When looking at critical failure planes for large/tall stockpiles/surge piles (eg. active dynamic piles), does anyone have a reference for justifying a factors of safety below 1.3 in static analysis. A F.O.S. of 1.3-1.6 is something that would typically be defined as the analysis criteria for a...
I’ve got a general foundation question. I’m trying to figure out how to best list the maxiumum allowable bearing capacity for a single type of soil, but for multiple types and sizes of foundations.
In general I can say that the foundations will be on a very dense and consolidated till (phi =...
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I'm looking at the preliminary design of an MSE Wall for a job. I suppose I'm also interested (or atleast the structural eng will be for wall design) in this question for the adjacent concrete retaining wall that forms the backwall of a large rock crusher.
The wall is up to 28 m (92 ft)...
