Retaining Wall CheckWill this gravity retaining wall overturn, slide or overload the soil? Rankine earth pressure, factors of safety and the base pressure, with a live section and the smallest base width that passes.

SheetT-23
MethodRankine · gravity wall
Unitsm · kN · kPa
By@smart_tools_every_week
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Assumes dry, level backfill and no water behind the wall: always provide weepholes and a drainage layer. Toe soil resistance is ignored (on the safe side).

Overturning–
Sliding–
Max base pressure–
Smallest base–

Section

Checks needed ≥ 2.0 · ≥ 1.5 · inside middle third · pressure within bearing

    Working per metre length of wall

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