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Results

Known Parameters :

Height of earth Retained, h = 3 m

Unit weight of soil = 16.6 kN/m2
Unit weight of concrete = 24 kN/m2
angle of internal friction of soil, φ = 20°
Slope of backfill, β = 0°
soil-wall interface friction, δ = 15°
Surcharge pressure on backfill, ws = 0 kN/m2

Wall Dimensions :

Assumed depth of foundation, d = m

Total height of the wall, H = m
Safe Bearing Capacity of soil = kN/m2

Thickness of base slab, t = mm

Thickness of stem at base = mm
Thickness of stem at top = mm
Length of heel slab including stem thickness = m
Length of toe slab = m front of the wall
Total length of base slab = m
Calculated wall sloping on the back of the wall (with the vertical) = °

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Earth Pressure analysis :

Lateral Earth Pressure Coefficients

Coefficient Coulomb's Rankine's

Active 0.437 0.49

Passive 2.04 2.04

Lateral Earth pressure due to backfill soil, Pa =65.072 kN

@ 1.333 m from bottom of heel slab.
Lateral Earth pressure due to surcharge, Ps =0 kN
@ 2 m from bottom of heel slab.
Resultant pressures at the base and moment of forces about the bottom of the heel.
weight and moment calculations

Force
distance form heel (m) Moment (kNm)
(kN)

Wall 46.426 1.39 64.548

Soil 81.858 0.67 54.846

vertical earth
0 0 0
pressure

Total 128.284 119.394

Stability against overturning :

Overturning moment, Mo =
Net moment due to lateral earth pressure about heel = 86.741 kNm
Distance of resultant vertical force from heel = 0.931 m
Stablizing moment (about Toe), Mr = 198.712 kNm
 Factor of safety against overturning, FSoverturning = 2.06

Soil Pressure at footing base :

eccentricity of vertical reaction from CG of footing, e = 0.37 m

 resultant Pressure is acting within middle one-third of footing, so no tension in soil.
 Maximum Pressure on soil at the base 98.032 kN/m2 is less than safe bearing capacity
of soil 100 kN/m2
 Minimum Pressure on soil at the base = 5.423 kN/m2. So, no tension at base

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Check for Sliding stability:

Frictional Resistance, F = 34.374 kN

Sliding force, Fr = 65.072 kN
 Factor of safety against sliding, FSsliding = 0.48

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Reinforcement Design :

Reinforcement design calculations

Toe Heel Stem

Effective thickness, (mm) 265 264 272

Design shear force, (kN/m) 63.44 76.83 70.854

Nominal Shear stress, (MPa) 0.239 0.29 0.26

Design Moment, (kNm/m) 41.345 62.074 101.342

Required % of steel for shear 0.12 0.18 0.18

Required % of steel for flexure 0.17 0.26 0.42

Area of steel required, (mm2/m) 450.5 686.4 1142.4

Maximum spacing allowed, (mm) 175 165 176

Toe Slab :

Provide φ bars @ c/c at the bottom of the toe slab.

The bars should extend by at least a distance Ld = mm beyond the front face of the stem,
on both sides.
Also provide 10 φ bars @ c/c as temperature and shrinkage reinforcement.

Heel Slab :

Provide φ bars @ c/c at the top of the heel slab.

The bars should extend by at least a distance Ld = mm beyond the rear face of the stem,
on both sides.
Also provide 10 φ bars @ c/c as temperature and shrinkage reinforcement.

Stem reinforcement:

Provide φ bars @ c/c at the rear face of the stem.

The bars should extend by at least a distance Ld = mm beyond the base of the stem.
The distance of the shear-key (if provided) may be adjusted so that the stem
reinforcements can be extended into the shear-key. The depth of shear key may be
increased to maintain passive resistance during this adjustment
Also provide 10 φ bars @ c/c as temperature and shrinkage reinforcement in the lower
half of the stem,

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and 10 φ bars @ c/c as temperature and shrinkage reinforcement in the upper half of the
stem.

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