Simplified analytical solution for point load acting behind a cantilever wall

✍ Scribed by George Maurice Iskander

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 270 KB
• Volume: 36
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0363-9061
• DOI: 10.1002/nag.1010

✦ Synopsis

SUMMARY

The analysis of earth pressure resulting from an applied point load behind a retaining wall is to be carried out in three dimensions as the earth pressure distribution varies both in vertical and horizontal directions. In this research, the semi‐empirical expressions developed by Terzaghi [Trans. ASCE 1954; 119] for earth pressure due to point load are integrated and a correction factor is introduced to develop equivalent equations for two‐dimensional analyses. A new parameter referred to as the design width, which is the horizontal distance retained by the individual vertical retaining element is introduced. The used procedure and the resulted equations are tested and verified by adopting different design width values covering the practical range. The resulted equations together with the semi‐empirical expressions of earth pressure due to line load developed by Terzaghi [Trans. ASCE 1954; 119] can be easily used for two‐dimensional analysis of the effect of point load. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.