DESIGN OF CANTILEVER RETAINING WALL

INPUT DATA:

h1=Height of earth to be supported above final level of earth 16 f

w=weight of retained material 100 pcf
density of surcharge 500 psf
=angle of internal friction 35
=coefficient of friction between concrete and soil 0.4
fc' 4000 psi
fy 60000 psi
qmax=maximum soil pressure 5 ksf
frost penetration depth 4f
0.85
cover 2.5 in

SOLUTION:

h'=surcharge height 5f
Cah=(1-sin)/(1+sin) 0.27
Cph=1/Cah 3.7037037

1-HEIGHT OF WALL:

h=height of wall 20 f

2-THICKNESS OF BASE:

assume thickness= 10 % of h (usually 7-10% of h)

Base thickness 2f minimum =1'

3-BASE LENGTH:

Ph=Cahwh(h+2h')/2 8100 lb
y=(h2+3hh')/(3(h+2h'))7.7777778 f
W=wx(h+h') 2500 x
Wx/2=Py
x 7.0992957 f
 base length=1.5x 10 f 8 in

change x 7f 2 in
toe length 3f 6 in

4-STEM THICKNESS:

h2=stem height above 18 f

Ph2 6804 lb
y 7.0714286 f
change Mu=1.6Py 76982.4 lb-f
b=0.85fc'87000/(8700.0285068
max=0.75b 0.0213801
=max/2 0.0106901
m=fy/0.85fc' 17.647059
Rn=fy(1-m/2) 580.90337 psi
0.9
d=(Mu/Rnb) 12.134518 in
cover 3.5 in
total thickness of stem at base 16 in
d 12.5 in
total thickness of stem at top 16 in (mimimum top thickness=12")

5-STEM SHEAR REINFORCEMENT (SHEAR AT d):

d 1.0416667 f
h3=stem height sbove 16.958333 f
Ph3 6171.7734 lb

change Vu=1.6P 9874.8375 lb

for shear 0.85
d=Vu/2fc'b 7.6536711 in OK no shear reinforcement is required
revised d 12.5 in

6-F.O.S AGAINST OVERTURNING:

COMPONENT FORCE ARM MOMENT

W1 2916.6667 7.75 22604.167
W2 0 4.8333333 0
W3 10500 7.75 81375
W4 3600 4.1666667 15000 16
W5 0 4.8333333 0
W6 3200 5.3333333 17066.667
 Total 20216.667 lb 136045.83 lb-f G.S
2
Rv 20216.667 lb
Ms=stabilizing momen136045.83 lb-f 3.5

Mo=overturning moment=P*y 63000 lb-f

FOS=Ms/Mo 2.1594577 2 ok safe against overturning

7-F.O.S AGAINST SETTLEMENT:

a=(Ms-Mo)/Rv 3.6131492 f
l/3=base length/3 3.5555556 f

q1 3729.2236 psf < qmax ok safe against settlement

q2 61.401367 psf < qmax ok safe against settlement

7-F.O.S AGAINST SLIDING:

sliding force=P 8100 lb

Frictional resistance = Rv 8086.6667 lb
Pph against toe=wh^2Cph/2 740.74074 lb
FOS=(Pph+Rv)/P 1.0898034 > 1.5 not ok sliding failure, shear key is re

8-DESIGN OF SHEAR KEY

assume distance b/w front of key 4 in

bearing press. Under key 2181.8611 lb/f
friction b/w soil=R 5319.9763 lb
friction b/w heel and soil=R 2766.6904 lb
passive earth press. wh2Cph/2 185.18519 h
2

fos against sliding 1.5

h 4.6842289 f
height of key 4 f 9 in
height of key 4.75 f

9-DESIGN OF HEEL:

change Wu=1.6*surcharge+1.2(backfill+he 3320 lb/f 3320

Vu=1.6P 19366.667 lb 0
for shear 0.85
d=Vu/2fc'b 15.010485 in NOT OK provide shear reinforcement or use re
revised d 16.5 in
 heel thickness 19 in

Wu=1.6*surcharge+1.2(backfill+he3760.8333 lb/f
Mu=Wul^2/2 63986.4 lb-f
261.14233 psi
0.0045337 min=200/f0.0033333
As=bd 0.8976801 in2
bar # 8 having As 0.79 in2
change # of bars 2
change spacing 11
use @ c/c As

Dev. Length req

available dev length

10-DESIGN OF TOE:

MAIN REINFORCEMENT:
x 2525.7195 lb/f
change Wu=1.6toe-0.9self loa 4733.9545 lb/f
Mu=Wul^2/2 28995.471 lb-f
cover 3.5 in
d=thickness-cover 20.5 in
76.661963 psi
0.0033333 min=200/f0.0033333
As=bd 0.82 in2
bar # 8 having As 0.79 in2
# of bars 2
change spacing 12
use 8@ 12 c/c As

Dev. Length req

available dev length

SHEAR REINFORCEMENT:
Shear at a distance d 1.7083333 f
x 3113.1441 lb/f
change Vu=1.6*earth press-0.99323.6438 lb
for shear 0.85
d=Vu/2fc'b 7.2264584 in OK no shear reinforcement is required
revised d 20.5 in
heel thickness 24 in

11-STEM REINFORCEMENT:
 revised stem height 18.416667 f
Ph=Cahwh(h+2h')/2 7065.0938 lb
y=(h2+3hh')/(3(h+2h'))7.2190453 f

change Mu=1.6Py 81605.171 lb-f

d=thickness-cover 12.5 in
580.30344 psi
0.0106777 min=200/f0.0033333
As=bd 1.6016593 in2
bar # 9 having As 1 in2
# of bars 2
spacing 4.5 8
change use # 9 @ 4.5 c/c As 2.67

Dev. Length req

available dev length

change location from top (f) Ph=Cahwh(h+2h')/2 (lb) y=(h2+3hh')/(3(h+2h')) (f)

5 1012.5 2.2222222
10 2700 4.1666667
15 5062.5 6
18.416667 7065.0938 7.2190453

FULL REINFORCEMENT:

C=0.85fc'ba 40800 a
T=Asfy 160200
a 3.9264706 in
d at stem top 12.5 in
Mn=Asfy(d-a/2) 126.59923 k-f
d at stem base 12.5 in
Mn=Asfy(d-a/2) 126.59923 k-f

HALF REINFORCEMENT:

use # 9 @ 9 c/c As 1.335

C=0.85fc'ba 40800 a
T=Asfy 80100
a 1.9632353 in
d at stem top 12.5 in
Mn=Asfy(d-a/2) 69.196682 k-f
d at stem base 12.5 in
Mn=Asfy(d-a/2) 69.196682 k-f
FULL REINFORCEMENT:

use # 9 @ 18 c/c As 0.67

C=0.85fc'ba 40800 a
T=Asfy 40200
a 0.9852941 in
d at stem base 12.5 in
Mn=Asfy(d-a/2) 36.202169 k-f
d at stem top 12.5 in
Mn=Asfy(d-a/2) 36.202169 k-f

location fr Mu=1.6Py y
at base 81.605171 k-f 0 126.59923 69.196682 36.202169
48.6 k-f 3.4166667
18 k-f 8.4166667
3.6 k-f 13.416667
at top 0 18.416667 126.59923 69.196682 36.202169

Chart Title
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Col umn F
14 s eri es 2
Li near (s er
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Axis Title

s eri es 3
10 Li near (s er
8 s eri es 4
Li near (s er
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Axis Title80 100 120 140
(usually 3-4 f)
m top thickness=12")

ment is required

5.8333333

1.3333333 W1 5

W2

W3 18
W4

UNITS= f
 W5

W6 2
1.3333333 5.8333333
10.666667

ainst settlement
ainst settlement

ing failure, shear key is required

r reinforcement or use revised d

ment is required
Mu=1.6Py
3.6 k-f
18 k-f
48.6 k-f
81.605171 k-f

in2
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Col umn F
s eri es 2
Li near (s eri es 2)
s eri es 3
Li near (s eri es 3)
s eri es 4
Li near (s eri es 4)

20 140
TABLE 5
Bar # area in^2
3 0.11
4 0.2
5 0.31
6 0.44
7 0.6
8 0.79
9 1
18 4