Does anybody know how to design a timber retaining wall with tieback and deadman? Can I get reference anywhere? My wall height is approximately 4.5 feet.
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Does anybody know what is the maximum expansion joint spacing for cantilever retaining walls? My seniors(in previous work place) used to recommend 50 ft. o/c. I heard from some people that it can be up to 100 ft o/c. I appreciate your help.
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Does anybody the procedure to calculate embedment depth for soldier pile with tieback anchors in rock? I looked at Cir. No. 4 but I couldn't get any useful information.
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Does anybody know how to design cantilever poured concrete retaining wall with radius? I've designed straight walls in the past but not the curved walls. It's tiered retaining wall. Do the tiered segmental wall design rules apply for the concrete walls or is there any different...
I designed a SR wall recently. It is approximately 18 feet tall and 1000 feet long. The wall supports trafic load and has a 3 to 1 slope at the toe. At one section of the wall we cannot extend our geogrid into the easement. This is located approximately 3.5 feet behind the blocks. Wall height at...
I designed a Segmental block retaining wall. Now, the City asked for a guard rail on the wall. I do not know how to calculate the loads due to guard rail and the effect on geogrid layers. I know that impact load per AASHTO is around 10 kips. Can somebody give some guidance on this? basically, I...
I am designing a 10 feet tall segmental block retaining wall in South Carolina. The project is located near Charleston(Dorchester County). Do I need to consider seismic loading in the design for this area? I don't have any geotech report. I couldn't find anything about it in the SC...
I am desigining an approximately 18-foot tall and segmental block retaining wall that has a 3 to 1 slope on the toe side. A wet pond is planned for construction at the toe of the above mentioned slope. I ran a slope stability analysis of the wall using SLIDE program for long term (when pond is...
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Can Somebody give me an idea to fix an exisitng 6-foot tall foundation wall? The foundation walls were constructed with 4 inch brick and 4 inch CMU block bonded with ties. The walls are neither reinforced nor grouted. The air gap between two courses is approximately 1-inch. Both brick and...
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I have a client who is planning for constructing a buttress wall or repairing an existing timber soldier pile wall with dead man anchors. This wall is located at a lake shore and retains a private property. The wall is approximately 11 feet tall and 25 years old. 50 Percent of wall...
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When we are designing Straight shaft drilled piers especially for light light loaded structures, what parameters we need to consider other than skin friction and axial load? Is there any standard limit for minimum length of the drilled pier? Can some one clarify my doubt.
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I am designing a residential slab on grade using the WRI methodolgy. The slab will be supported on expansive soils. In the load calculation, we need to consider all distributed and point loads. Based on that avergae load, we design slab and beams. If there are any point loads acting...
I am working on railroad embankment design. The emabnkment will support three tracks. Does anybody know how much railroad surchage is generally considered for the embankment design?
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I am working on a sheet pile design project. The height of the sheet pile is 2 to 3 feet. Approximately 11 feet high, 1.5 to 1 reinforced slope is planned for construction behind the sheet pile. The contractor wanted to drive sheet piles in order to minimize the encroachment of...
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Does anybody know the load testing procedure for mechanical anchors suchas Manta Ray anchors? The anchor mat was already installed and loaded in a near vertical cut. The anchor mat was installed approximately 6 months ago and the top portion of the veritcal section was failed...
