Chapter 14 retaining walls july 2020 14 7 14 1 introduction retaining walls are used to provide lateral resistancefor a mass of earth or other material to accommodate a transportation facility.
Concrete block retaining wall design example.
The concrete alone would cost more than the srw.
Design the reinforced concrete masonry cantilever retaining wall shown in figure 2.
Earthquake seismic design 7.
Building codes and retaining walls 5.
F c 3000 psi fy 60 ksi o development of structural design equations.
Simac specifying segmental retaining walls landscape architecture march 1994.
Ce 537 spring 2011 retaining wall design example 1 8 design a reinforced concrete retaining wall for the following conditions.
Two equations are developed in this.
Retaining wall design 10 editionth a design guide for earth retaining structures contents at a glance.
It is commonly used to separate.
Soil mechanics simplified 4.
Concrete strength al ൯ne for an 10 thick wall with 5 10 and 2 5 clear to strength steel will only reduce the nominal moment capacity of the secti對on from 136 68 to 135 66 inch kips 尩 if the concrete strength decreased from 3 5 to 3 0 ksi.
In this example the structural design of the three retaining wall components is performed by hand.
Based on our example in figure a 1 we have the forces due to soil pressure due to water and surcharge load to consider.
Concrete masonry units concrete blocks manufactured to provide an attractive durable stable face to a retaining wall.
Forces on retaining walls 6.
Movement of the retaining wall.
Two equations are developed.
Geotextile a permeable polymeric material which may be woven non woven or knitted.
The coefficient of friction between the footing and foundation soil k 1 is 0 25 and the allowable soil bearing pressure is 2 000 psf 95 8.
F c 3000 psi fy 60 ksi natural soil development of structural design equations.
Ce 437 537 spring 2011 retaining wall design example 1 8 design a reinforced concrete retaining wall for the following conditions.
Soil bearing and stability 8.
They are commonly h or double u configuration.
In the past a designer would use a poured in place concrete wall with a veneer to achieve the same look.
The walls are used in a variety of applications se including right of way restrictions protection of existing structures that must remain in place.
Design procedure overview 3.
Sketches of the retaining wall forces should be considered to properly distinguish the different forces acting on our retaining wall as tackled in the previous article retaining wall.
Assume level backfill no surcharge or seismic loading active earth pressure and masonry laid in running bond.
In this example the structural design of the three retaining wall components is performed by hand.
National concrete masonry association 2009.