Stability of Cantilever Retaining Walls

Abdulrahman Alhabshi

Units

Texas Tech University

Prepared by

Abdulrahman Alhabshi

Date
Identification

May 3, 2016
Cantilever Retaining Wall with 500 psf Surcharge

ft
psf
pcf
lbs
lbs-ft
ft2
lbs/ft
conc

qs = 500
Input Data
Units of Measurement

Wall

Include

Stem height
Footing thickness
Footing embedment, D
Stem thickness - top
Stem thickness - bottom
Toe extension, btoe
Heel extension, bh
Base Length, B
Backfill angle,
Surcharge Load
qs
Base Key ?

Backfill Soil
Fill
'Fill
c' Fill
Earth Pressure Theory
Ka
Pa = 0.5 KaH' 2
Pqs = (qsKa) H
Natural Soil at Base
Soil
'soil
c' Soil
Allowable bearing pressure, qall

20
2
6
1
1

ft
ft
ft
ft
ft

7 ft

9
17
0
Yes
500
No
1

H' = 22

1
H = 20
2

ft
ft
deg

Pqs
Pa

3,333

Fill
Simple Rankine
Coulomb

8,067

Rankine with ba

#NAME?
Ka

3
D

H' =
H3 =
Yes
No

4
h

psf
Bt = 7

0.333
0.333

Kp
3.000
3.000

0.577

2.909

0.333

3.000

22.00
0.00
Include
Do Not Include

Bh = 9
qs =

500

B = 17
100 pcf
30 deg
0 psf
Simple Rankine
0.333
8,067 lbs/ft

3,333 lbs/ft

100 pcf
30 deg
0 psf
3000 psf

Reduce
No

k = 2/3
ckB
V tan k
Kp = tan2 (45+/2)

0.7
0.0
#NAME?
3.00

Pkey = 0.5 Kph2

150

D=
PD = 0.5 KpD2

2c sqrt(Kp) D
Pp

1.0

5400.0
0.0
5400.0

0
5400.0

Forces & Moments

Resisting Moment
Overturning Moment
Net Moment
Rz = V + qs(Bh)

Vertical Forces
Element
Area
ft2
1
180

#NAME? lbs-ft
88,356 lbs-ft
#NAME? lbs-ft
#NAME? lbs

Pp = Pkey + PpD
FR = V tan+ Bc+Pp+Pkey
FSliding = Ph + Ph qs

Weight Mom. Arm Moment

lbs
ft
lbs-ft
18,000.0
12.50
225,000.0

20

#NAME?

7.50

#NAME?

5,400 lbs/ft

#NAME?

7.00

#NAME?

#NAME? lbs/ft

34

#NAME?

8.50

#NAME?

V
Horizontal Forces
Pa
Pqs
PpD

#NAME?

MR

#NAME?

8,066.7
3,333.3

7.33
12.00

59,155.6
40,000.0

-5,400.0

2.00

-10,800.0

0.0

0.50
Mo

88,355.6

11,400 lbs/ft

Results
Sliding

FS = #NAME?

#NAME?

Overturning
Resultant Location, x = MNet/Rz

FS = #NAME?

#NAME?

e = |B/2 - x|
B/6

x = #NAME? ft
e = #NAME? ft
=
2.83
ft

#NAME?
Check Bearing Capcity
q max = (Rz/A)(1+(6e/B))

= #NAME? psf

q min = (Rz/A)(1-(6e/B))
Bearing pressure OK?

= #NAME? psf
#NAME?

Pkey
Fd

6,000.0

0.0

Backfill Soil
Rankines's Earth Pressure
'

30

KaR

KpR

1-sin'
1+sin'
KaR

0.500
1.500
0.333

1-sin'
1+sin'

0.500
1.500

KaR

Coulomb's Earth Pressure

'

KaC

30
0
0
0

KpC

cos2('-)
cos(+)
cos2
sin('+)
sin('-)
cos(+)
cos(-)

KaC =

cos2('+)
cos(-)
cos2
sin('+)
sin('+)
cos(-)
cos(-)

0.750
1.000
1.000
0.500
0.500
1.000
1.000

KpC =

0.333

0.750
1.000
1.000
0.500
0.500
1.000
1.000

3.000

Rankines's Earth Pressure For a Sloping Backfill and a Sloping Wall Face
'

60.00

30.00

30
0
0

KaR

KpR

sin

0.000

sin

0.000

sin'
a
cos(-)
sin2'
sin '
cos a

0.500

sin'
p
cos(-)
sin2'
sin '
cos p

0.500

cos2
cos
sin2

60.000
1.000
0.250
0.500
0.500
1.000
1.000
0.000

cos2
cos
sin2

30.000
1.000
0.250
0.500
0.866
1.000
1.000
0.000

KaR

0.577

KpR =

2.909

Stem Desing of a Retaining Wall

Flexural Reinforcement
Top Stem Thickness
Bottom Stem Thickness
Stem Height
Clear Cover

Ka
fy
fc

1
1
20
3
100
0.333
60
4

Thichness
of stem
(ft)
1
1
1
1
1
1

(ft)
0
4
8
12
16
20

0.0

20,000.0

40,000.0

a=
qs =

ft
ft
ft
in
pcf

Mu

Vu

As

(in)
9
9
9
9
9
9

(lbs-ft/ft)
0.0
1,360.0
7,857.8
23,120.0
50,773.3
94,444.4

lbs
0.0
1,020.0
2,946.7
5,780.0
9,520.0
14,166.7

(in2)
0.000
0.003
0.016
0.048
0.105
0.198

60,000.0

2
4
6

Depth, z (ft)

in

ksi
ksi

8
10
12
14
16
18
20
M u, ft-lbs
Vu, lbs
Mu

0.00
1.47 As
500 psf

Vu

80,000.0

100,000.0

As min
0.0018bh
(in2)
0.259
0.259
0.259
0.259
0.259
0.259

As
(in2)
0.259
0.259
0.259
0.259
0.259
0.259