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RetainingWalls
Dr Ir Luthfi Hasan
Dr.Ir.LuthfiHasan
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Contents
D i
Design
off retaining
t i i
walls
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Main References
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Lateral Support
In geotechnical engineering, it is often necessary to
prevent lateral soil movements.
movements
Tie rod
Anchor
Sheet pile
Cantilever
retaining wall
Braced excavation
Lateral Support
We have to estimate the lateral soil pressures acting on
th
these
structures,
t t
to
t be
b able
bl to
t design
d i them.
th
Gravity Retaining
wall
Soil nailing
Retaining Walls
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Retaining wall-Gabion
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Sheet Pile
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Soil Nailing
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Sheet Pile
Sheet Pile
Sheet Pile
During installation
Lateral Support
Reinforced earth walls are increasingly becoming popular.
popular
geosynthetics
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Lateral Support
Crib walls have been used in Queensland.
filled with
soil
Interlocking
stretchers
and headers
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v
h
Estimating K0
For normally consolidated clays and granular soils,
K0 = 1 sin
For overconsolidated clays,
K0,overconsolidated = K0,normally consolidated OCR0.5
From elastic analysis,
analysis
K0 =
Poissons
ratio
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Wall moves
towards soil
B
smooth wall
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v
active earth
pressure
decreasing h
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WJM Rankine
(1820-1872)
[[h]]active
Rankines coefficient of
active earth pressure
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Failure plane is at
45 + /2 to horizontal
v
h
45 + /2
90+
[h]]active
acti e
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K0 state
Active
state
wall movement
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passive earth
pressure
increasing h
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[[h]]passive
Rankines coefficient of
passive earth pressure
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Failure plane is at
45 - /2 to horizontal
v
h
45 - /2
90+
[h]]passive
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Passive state
B
K0 state
wall movement
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[h]passive
PA=0.5
h
KAH2
PP=0.5 KPh2
KPh
KAH
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h
Passive state
Active state
K0 state
Wall movement
(not to scale)
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K a = cos
K p = cos
2
K a = tan 45
=0
2
K p = tan 45 +
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2
2
P1 = H1 K a
H1
H1..Ka
P1
P3 = H1.H2 K a
sat
1 '
2
1
2
P5 = w H2
2
2
P 4 = K a H2
P2
H2
P 2 = q K a (H1 + H2 )
P3
P4
q.Ka
P5
H2..Ka
H2.w
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Road
Train
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highway
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High-rise building
basement wall
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plain concrete or
stone masonry
cobbles
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Block no.
1
1
toe
toe
Wi = weight of block i
xi = horizontal distance of centroid of block i from toe
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Retaining Wall-Stability
* Sliding
* Overturning
*B
Bearing
i C
Capacity
it F
Failure
il
* Overall failure
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Retaining Wall-Stability
Overturning
Sliding
MR
MR
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Fsliding =
soil-concrete friction
angle 0.5 0.7
PP + {Wi }. tan + B. ca
PA
adhesion 0.5 0.7 c
to be greater
than 1.5
2
PA
PA
PP
S
toe
h PP
toe
R
x
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Foverturning =
PP h / 3 + {Wi xi }
PA H/3
to be greater
than 1.5
2
PA
PA
PP
S
toe
h PP
toe
R
x
PA
PA
PP
S
toe
h PP
R
S
toe
R
x
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x = M netto =
Wi
{Wi x i } PA H/3
Wi
1
e = Bx
2
x
qmax
q min =
qmin
Wi 1 6e
2 = Wi 1 + 6e q
q max = Wi +
all
B
B
B
1
B3
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