You are a platoon leader in the 10th Engineer Battalion in Schweinfurt, Germany. You are planning to take your tracks across an embankment in Hohenfels that is supported by a concrete retaining wall as shown in the figure below. You estimate that the surface load due to the weight of your vehicles will be 150 psf. You have previously worked with the insitu soil while installing a culvert and estimate the soil parameters to be as depicted on the figure. Determine whether or not you should drive your tracks over the embankment. Make sure you check the factors of safety against sliding, overturning and bearing failure. 1.5' Truck Load q = 150 psf Well Graded Sand (SW) 13' SW 41 7' 35X X 12' Properties O'= 36°, c 0, Yt 125 pcf, Yconcrete = 150 pcf Ösoil-concrete = 24° Well Graded Sand (SW)
You are a platoon leader in the 10th Engineer Battalion in Schweinfurt, Germany. You are planning to take your tracks across an embankment in Hohenfels that is supported by a concrete retaining wall as shown in the figure below. You estimate that the surface load due to the weight of your vehicles will be 150 psf. You have previously worked with the insitu soil while installing a culvert and estimate the soil parameters to be as depicted on the figure. Determine whether or not you should drive your tracks over the embankment. Make sure you check the factors of safety against sliding, overturning and bearing failure. 1.5' Truck Load q = 150 psf Well Graded Sand (SW) 13' SW 41 7' 35X X 12' Properties O'= 36°, c 0, Yt 125 pcf, Yconcrete = 150 pcf Ösoil-concrete = 24° Well Graded Sand (SW)
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Transcribed Image Text:You are a platoon leader in the 10th Engineer Battalion in Schweinfurt, Germany. You
are planning to take your tracks across an embankment in Hohenfels that is supported by
a concrete retaining wall as shown in the figure below. You estimate that the surface
load due to the weight of your vehicles will be 150 psf. You have previously worked
with the insitu soil while installing a culvert and estimate the soil parameters to be as
depicted on the figure.
Determine whether or not you should drive your tracks over the embankment. Make sure
you check the factors of safety against sliding, overturning and bearing failure.
1.5'
Truck Load q = 150 psf
Well Graded Sand (SW)
13'
SW
4"
3.5X X
7'
12'
Properties
O'= 36°, c 0, Yt = 125 pcf, Yconcrete = 150 pcf
Ösoil-concrete = 24°
Well Graded Sand (SW)
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