Design cantilever retaining wall on pile foundation
Design cantilever retaining wall on pile foundation
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Good morning to you all,
I am an undergrad that need a little help, I been asked at work to design a cantilever Retaining wall supported by a grade beam on a pile foundation.
I have to design the retaining wall, the grade beam and the pile (friction type)
If you can provide me with resources, and design examples that would be awesome.
much appreciated.
I am an undergrad that need a little help, I been asked at work to design a cantilever Retaining wall supported by a grade beam on a pile foundation.
I have to design the retaining wall, the grade beam and the pile (friction type)
If you can provide me with resources, and design examples that would be awesome.
much appreciated.






RE: Design cantilever retaining wall on pile foundation
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: Design cantilever retaining wall on pile foundation
RE: Design cantilever retaining wall on pile foundation
RE: Design cantilever retaining wall on pile foundation
Just design your retaining wall and find out the net overturning moment per foot to the grade beams, to include the lateral forces, then just design the grade beam and pile system to resist them based on the lever arm created by the grade beams to get the forces, and position the pile to resist the reactions generated by the grade beams. You will probably need to include batter pile too. Don't forget your load factors...
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: Design cantilever retaining wall on pile foundation
RE: Design cantilever retaining wall on pile foundation
The lateral loading of the piles is a bit more complicated (to resist the lateral sliding.) The publishers of L-Pile software did have a good explanation on the web of how to calc laterally-loaded piles.
RE: Design cantilever retaining wall on pile foundation
TXStructural, am start thinking about it as a beam column connections.
msquared48 am thinking to do two leverarms, one to the grade beam and anther one straight to the pile, well after I finish the calcs. I ll post it online to verify it.
Thanks again for your contributions.
RE: Design cantilever retaining wall on pile foundation
TXStructural, am start thinking about it as a beam column connections.
msquared48 am thinking to do two leverarms, one to the grade beam and anther one straight to the pile, well after I finish the calcs. I ll post it online to verify it.
Thanks again for your contributions.
Michael.G