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- A retaining wall 6 m high with a vertical back face retains a homogeneous saturated soft clay. The saturated unit weight of the clay is 19.8 kN/m^3. Laboratory tests showed that the undrained shear strength, cu, of the clay is 14.7 kN/m^2. a. Do the necessary calculations and draw the variation of Rankine’s active pressure on the wall with depth. b. Find the depth up to which a tensile crack can occur. c. Determine the total active force per unit length of the wall before the tensile crack occurs. d. Determine the total active force per unit length of the wall after the tensile crack occurs. Also find the location of the resultant.A retaining wall with a smooth vertical back retains silt backfill for a depth of 6 m. The backfill has a horizontal surface having following properties c'= 10 kPa, = 20° and y = 17 kN/m³. Calculate the percentage decrement in the magnitude of thrust on the wall when the wall is restrained against yielding to when the wall is free to yield (assume development of tension crack when wall yields). A 32.8% B 45.7% C 50.3% D 61.4%An 8 m tall retaining wall holds cohesionless sand with a density and angle of internal friction of 1.85 Mg/m3 and 33°, respectively. If the surface of the backfill slopes upwards at 86° to the vertical, Use Rankine’s conditions to find the force per unit length of the wall and its location for (a) Active State (b) Passive State Please draw the pressure diagram neatly for both cases
- 12.6 Refer to Figure 12.10. For the retaining wall, H = 8 m, ' = 36°, a = 10⁰, y = 17 kN/m³, and c' = 0. a. Determine the intensity of the Rankine active force at z = 2 m, 4 m, and 6 m. b. Determine the Rankine active force per meter length of the wall and also the location and direction of the resultant.Given: → 4.5-m high retaining wall . Retaining homogeneous satorated soft clay. O'sat= 19.6 kNĪm³ Cu = 19.3 kN/m² ( undrained shear strergth) -> Diagram: Sopt Clay sat - 19.6 kN/m? Cu- 19.3 kN/m³ 4.5-m Make the necessary calu lation and draw the varialion of Rankine's active pressure on the wall with depth. nclude #te pressure from a waker-filled crack in - Find the depth up to which a tensile crack can occur. Delermink the total active force per unit lengh of the wall bepore the tensile crack gccurs. Assome tension stresses exist ard do not include the force from waler - filled Crack. - Delermine the tolal active force force per wall after the tensile crack occurs. 'Also, find Hhe locathon of the resultant. Neglect tersion shresses and include the force from the wafer-pilled crack. Find: your drawings unit lergth op theA retaining wall 6m high retains sand with φ = 30° and unit weight24kN/m3 upto the depth of 3 m from top. From 3 m to 6 m the material is cohesive soil with c = 20kN/m2 and φ = 20°. Unit weight of cohesivesoil is 18 kN/m3 A uniform surcharge of 100 kN/m2 acts on top of thesoil determine the total lateral pressure acting on the wall and its pointsof application.
- Given the height of the retaining wall, H is 6.4 m; the backfill is a saturated clay with f 5 08, c 5 30.2 kN/m2 , gsat 5 17.76 kN/m3 , a. Determine the Rankine active pressure distribution diagram behind the wall. b. Determine the depth of the tensile crack, zc. c. Estimate the Rankine active force per foot length of the wall before and after the occurrence of the tensile crack.A retaining wall of 10 m height retains sandy soil. The backfill void ratio and angle of internal friction are as follows: a) In loose state e = 0.7, ø= 300 b) In dense state e = 0.4, $= 40 If the specific gravity of the backfill sand = 2.7, compute the active and passive pressure in the case of loose and dense state.Considering that the horizontal thrust from the back of a 5.5 m wide brick wall to the 1 m deep part of the wall is H = 55 kN a) Find the greatest stress in the base when b = 2 m.b) Find the width b so that there is a shrinkage zone at the base.(Note: unit weight of brick wall ỿ = 24 kN / m3 ) Answer: ϭmax=0,30 Mpa, b=2,23 m
- A retaining wall supports a horizontal backfill that is composed of two types of soil. First layer: 4.84 meters high, Unit weight of 17.36 kN/m3, coefficient of active pressure of 0.285 Second layer: 5.68 meters high, Unit weight of 18.9 kN/m3, coefficient of active pressure of 0.307 Determine the distance of the total active force measured from the bottom of the wall. Round off tA retaining wall with a smooth vertical back retains a purely cohesive fill. Height of wall is 12 m. Unit weight of fill is 20 kN/m3, cohesion is 1.5 N/cm2. Assume tension cracks are developed. Mark the correct statement(s) about earth pressure. A Active thrust acting on wall is 1102.50 kN/m. Correct Option Depth of active thrust acting on wall is 6 m. C Active thrust acting on wall is 112.39 tonne/m. Correct Option Depth of active thrust acting on wall is 3.5 m from base. Correct Option BThe following figure shows a section of an anchored retaining wall embedded into a saturated stiff clay layer. The sand has a unit weight of = 18 kN/m³, c' = 0 kPa and o' = 34º. The clay has a unit weight of = 20 kN/m³, c₁ = 80 kPa and = 0°. A uniform pressure of 40 kPa is applied on the soil surface. The short term stability of the wall is considered in an undrained analysis. Use the Rankin's theory of lateral earth pressure to determine the active and passive horizontal stresses. You should apply the requirements of AS 4678 and the partial factors of safety method in estimation of soil pressures. Assume the soil is in-situ and use a structural classification factor of ₁ = 1. 3m 1m Water table 1.5m 40 kPa Not to Scale Sand Clay Ta