Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering (MindTap Course List)
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Chapter 15, Problem 15.8P
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Find the factors of safety with respect to overturning and sliding.
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A gravity retaining wall is shown in the figure below. Calculate the factor of safety with respect to overturning and sliding, given the following data:
Wall dimensions:
= 6 , = 0.6 , = 2 , = 2 , = 0.5 , = 0.75 , = 0.8 , = 1.5
Soil properties:
= 15 , = 32, = 18 , = 22, = 40
Use the Rankine active earth pressure in your calculation. Use = 24.08 . Also, use = = 2/3 and = 0 in the equation
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3) A gravity retaining wall is shown in Figure 1. Check if the factor of safety with respect to
overturning and sliding meet the minimum requires for design, given the following data:
Wall dimensions:
2.5 ft, D = 4 ft, a = 12°
H = 26 ft, x, = 1.5 ft, X2 6 ft, X3 = 6 ft, X4 = 1.5 ft, Xs = 2 ft, X6 =
Soil properties:
YI- 150 pcf, = 31°, y2 = 122 pef, 42 = 29°, c2 = 600 psf,
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yc = 155 pef, kl = k2 = 1/3
Use the Rankine active earth pressure in your calculation.
YI
C = 0
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Y2
Figure 1: Gravity Retaining Wall- Inclined Backfill.
Chapter 15 Solutions
Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 15 - Prob. 15.1PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.2PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.3PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.4PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.5PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.6PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.7PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.8PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.9PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.10P
Ch. 15 - Prob. 15.11PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.12PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.13PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.14PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.15PCh. 15 - Refer to the braced cut in Figure 15.50, for which...Ch. 15 - For the braced cut described in Problem 15.16,...Ch. 15 - Refer to Figure 15.51 in which = 17.5 kN/m3, c =...Ch. 15 - Refer to Figure 15.27a. For the braced cut, H = 6...Ch. 15 - Prob. 15.20PCh. 15 - Determine the factor of safety against bottom...Ch. 15 - Prob. 15.22PCh. 15 - The water table at a site is at 5 m below the...Ch. 15 - Prob. 15.24PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.25CTPCh. 15 - Figure 15.53 below shows a cantilever sheet pile...
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