Stability of Cantilever Retaining Walls Abdulrahman Alhabshi

Texas Tech University Units SI

Prepared by Abdulrahman Alhabshi

Date March 31, 2019

Identification Cantilever Retaining Wall with 500 psf Surcharge m
qs = 500 kPa
kN/m3
Input Data kN
Units of Measurement SI 0.35 5 kN-m
b
m2
Wall kN/m
Stem height 4.35 m g conc 23.6
Footing thickness 0.5 m
Do Not Include Footing embedment, D 0.6 m 0.35 1 H' = 5.2 Fill Ka Kp
Stem thickness - top 0.35 m H = 4.35 Pqs 0 Simple Rankine 0.361 2.770
Stem thickness - bottom 0.35 m 2 Coulomb 0.780 3.114
Toe extension, btoe Pa
0 m 0 86 Rankine with backslope 0.531 1.105
Heel extension, bh 0.55 m 3 0.361 2.770
Base Length, B 0.9 m H' = 5.14
Backfill angle, b 28 deg D H3 = 0.29
4
Surcharge Load No Yes Include
500 h No Do Not Include
Base Key ? No Bt = 0 Bh = 0.55
1 qs = 0

Backfill Soil B = 0.9 Pv = Pa sin 28 = 40.34

g Fill 18 kN/m3 Ph = Pa cos 28 = 75.87
f' Fill 28 deg Pv qs = Pqs sin 28 = 0
c' Fill 0 kPa Pv = Pa sin 28 = 40.3 Ph qs = Pqs cos 28 = 0
Earth Pressure Theory Simple Rankine h d Ph = Pa cos 28 = 75.9
Ka 0.361 0 0 k = 2/3 0.7 1.0
Pa = 0.5 KagH' 2 86 kN/m ckB 0.0
Pqs = (qsKa) H 0 kN/m SV tan k f 69.9
Kp = tan2 (45+f/2) 2.77
Natural Soil at Base Pkey = 0.5 Kpgh2 24.928436 0
g Soil 18 kN/m3 Reduce D= 0
f' soil 28 deg No PD = 0.5 KpgD2 0.0 0.0
c' Soil 0 kPa 2c sqrt(Kp) D 0.0
Allowable bearing pressure, q all 3000 kPa Pp 0.0

Forces & Moments Vertical Forces

Resisting Moment 75 kN-m Element Area Weight Mom. Arm Moment
Overturning Moment 130 kN-m m2 kN m kN-m
Net Moment -55 kN-m 1 2.3925 43.1 0.63 26.9
Rz = SV + qs(Bh) 131 kN 2 1.5225 35.9 0.18 6.3
Pp = Pkey + PpD 0 kN/m 3 0 0.0 0.00 0.0
SFR = SV tanf + Bc+Pp+Pkey 70 kN/m 4 0.45 10.6 0.45 4.8
SFSliding = Ph + Ph qs 76 kN/m 5 0.08 1.4 0.72 1.0
Pv 40.3 0.9 36.3
SV 131.4 SMR 75.3
Results Horizontal Forces
Ph 75.9 1.71 130.1
Sliding FS = 0.92 Not OK Ph qs 0.0 0.00 0.0
Overturning FS = 0.58 Not OK PpD 0.0 0.00 0.0
Resultant Location, x = MNet/Rz x= -0.42 m Pkey 0.0 0.50 0.0
e = |B/2 - x| e= 0.87 m SFd 75.9 SMo 130.1
B/6 = 0.15 m
No OK, e > B/6

Check Bearing Capcity

q max = (Rz/A)(1+(6e/B)) = 989 kPa

q min = (Rz/A)(1-(6e/B)) = -697 kPa
Bearing pressure OK? Yes
Backfill Soil

Rankines's Earth Pressure

f' 28 KaR KpR

1-sinf' 0.531 1-sinf' 0.531

1+sinf' 1.469 1+sinf' 1.469

KaR 0.361 KaR 2.769826

Coulomb's Earth Pressure

f' 28 KaC KpC

d 0
h 0 cos2(f'-h) 0.780 cos2(f'+h) 0.780
b 28 cos(h+d) 1.000 cos(h-d) 1.000
cos2h 1.000 cos2h 1.000
sin(f'+d) 0.469 sin(f'+d) 0.469
sin(f'-b) 0.000 sin(f'+b) 0.469
cos(h+d) 1.000 cos(h-d) 1.000
cos(h-b) 0.883 cos(h-b) 0.883

KaC = 0.780 KpC = 3.114

Rankines's Earth Pressure For a Sloping Backfill and a Sloping Wall Face

f' 28 KaR KpR

h 0
b 28 sinb 0.469 sinb 0.469
qa 0.00 sinf' 0.469 sinf' 0.469
qp 90.00 qa 0.000 qp 90.000
cos(b-h) 0.883 cos(b-h) 0.883
sin2f' 0.220 sin2f' 0.220
sin f' 0.469 sin f' 0.469
cos qa 1.000 cos qp 0.000
cos2h 1.000 cos2h 1.000
cos b 0.883 cos b 0.883
sin2b 0.220 sin2b 0.220
KaR 0.531 KpR = 1.105
Stem Desing of a Retaining Wall

Flexural Reinforcement

Top Stem Thickness 0.35 ft a 0.00

Bottom Stem Thickness 0.35 ft a= 1.47 As in
Stem Height 4.35 ft qs = 500 psf
Clear Cover 3 in
g 18 pcf
Ka 0.361
fy 60 ksi
fc 4 ksi

z Thichness d Mu Vu As As min As
of stem 0.0018bh
(ft) (ft) (in) (lbs-ft/ft) lbs (in2) (in2) (in2)
0 0.35 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.000 0.091 0.091
4 0.35 1.2 936.2 702.1 0.015 0.091 0.091
8 0.35 1.2 4,216.1 1,581.0 0.068 0.091 0.091
12 0.35 1.2 10,546.8 2,636.7 0.183 0.091 0.183
16 0.35 1.2 20,635.3 3,869.1 0.434 0.091 0.434
20 0.35 1.2 35,188.7 5,278.3 Err:502 0.091 Err:502

Mu, ft-lbs
Vu, lbs

0.0 5,000.0 10,000.0 15,000.0 20,000.0 25,000.0 30,000.0 35,000.0 40,000.0

0

4
Depth, z (ft)

10

12

14

16

18

20
Mu
Vu