CANTILEVER RETAINING WALL DESIGN

Geometries and Dimensions

h Retained height
h Height of soil over toe
= Backfill slope (Level)
t Footing thickness
L
L Heel width including stem thickness
Provide footing key?
L
h
key
= in Key depth
Location: ft From toe
Stem Information
Clear table
Section Material f
c
or f
m
f
y
h
stem
t
stem
(psi) (ksi) (ft) (in)
#1 (bot.)
9
Insert another stem on top
Other Parameters
w
concrete
= pcf Concrete density
w
soil
= pcf Soil density
pallow = pcf Allowable soil pressure
= Coefficient of friction
DESIGN LOADS
Soil Pressure
Soil design method:
= Angle of soil internal friction
K
a
= 0.29 Active lateral pressure factor
K
p
= 3.00 Passive lateral pressure factor
p
a
= 32.0 pcf Active lateral soil pressure
p
p
= 330 pcf Passive lateral soil pressure
Vertical component of active lateral soil pressure is: 473 lb
Use it for sliding/overturning resistance?
Use it for computing soil pressure?
Surcharges
Consider surcharges over Toe or Heel?
Adjacent Footing Load
Consider surcharges from adjacent footing?
Stem Axial Loads
Consider axial load applied to top of stem?
Wind Load
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Consider wind load on exposed stem?
Seismic Loads
Consider seismic lateral soil pressure?
Consider seismic load due to stem self-wt?
Groundwater Pressure
Consider pressure due to groundwater?
Load Diagram and Design Forces
GLOBAL STABILITY CHECK
Check Overturning
Resisting Moments:
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Load Distance Moment
(lb) (ft) (lb-ft)
Soil over heel 3135 4.42 13846
Sloped soil over heel 0 --- 0
Soil over toe 220 1.00 220
Surcharge over heel 0 --- 0
Surcharge over toe 0 --- 0
Adjacent footing load 0 --- 0
Stem axial dead load 0 --- 0
Soil at stem translations 0 --- 0
Stem self-weight 1125 2.42 2719
Footing self-weight 1350 3.00 4050
Key self-weight 267 2.67 711
Vertical component of Pa 0 ---- 0
(all vertical loads) 6097 21546
Overturning Moments:
Load Height Moment
(lb) (ft) (lb-ft)
Active pressure 1765 3.50 6179
Surcharge over heel 0 --- 0
Adjacent footing load 0 --- 0
Stem wind load 0 --- 0
Seismic load 0 --- 0
Stem Fp force 0 --- 0
Groundwater pressure 0 --- 0
(all lateral loads) 1765 6179
Resisting/Overturning = 3.49 >1.5, OK! Without wind/seismic loads
Check Sliding
Resisting Forces:
utilization
Friction = (vertical) = 2439 lb %
Passive resistance = 2727 lb %
4698 lb
Sliding Forces:
(all lateral loads) 1765 lb
Resisting/Sliding = 2.66
>1.5, OK! Without wind/seismic
loads
Check Soil Pressure
Load Distance e Moment
(lb) (ft) (ft) (lb-ft)
(all vertical loads) 6097 3.53 0.53 3256
Stem axial live load 0 --- --- 0
Vertical component 0 --- --- 0
(all lateral loads) -6179
(all loads) 6097 -2923
L
ftg
= 6 ft
e = -0.48 ft L/6
p
left
= 0 psf
p
right
= 0 psf p
max
< 1.33 x 3000 psf, OK!
With static loads only:
e = -0.48 ft L/6
p
left
= 1503 psf
p
right
= 529 psf p
max
< 3000 psf, OK!
STEM AND FOOTING DESIGN
Stem Design
Stem # #1
Material Concrete
Design method LRFD
fc or fm (psi) 4000
Ec or Em (ksi) 3605
fy (ksi) 60
tstem (in) 10
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Rebar position
Solid grouting? n/a
d (in)
A
gross
(in
2
) 120
A
n
(in
2
) 120
M
u
or M (k-ft) 6.23
P
u
or P (k) 0
V
u
or V (k) 2.08
Rebar size
Bar spacing (in)
0.0024
M
u
or M
a
(k-ft) 9.78
P-M ratio 0.64
Shear ratio 0.24
Design status OK!
Footing Design
fc = psi
f
y
= psi
Neglect upward pressure at heel?
Neglect downward loads at toe?
V
heel
M
heel
V
toe
M
toe
(lb) (lb-ft) (lb) (lb-ft)
Soil over heel/toe 3135 13846 220 220
Sloped soil over heel 0 0 --- ---
Surcharge 0 0 0 0
Adjacent footing load 0 0 --- ---
Footing self-weight 713 1128 450 450
Soil pressure -2489 -3512 -2682 -2790
1358 11463 -2012 -2120
Heel Toe Key
M
u
(k-ft) 18.3 3.39 1.38
V
u
(k) 2.17 3.22 2.23
Rebar size None
Bar spacing (in) ---
d (in) 14.5 14.6 14
0.0030 0.0017 0
Mn (k-ft) 33.4 19.0 5.68
M
u
/M
n
ratio 0.55 0.18 0.24
V
u
/V
n
ratio 0.13 0.19 0.19
Design status OK! OK! OK!
Development of Reinforcement
Minimum development into footing:
d
b
= 0.75 in
0.02f
y
d
b
f
c
X 0.7
=
10.0 in
t
ftg,min
= 13.0 in < 18 in, OK!
Minimum development into stem:
L
d
= (3/40)*(f
y
/f
c
)*
t

s
/[(c
b
+K
tr
)/d
b
]*d
b
K
tr
= 0
(c
b
+0)/d
b
= 3.17 >2.5, use 2.5

s
= 0.8
L
d
= 17.1 in Development length
1.3L
d
= 22.2 in for class B lap splice
DESIGN SUMMARY
Member Sizes and Reinforcement
Stem: Thick. (in) Height (ft) Vertical reinf. Horiz. reinf.
#1 (bot.) Concrete 10 9 #6@18 in. o.c. 9#5
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Footing: Depth (in) Width (ft) Trans. reinf. Longi. reinf.
Toe 18 2 #6@18 in. o.c. bot. 2#6
Heel 18 4 #8@18 in. o.c. top 4#6
Key 16 1.33 Plain concrete
Construction Details
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