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Lateral Earth PressuresLateral Earth Pressures
Duration: 18 min
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Contents
• Geotechnical applications• K0, active & passive states
• Rankine’s earth pressure theory
• Design of retaining walls• A Mini Quiz
A 2-minute breakA 2-minute break
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Lateral Support
In geotechnical engineering, it is often necessary to prevent lateral soil movements.
Cantilever retaining wall
Braced excavation Anchored sheet pile
Tie rod
Sheet pile
Anchor
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Lateral Support
We have to estimate the lateral soil pressures acting on these structures, to be able to design them.
Gravity Retaining wall
Soil nailingReinforced earth wall
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Soil Nailing
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Sheet Pile
Sheet piles marked for driving
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Sheet Pile
Sheet pile wall
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Sheet Pile
During installation Sheet pile wall
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Lateral Support
Reinforced earth walls are increasingly becoming popular.
geosynthetics
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Lateral Support
Crib walls have been used in Queensland.
Interlocking stretchers
and headers
filled with soil
Good drainage & allow plant growth.
Looks good.
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Earth Pressure at Rest
GL
In a homogeneous natural soil deposit,
Xh’
v’
the ratio h’/v’ is a constant known as coefficient of earth pressure at rest (K0).
Importantly, at K0 state, there are no lateral strains.
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Estimating K0
For normally consolidated clays and granular soils,
K0 = 1 – sin ’
For overconsolidated clays,
K0,overconsolidated = K0,normally consolidated OCR0.5
From elastic analysis,
10K
Poisson’s ratio
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Active/Passive Earth Pressures- in granular soils
smooth wall
Wall moves away from soil
Wall moves towards soil
A
B
Let’s look at the soil elements A and B during the wall movement.
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Active Earth Pressure- in granular soils
A
v’
h’z
As the wall moves away from the soil,
Initially, there is no lateral movement.
v’ = z
h’ = K0 v’ = K0 z
v’ remains the same; and
h’ decreases till failure occurs.
Active stateActive state
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Active Earth Pressure- in granular soils
failure envelope
v’
decreasing h’
Initially (K0 state)
Failure (Active state)
As the wall moves away from the soil,
active earth pressure
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Active Earth Pressure- in granular soils
v’[h’]active
failure envelope
']'[ vAactiveh K
)2/45(tansin1
sin1 2
AK
Rankine’s coefficient of active earth pressure
WJM Rankine(1820-1872)
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Active Earth Pressure- in granular soils
v’[h’]active
failure envelope
A
v’
h’45 + /2
90+
Failure plane is at 45 + /2 to horizontal
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Active Earth Pressure- in granular soils
A
v’
h’z
As the wall moves away from the soil,
h’ decreases till failure occurs.
wall movement
h’
Active state
K0 state
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Active Earth Pressure- in cohesive soils
Follow the same steps as for granular soils. Only difference is that c 0.
AvAactiveh KcK 2']'[
Everything else the same as for granular soils.
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Passive Earth Pressure- in granular soils
B
v’
h’
Initially, soil is in K0 state.
As the wall moves towards the soil,
v’ remains the same, and
h’ increases till failure occurs.
Passive state
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Passive Earth Pressure- in granular soils
failure envelope
v’
Initially (K0 state)
Failure (Active state)
As the wall moves towards the soil,
increasing h’
passive earth pressure
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Passive Earth Pressure- in granular soils
v’ [h’]passive
failure envelope
']'[ vPpassiveh K
)2/45(tansin1
sin1 2
PK
Rankine’s coefficient of passive earth pressure
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Passive Earth Pressure- in granular soils
v’ [h’]passive
failure envelope
A
v’
h’
90+
Failure plane is at 45 - /2 to horizontal
45 - /2
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Passive Earth Pressure- in granular soils
B
v’
h’
As the wall moves towards the soil,
h’ increases till failure occurs.
wall movement
h’
K0 state
Passive state
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Passive Earth Pressure- in cohesive soils
Follow the same steps as for granular soils. Only difference is that c 0.
PvPpassiveh KcK 2']'[
Everything else the same as for granular soils.
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Earth Pressure Distribution- in granular soils
[h’]passive
[h’]active
H
h
KAHKPh
PA=0.5 KAH2
PP=0.5 KPh2
PA and PP are the resultant active and passive thrusts on
the wall
Wall movement (not to scale)
h’
Passive state
Active stateK0 state
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Rankine’s Earth Pressure Theory
Assumes smooth wall
Applicable only on vertical walls
PvPpassiveh KcK 2']'[
AvAactiveh KcK 2']'[
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Retaining Walls - Applications
Road
Train
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Retaining Walls - Applications
highway
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Retaining Walls - Applications
basement wall
High-rise building
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Gravity Retaining Walls
cobbles
cement mortarplain concrete or stone masonry
They rely on their self weight to support the backfillThey rely on their self weight to support the backfill
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Cantilever Retaining Walls
They act like vertical cantilever, fixed to the ground
They act like vertical cantilever, fixed to the ground
Reinforced; smaller section
than gravity walls
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Design of Retaining Wall
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2 2
3 3
toe
toe
Wi = weight of block i
xi = horizontal distance of centroid of block i from toe
Block no.
- in granular soils
Analyse the stability of this rigid body with vertical walls (Rankine theory valid)
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2 2
3 3
PA
PA
PP
PPS
Stoe
toeR
Ryy
Safety against sliding along the base
tan }.{
A
iPsliding P
WPF
H
h
soil-concrete friction angle 0.5 – 0.7
to be greater than 1.5
to be greater than 1.5
PP= 0.5 KPh2PP= 0.5 KPh2 PA= 0.5 KAH2PA= 0.5 KAH2
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2 2
3 3
PA
PA
PP
PPS
Stoe
toeR
Ryy
Safety against overturning about toe
H/3
}{3/
A
iiPgoverturnin P
xWhPF
H
h
to be greater than 2.0
to be greater than 2.0
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Points to Ponder
How does the key help in improving the stability against sliding?
Shouldn’t we design retaining walls to resist at-rest (than active) earth pressures since the thrust on the wall is greater in K0 state (K0 > KA)?