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Retaining wall RW01
RETAINING WALLS V5.02 Metamorphosis Engineering
Wall: (Retaining wall RW01) 1800mm retaining height, 190mm thick (No key)
Loads: Surcharge = 5.00kPa, Drained
Footing: 1700mm long (overall), 100mm overhang (behind wall), 400mm deep
Stability: M*o = 20.4kNm < øMr = 26.1kNm OK (0.78)
Sliding: V*slide = 24.9kN > øVr = 16.3kN No Good (1.53)
Moment: M*wall = 11.9kNm, Design factor Фn = 1.0
Bearing: Max. bearing pressure = 32kPa < Allowable = 150kPa OK (0.21)
Geometry
Retaining height (z) = 1800 mm (= Wall height)
Risk class = B (A),(B),(C) - Moderate damage and loss of service - Table 1.1
Backfill type = 1 Class(1), Class(2), (U)ncontrolled, (I)n-situ - Table 5.1(A)
Soil parameters Wall
Internal friction (ø) = 30 ° (0° ≤ ø ≤ 45°) Wall thickness (t) = 190 mm
Incline (β) = 0 ° (0° ≤ β ≤ 45°) 1 in 0.0 Wall height (wh) = 1800 mm (= Retaining height)
Soil weight (γ) = 18.0 kN/m³ Add'l thickness (tt) = mm (behind wall)
Cohesion (c) = 0 kPa Add'l th. height (whh) = mm (behind wall)
Friction coefficient (μ) = 0.577 Add'l th. on soil side = Y (Y)es,(N)o
Wall Wt (Wwt) = 25 kN/m³
Use passive = Y (Y)es,(N)o
Manual Kp value = 0.00 0 for default Footing
Soil depth to Ignore = 0 mm (for passive) Footing depth (d) = 400 mm
End thickness (d2) = 0 mm (0 = no taper)
Allowable bearing = 150 kPa Footing length (L) = 1600 mm excluding overhang
Overhang (fo) = 100 mm additional to length
Slab overlay (ts) = mm Key depth (key) = 0 mm (sliding only)
Soil overlay (tsl) = mm Key length (klen) = 500 mm
Key position from heel (kpos) = 0 mm (to face)
Design loads - Appendix J - AS4678 & Section 4
Surcharge Min. = 5.0 kPa min. (Table 4.1) Additional Overturning
Surcharge (S) = 5.0 kPa Overturning (Ma) = 0.00 kNm
Water height (hw) = 0 mm (over footing, 0=no water) Thrust (Va) = 0.00 kN
Load factor = 1.50
Earth factor = 1.25 (1.25)
Water pressure = 1.00 (1.00) Ma* = 0.00 kNm
Live load factor = 1.50 (1.50 - 0.0 for stabilising effect) Va* = 0.00 kN
Stabilising = 0.80 AS 4678 - Appendix J2 (Moment/Thrust about top wall)
Material design factors - Section 5
Φuc = 0.90 c*=c*Φuc = 0 kPa Cl 5.2.1
Φuo = 0.95 ø* = 28.7 ° Cl 5.2.2 ø* = 0.502 rad
Design factor (Φn) = 1.00 Table 5.2
Ka = 0.351 Depth of tension zone = 0 mm
Kp = 2.853 Acting soil height (ha) = 1800 mm
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Proposed Project Page:
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Architect Designed: HS
Retaining wall RW01
RETAINING WALLS V5.02 Metamorphosis Engineering
Design Moment in wall (about top of footing, per m of wall)
Pressure Thrust Thrust* Lever arm Mw Mw* Comments
kPa kN/m kN/m mm kNm/m kNm/m (At wall base)
Soil = Ka*γ*ha = 11.36 10.22 12.78 600 6.13 7.67 Max. pressure at base
Water = None = 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Max. pressure at base
Surcharge = Ka*S = 1.75 3.15 4.73 900 2.84 4.26 Uniform pressure dist.
Additional = 0.00 0.00 1800 0.00 0.00
Total 13.38 17.51 8.97 11.93
Total thrust = 13.38 kN/m
Total ult. thrust = 17.51 kN/m
Total moment (Mw) = 8.97 kNm/m
Total ult. moment (Mw*) = 11.93 kNm/m
Total ult. wall moment (Mw/Φn) = 11.93 kNm/m
Overturning (Limit mode U2) (about base of footing, per m of wall)
Depth for rotation (deff) = 400 mm (Footing depth)
Pressure Thrust Thrust* Lever arm Mo Mo* Comments
kPa kN/m kN/m mm kNm/m kNm/m (At footing base)
Soil = Ka*γ*(ha+deff) = 13.88 15.27 19.09 733 11.20 14.00 Max. pressure at base
Water = None = 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Max. pressure at base
Surcharge = Ka*S = 1.75 3.86 5.78 1100 4.24 6.36 Uniform pressure dist.
Additional = 0.00 0.00 2200 0.00 0.00
Total 19.13 24.87 15.44 20.36
Total thrust = 19.13 kN/m
Total ult. thrust = 24.87 kN/m
Total moment (Mo) = 15.44 kNm/m
Total ult. moment (Mo*) = 20.36 kNm/m
Total ult. (Mo*/Φn) = 20.36 kNm/m
Restoring (Limit mode U2) (about base of footing, per m of wall)
Force Lever arm Mr øMr Ecc Mb
kN/m mm kNm/m kNm/m mm kNm/m
Footing = 16.32 850 13.87 11.10 0 0.00
Soil overlay = 0.00 705 0.00 0.00 145 0.00
Slab overlay = 0.00 705 0.00 0.00 145 0.00
Main wall = 8.55 1505 12.87 10.29 -655 -5.60
Lower wall (back) = 0.00 1600 0.00 0.00 -750 0.00 Using Wwt-Soil dentity (γ)
Soil behind wall = 3.24 1650 5.35 4.28 -800 -2.59
Tapered = 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 850 0.00
Key = 0.00 1450 0.00 0.00 -100 0.00
Passive pressure = 0.55 0.44
Total 28.11 32.63 26.11 -8.19
Total force (Wt) = 28.11 kN/m
Total bearing overturning (Mb) = -8.19 kN/m
Total restoring (Mr) = 32.63 kNm/m
Total ult. Restoring (ø*Mr) = 26.11 kNm/m OK (0.78)
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Proposed Project Page:
Address of Project Project No.: 15-0001
Architect Designed: HS
Retaining wall RW01
RETAINING WALLS V5.02 Metamorphosis Engineering
Sliding (Limit mode U1)
Sliding (V*slide/Φn) = 24.87 kN/m at base
Passive resistance of footing and key = 4.11 kN/m
Sliding resistance = μ*Wt = 16.22 kN/m
Total resistance (øVr) = 16.26 kN/m No Good (1.53)
Bearing
Total (Wt) = 28.11 kN/m
Overturning moment (Mot = Mo + Mb) = 7.25 kNm/m
Ecc = Mot / Wt = 258 mm Ecc≤(L+fo)/2, Within kern
Minimum bearing pressure ([Link]) = 1 kPa
Maximum bearing pressure ([Link]) = 32 kPa OK (0.21)
y= 0 mm
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