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CE 540: Earth Retaining Structures
Module 1: Introduction
Primary Text Book:
FHWA-SA-96-038 Earth Retaining System
FHWA-NHI-07-071 Earth Retaining Structures
Design Guide Book
FHWA-SA-97-076 Design Guidance: Geotechnical Earthquake
Engineering for Highway, Chapter 9
FHWA-NHI-00-043 Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls and
Reinforced Soil Sloped Design & Construction Guidelines
FHWA-IF-99-015 Ground Anchors and Anchored System
EM 1110-2-2504 Design of Sheet Pile Walls, USACE
Steel Sheet Piling Design Manual, United State Steel
Type of Externally Stability / Internally Stability
2 sin
3
K 0=( 1sin ) (
)
1+ sin
For from 20 to 40 this is nearly equal to
K 0=0.9 ( 1sin )
In 1948 Jaky simplified his equation to
K 0=( 1sin )
1+
1 +
sin
8
8
Result:
Early studies
- Worth (1973)
[ ]
v
(OCR1)
1v
Meyerhof (1976)
K ou=(1sin ) OCR
Summary
For normally consolidated soils on first loading compared to Jakys
equation
K 0=1sin
Jaky valid for clay;
Moderately valid for sands