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To: Engineers:
Thank you very much for your interest in our products and solutions. The purpose of this calculator is to
show the simplicity and ease of designing Terra Aqua Gabions gravity retaining walls. We are using the
familiar Excel environment to illustrate each step of the calculations used in the gabion gravity retaining
walls design analysis for verification.
Additional calculations may have to be performed including and not limiting to global stability
analysis (by Geotechnical Engineer), seismic forces (by Seismic Engineer) and hydraulic forces
(by Hydraulic Engineer). Please check local, State and Federal requirements. The calculator assumes
drained uniformed retained and foundation soil properties. The calculations should be reviewed, checked
and certified by a Professional Engineer. To the best of our knowledge, the calculator and information
was prepared accurately. Terra Aqua is not responsible for the reliability and validity of the geotechnical
parameters assumed in the calculations. The calculator is intended to provide design assistance to the
engineer for the purpose of designing with Terra Aqua products.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or if you are in need of any assistance.
We will assist you in anyway we can.
Colin Glass
Terra Aqua Gabions
5/30/2007
PROJECT #:
LOCATION:
SECTION:
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER:
REPORT #:
NOTES:
DRAWING #:
DATE:
Descriptions
symbols
fr
c
q
s
r
v
g
H
d
B
Input
Values
18.440
28.000
20.000
22.400
6.000
96.000
0
150.000
125.000
138.000
30.000
96.600
11.934
3.000
7.5
Units
psf
psf
pcf
pcf
Notes
<
Back of wall
(100-fr)/100
for wall with straight back (no offsets)
90+
Ignore cohesion
%
pcf
ft
ft
ft
r(100-v)/100
(hCos) Corrected for inclination
0 ft to ignore passive thrust
qa
2000.000
psf
45
ROW 1
42
ROW 2
39
ROW 3
ROW 4
36
ROW 5
33
ROW 6
X
30
ROW 7
ROW 8
27
ROW 9
24
ROW 10
ROW 11
18
ROW 12
21
ROW 13
15
ROW 14
12
ROW 15
EMBEDMT
BACKFILL
6
3
0
-3
-3
12
-6
Row #
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
15
18
21
24
27
30
33
36
X
Width
(ft)
Height
(ft)
offset
(from toe) (ft)
3.0
4.5
3.0
3.0
4.50
3.00
Area
(ft)
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
9.000
13.500
X
(ft)
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
6.000
5.250
Moment
(ft)
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
54.000
70.875
Y
(ft)
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
10.500
7.500
Moment
(ft)
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
94.500
101.250
2
1
6.0
7.5
h=
3.0
3.0
12.0
1.50
0.00
18.000
22.500
63.000
4.500
3.750
4.607
81.000
84.375
290.250
4.500
1.500
4.929
81.000
33.750
310.500
1 COULOMB'S THEORY
BACK
Active earth pressure
coefficient
Sin(+)
Ka =
Sin
0.989
Sin(-)
0.959
0.687
1.814
0.379
Active soil thrust
Ps =
0.5Kas
3372.263
lb/ft
Pq =
Sin
Sin(+)
KaqH
0.995
0.910
678.168
740.835
lb/ft
Phs =
=
Phq =
=
Pvs =
=
Pvq =
PsCos(- )
3235.059
PqCos(- )
710.693
Backfill slope
lb/ft
PsSin(- )
952.130
lb/ft
PqSin(- )
209.168
p =
p =
=
p =
0.000
90-p
90.000
0.000
FRONT
Inclination angle to vertical
Front face angle to horizontal
lb/ft
lb/ft
1+
0.687
1+
Sin(+)
Sin(-)
Sin(-)
Sin(+)
0.771
0.959
0.166
0.910
p =
Kp =
0.000
Sin(-)
Sin
Sin(+)
1.000
1.000
1-
0.780
1-
Sin(+)
Sin(+)
Sin(+)
Sin(+)
0.469
1.000
0.469
1.000
0.780
0.281
2.770
Passive soil thrust
Pp =
0.5Kps
1558.027
lb/ft
2 Check Overturning:
Vertical distance to Phs
Yhs =
=
Yhq =
=
Overturning moment
Weight of Gabion
ft
H/2-BSin
ft
Mo =
YhsPhs +
YhqPhq
14016.823
ft-lb / ft
Wg =
Xg =
=
3.194
5.183
=
Horizontal distance to Wg
H/3-BSin
Xvs =
A g
6085.800
Ysin
5.097
B/Cos +
lb / ft
XCos
ft
(H/3-BSin)Tan
7.877
Horizontal distance to Pvq
Xvq =
B/Cos +
(H/2-BSin)Tan
8.086
Vertical distance to Pp
YPp =
=
Resisting moment
Mr =
d/3
1.000
Wg Xg +
PpYPp
=
Overturning factor of safety
41769.145
SFo =
ft-lb / ft
Mr
Mo
2.980
2.000
O.K
WgCos +
PsSin +
PqSin -
PpSin
7456.983
lb/ft
Tan
7456.983
0.532
3964.948
3 Check Sliding
W =
Ff
Frictional force
Fr =
Ff + CosPp
5514.440
Fd =
PsCos +
PqCos -
WgSin
1.741
1.500
O.K
0.5 B
( Mr
3166.609
SFs =
Fr
Fd
Eccentricity
Mo)
W
=
3.750
3.722
-B/6
0.028
-1.250
O.K
+B/6
1.250
O.K
5 Check Bearing
Applied bearing pressure
Left
W
B
(1
6e/B)
994.264
(1
0.023
1016.810
psf
)
2000.000
O.K
Right
971.719
psf
2000.000
O.K
Additional calculations may have to be performed including and not limiting to global stability analysis (by
(Geotechnical Engineer), seismic forces (by Seismic Engineer) and hydraulic forces (by Hydraulic Engineer).
Please check local, State and Federal requirements. The calculator assumes drained uniformed retained and foundation
soil properties. The calculations should be reviewed, checked and certified by a Professional Engineer. To the best of our
knowledge, the calculator and information was prepared accurately. Terra Aqua is not responsible for the reliability and
validity of the geotechnical parameters assumed in the calculations. The calculator is intended to provided design
design assistance to the engineer for the purpose of designing with Terra Aqua products.