.0 (left side)

    ( ) √ = 2881.4 psf

    @z=4ft (left side)

    ( ) √ = 4800.2 psf

    Now the LEP distribution on the wall is as following:

    Now, for design purposes, we modify this pressure to be zero at the top of the wall

    (for more safety), so the LEP distribution after modification is:


    b. We calculate the active Rankine force using the modified LEP because we use it in
    designing process.

    = (area of modified triangle) = ×613.2×22=6745.2 Ib

    Location of is at 223=7.33 ft (from the base)

    If we want to calculate passive force (for sliding check):

    = (area of trapezoidal) = × (2881.4+4800.2)×4=15363.2 Ib

    c. Overturning Stability:

    Note that there is no vertical component of active force.

    =6745.2×7.33=49442.3 Ib.ft.

    Now to calculate we divided the soil and the concrete into rectangles and triangles
    to find the area easily (as shown above) and to find the arm from the center of each
    area to point O as prepared in the following table:
    Section Area Weight/unit length of the Moment arm Moment about O*
    wall measured from O

    1 120 120×115=13800 12−3=9 124200

    2 20 20×150=3000 6−0.5=5.5 16500

    3 10×150=1500 5- = 4.67 7005

    4 24×150=3600 =6 21600

    = (ok.)

    The surcharge (q) is considered only when we calculate the pressure and it is not
    develop any moment about O because it is not applied force on the wall, and doesn’t
    considered in vertical forces because we considered it in pressure calculation.

    If the overturning check is not satisfied, the resisting moment (MR) should be
    increased by increasing the vertical forces and these arms about O. This can be
    satisfied by increasing the width of the footing (increase the width of heel) to increase
    the weight of soil above the base and the weight of the base itself as following:

    =6745.2×7.33=49442.3 Ib.ft.
    The table of calculating is:

    Section Area Weight/unit length of the Moment arm Moment about O*


    wall measured from O

    1 20 20B′×115=2300B′ 0.5B′+6 1150 +13800

    2 20 20×150=3000 6−0.5=5.5 16500

    3 10×150=1500 5- = 4.67 7005

    4 12×150=1800 =3 5400

    5 2 2B′×150=300B′ 0.5B′+6 150 +1800

    ∑ 2600B′+6300

    =1300 +15600 +28905

    Now, put =2 (critical case) to calculate B′

    2= =

    1300 +15600 −69979.6=0.0

    In this problem here, it will be less than 6ft, because calculated the FS is 3.42>2 (as
    calculated above) and here we put it 2. So, if the FS is not satisfied (<2) do the above
    procedures and calculate the new value of and then:

    The final footing width is: B=6+ (must be larger than original value of B).

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