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FUNCTIONS
epactive
Active Force
eppassive
wedge
actforce
VARIABLES
a
b
c
PARAMETERS
REPRESENTATION
(unit weight of soil)
d(depth of soil)
dw (depth of water)
UNITS
kN/m3
m
m
c' (cohesion)
kN/m2
Surcharge Stress
kN/m2
a
b
c
kN/m3
m
m
c' (cohesion)
kN/m2
a
b
m
kN/m3
kN/m3
Force
coulombactforce
Weight
We
Overturning Moment
Mo
Wcosalpha
kN/m3
(friction)
kN/m2
kN/m2
a
b
c
a
kN/m3
m
m
kN
c
a
m
kN/m3
b(width of element)
d(depth of element)
kN/m3
Effective Stress
Shear Strength
sigmap
kN/m3
kN/m3
dw (depth of water)
kN/m2
c' (cohesion)
kN/m2
W (Total Weight)
kN
f
g
Pp (Passive Force)
kN
m
tau
slidingnum
B (Base of Wall)
Functions fo
Eccentricity
slidingdenom
ec
Pa (Active Force)
kN
c
a
b
c
Wo
kN
m
m
kN
kN
f
a
b
c
a
b
c
kN
m
m
kN
m
m
nc
nq
ngamma
q (Effective Stress)
kN/m2
b
c
d
nq
B (1/2 base of wall)
ngamma
qmaxstr
qminstr
qultstripdr
m
m
qultstripdr
qultstripun
FSrc
FSsc
kN/m3
f
g
a
c' (cohesion)
nc
nc
kN/m2
kN/m2
c
d
q (Effective Stress)
nq
kN/m2
b
c
d
e
f
g
m
m
m
m
m
kN/m3
b
c
d
e
f
g
m
m
m
m
m
Refer to drawing in Appendix
kN/m3
kN/m3
(() tan(_(1 ) ^
_2 )+_(2 ) +
_)/(_ )
ecc
Weight
We
Wcosalpha
l
m
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
Wsinalpha
kN/m3
kN/m3
l
m
a
b
c
a
b
c
kN/m2
m
kN/m3
m
m
kN/m3
m
m
a
b
c
a
u
kN/m2
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
kN/m3
m
m
cbsec
b (width of slice)
a
b
c' (cohesion)
b (width of slice)
kN/m2
m
cl
a
b
(Wcos-U)tan' +cl
kN
kN
Wcos
U
' (effective friction angle
of soil)
cl
nc
nq
ngamma
q (Effective Stress)
nq
B (1/2 base of wall)
ngamma
kN/m2
qultstripdr
a
b
c
d
e
kN/m3
c' (cohesion)
kN/m2
slopetop
kN
qultstripdr
qultstripun
qultsquaredr
qultsquareun
qultcircdr
qultcircun
g
a
nc
nc
kN/m2
q (Effective Stress)
kN/m2
nq
a
b
c
d
e
q (Effective Stress)
nq
B (1/2 base of wall)
ngamma
(unit weight of soil)
kN/m2
f
g
a
c' (cohesion)
nc
nc
kN/m2
kN/m2
c
d
a
b
c
d
e
q (Effective Stress)
nq
q (Effective Stress)
nq
B (1/2 base of wall)
ngamma
(unit weight of soil)
kN/m2
f
g
a
c' (cohesion)
nc
nc
kN/m2
kN/m2
q (Effective Stress)
kN/m2
m
kN/m3
kN/m2
m
kN/m3
Settlement
qultcircun
Settlement1
qmaxstr
qminstr
d
a
nq
eo (Initial void ratio)
c
a
b
c
a
b
c
m
kN
m
m
kN
m
m
EQUATIONS
kp(h-whw) + 2c'(kp1/2)
Rcos-Rsin
1/2 _
^2 cos
1/2 _ ^2
cos(-(90-))
1/2(_1 +
_2 )
bd
^/3 _
(bd)cos
Pacos-Wosin
(/2 - ^) +
_
/
(3)
/( 1 +
6/)
/( 1 6/)
qnq + (1/2)B'n
(() tan(_(1 ) ^
_2 )+_(2 ) +
_)/(_ )
(_)/_
/2-(
_
_)/()
bd
(bd)cos
(bd)sin
hwwbsec
hwwbsec
cbsec
(Wcos-U)tan' +cl
1)/
^2(0.75
^/360)/
( 2 ^2
(45+^/2))
2(_+1)/
(1+0.44)
for
qnq + (1/2)B'n
qnq + (0.8)(1/2)B'n
qnq + (0.6)(1/2)B'n
qnq + (0.6)(1/2)B'n
Ho((_
_)/
1+
_ /(
)
1+
6/)
/( 1 6/)
Average Response
Percentage of
Agreement
4.05
81%
4.55
91%
3.6
72%
4.65
93%
3.25
65%
4.1
82%
4.7
94%
2.95
59%
4.1
82%
3.8
76%