3. A 4.5 m cantilever retaining wall has to be designed to retain soil to increase the useable areas on a site. Design a suitable cross-section and Calculate the factors of Safety for overturning, sliding and bearing capacity. The soil with a unit weight of 18 kN/ m³ and angle of internal friction = 30°. The coefficient of friction between the soil and the base is 0.55 and the ultimate bearing capacity of the soil is 262 kN/m². 2 82 The unit weight of the wall is kN/m³

3. A 4.5 m cantilever retaining wall has to be designed to retain soil to increase the useable areas on a site. Design a suitable cross-section and Calculate the factors of Safety for overturning, sliding and bearing capacity. The soil with a unit weight of 18 kN/ m³ and angle of internal friction = 30°. The coefficient of friction between the soil and the base is 0.55 and the ultimate bearing capacity of the soil is 262 kN/m². 2 82 The unit weight of the wall is kN/m³

Structural Analysis

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Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

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Chapter2: Loads On Structures

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