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    301001 ENGINEERING GEOMECHANICS

    Retaining Structures Tutorial

    1. The cross-section of a proposed concrete retaining wall is shown in the figure below. The
    unit weight of the concrete is 24 kN/m3. The friction angle at the soil wall interface at the
    base is 26o. Determine the factor of safety against overturning about A, the factor of safety
    against sliding (ignoring passive resistance) and the vertical bearing pressure imposed on the
    soil beneath A for the following conditions:

    (a) Supporting a cohesionless soil fully drained:


    c’ = 0, φ’ = 340, γ = 20 kN/m3
    (b) Supporting a cohesive soil, assuming that cracks will develop in the tension zone which
    may fill with water:
    cu = 22 kPa, φu = 00, γ = 18 kN/m3
    Assume water table is at the surface of the retaining soil.

    WT

    2.

    c. The safety factor against bearing failure if the bearing capacity of the medium dense
    silty sand layer is 400 kPa.
    Assume that the water table lies below the base slab.
    3. A braced sheet pile to be used in an open cut in sand is shown in the figure below. Assume
    that the sheet piles are hinged at strut levels B and C. Struts are spaced longitudinally at
    2.5 m centre-to-centre spacing. Draw the lateral earth pressure diagram for the braced
    sheet pile system and compute the loads on struts A, B, C and D. (Ans: FA = 144.56 kN,
    FB = FC = 112.44kN, FD = 144.56 kN)

    4. Analyze the anchored bulkhead system shown in the figure below, using a factor of safety
    of 1.5. Determine the anchor rod tension per unit length of sheet piling. (Ans: 44.7 kN/m)
    5. An anchored sheet pile is constructed by driving a line of piling into a soil of saturated
    unit weight 21 kN/m3 and having shear strength parameters cʹ = 10 kPa and φʹ = 27°.
    Backfilling to a depth of 8 m is placed behind the piling, the backfill having a saturated
    unit weight of 20 kN/m3, a unit weight above the water table of 17 kN/m3 and shear
    strength parameters cʹ = 0 and φʹ = 35°. Tie rods are spaced at 2.5 m centres, 1.5 m below
    the surface of the backfill. The water level in front of the wall and the water level behind
    the wall are both 5 m below the surface of the backfill. Using the free earth support
    method, determine the depth of penetration required for a factor of safety of 2.0 with
    respect to gross passive resistance and the force in each tie rod. (Ans: 5.6m, 228 kN)

    1.5 m

    8m
    3.5 m γ = 17 kN/m3

    Backfill:
    W.T
    cʹ = 0 kPa , φʹ = 35°
    γsat = 20 kN/m3

    Natural soil:
    d
    cʹ = 10 kPa , φʹ = 27°, γsat = 21 kN/m3

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