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Gabion Design: 1) Calculation For Earth Pressure

This document summarizes the design of a gabion wall including calculations for: 1) Earth pressure and active thrust on the wall 2) Overturning moment on the wall 3) Weight and horizontal location of the center of gravity for the gabion units 4) Factors of safety against overturning and sliding which were both above the minimum requirements 5) Eccentricity and bearing pressure on the base of the wall, both of which were within acceptable limits.

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Gabion Design: 1) Calculation For Earth Pressure

This document summarizes the design of a gabion wall including calculations for: 1) Earth pressure and active thrust on the wall 2) Overturning moment on the wall 3) Weight and horizontal location of the center of gravity for the gabion units 4) Factors of safety against overturning and sliding which were both above the minimum requirements 5) Eccentricity and bearing pressure on the base of the wall, both of which were within acceptable limits.

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Gabion Design

Wall height= H= 6.2 m


Wall thickness= tg= 1 m
Surcharge= q= 5 kpa
Backfill slope angle= i= 30 degree
Angle of friction between wall and soil= delta= 0 degree
Wall inclination with vertical= alpha= -6 degree
Soil friction angle= phi s= 30 degree
Soil density= Ys= 17 kn/m3
Gabion fill density= Yg= 26.5 kn/m3
Soil bearing pressure= q allowable= 300 kpa
Scale correction factor Ci= 0.58
Maximum total base width= B= L= 7 m

0 1
5.5 0 0
5.25 0.5 1 0
5 0.5 5.95
4.75 0.5 1 5.35
4.5 0.5 4.5
4 1 3.5
1 2.5
3.5 1.5
0.5
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1) Calculation for earth pressure=


cos 2 ∅ − 𝛼
𝐾𝑎 = 2
sin 𝜑 + 𝛿 sin 𝜑 − i
cos 2 𝛼 cos 𝛿+𝛼 1+
cos 𝛿 + 𝛼 cos i − 𝛼

Ka= 0.66538

Total active thrust on wall= Pa= 238.034 KNm

Vertical distance of point of resultant


Hv= 6.16604 m
L= 7m
hy= 1.41315 m
2) Calculation of overturning moment

Overturning moment= Mo= 338.23 Knm/m

Calculation of weight of gabion W gabion= Yg*vol of wall/unit m length


806.925 KN/m

3) Calculation of horizontal distance from toe to the point of application of W gabion

hg= a*X/A
a= individual gabion artea parallel to slope alpha
X= distance of C.G. of individual gabion from toe
A= Total area of gabion wall 30.45 m2

hg= 5.13654 m

4) Calculation for FOS against overturning

Mo= 338.23 Knm/m


Mr= 4144.8 KNm/m

FOS= 12.2544
Min Fos= 2
safe

5) Calculation for FOS against Sliding


Driving force Fd= Pa-Wgabion*sinalpha
153.688 KN/m
Resisting force Fr= 268.729 KN/m
FOS= 1.74854
Min Fos= 1.5
safe

6) Calculation for eccentricity=

Eccentricity e= -1.24336 m
max eccentricity= 1.16667 m
safe

7) Check for Bearing Pressure=

Min pressure at base= Pb= -7.53644 Kps


Max pressure at base= Pb= 236.823 Kps
safe

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