Retainingwall 140712100253 Phpapp02 PDF
Retainingwall 140712100253 Phpapp02 PDF
Retainingwall 140712100253 Phpapp02 PDF
BY
K.P.VINEETH
Contents
Retaining wall is a
structure used for
maintaining the
ground surfaces at
different elevations on
either side of it.
All permanent walls and components shall be
designed for a minimum service life of 75 years.
TOE HEEL
KEY
Types of retaining walls
Weepers
Or
Weep Holes
Perforated Pipe
Assumptions
• The soil mass is semi-infinite, homogeneous, dry and
cohesionless
• The ground surface is plane which may be horizontal
or inclined.
• The back of the wall is vertical and smooth(No
shearing stresses are developed between the wall
and soil).
• The wall yields about the base and satisfies the
deformation conditions for plastic equilibrium.
When soil surface is horizontal:
d=0
H
H/3
1 sin
Cah =
1 sin
When soil surface is inclined:
d
H
H/3
Assumptions
• The back fill is homogeneous, dry ,cohesionless ,
isotropic and ideally plastic material.
• The slip surface is plane which passes through the
heel of the wall.
• The wall surface is rough. The resultant earth
pressure on the wall is inclined at an angle of δ to
the normal to the wall, where δ is the angle of the
friction between the wall and the backfill.
• The sliding wedge itself acts as rigid body.
where KA is the active earth
pressure coefficient.
DESIGN OF RETAINING WALLS
General proportions of gravity
retaining wall
For approximate analysis 'y' may be assumed as zero and the point of
contrafiexure lie at the dredge level.
By considering the upper beam, the unknown forces RC and T can be found out by
∑M and ∑H = 0.
. In the case of lower beam as shown in Fig.3 force RD and depth of
penetration d are not known.
. By taking moment of all forces about the base of the pile the depth of
penetration can be
found out. The depth of penetration thus obtained by fixed earth support
methodis increased by 20 to 40 %.
Questions